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Ben Platt named Hasty Pudding's 2020 Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt was named 2020 Man of the Year by Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding theatre troupe on Monday. Platt, 26, is the youngest recipient ...
Feb 03, 2020

Canada Post asks cannabis producers to stop shipping to Campobello Island
OTTAWA - Canada Post has asked cannabis producers to stop shipping marijuana to a small island in Eastern Canada, in order to curb a sharp increase in the number of mail trucks being st...
Feb 03, 2020

Late-arriving Maple Leafs winger Kasperi Kapanen contrite after scratch
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs sent Kasperi Kapanen a strong message. Now it's up to him to respond. Toronto scratched the speedy winger for Saturday night's game against the Ottawa Senators after Kapanen&...
Feb 03, 2020

Report advises 57 changes to Alberta Health Services, could save $2-billion per year
EDMONTON, AB - A benchmark review of health-care delivery in Alberta says the province needs to get better value for the money it spends.The report by Ernst * Young urges the province to make 57 chang...
Feb 03, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Iraqi blocs select new PM-designate after weeks of jockeying
BAGHDAD - Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock. The choice comes as the country weathers...
Feb 03, 2020

Notorious Utah brothel owner's interview eludes historians
OGDEN, Utah - Scholars at a Utah university are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with a notorious brothel owner that is written in a shortha...
Feb 03, 2020

Police investigating alleged dog poisonings
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are investigating a report that two dogs died this weekend after being poisoned.On February 2, the owner of two large breed dogs told LPS that the animals had been p...
Feb 03, 2020 Lethbridge News Now file photo of a Lethbridge Police cruiser

Trump trial closing arguments aim at voters, history
WASHINGTON - Closing arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are unfolding Monday as much for history as any effort to sway votes, one final chance to influence public opinion and set ...
Feb 03, 2020

New regulations for farmers and ranchers now in effect
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Farm Freedom and Safety Act (FFSA) is now in effect across Alberta.It was one of the United Conservative Party's big election campaign promises in 2019, as the party looked to ove...
Feb 03, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Ottawa to provide update on coronavirus response at noon
OTTAWA - The federal government is to provide an update about Canada's response to the novel coronavirus today as a plane prepares to evacuate hundreds of Canadians from the locked-down Chinese city o...
Feb 03, 2020