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Community weighs in on potential Indigenous Cultural Centre in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of groups weighed in on what they think of an Indigenous Cultural Centre possibly being built in Lethbridge, the merits of it, and what programs and services it could offer.Out...
Jan 22, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Mavericks centre Powell suffers ruptured Achilles, weighing surgery options
Dallas Mavericks centre Dwight Powell has suffered a rupture of his right Achilles tendon and is weighing his surgical options, the NBA team said in a release Wednesday. The Toronto native was in...
Jan 22, 2020

Roughriders sign defensive lineman A.C. Leonard through 2021 season
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive lineman A.C. Leonard to a two-year contract extension through the 2021 season. The six-foot-two, 250-pound Leonard is entering his sixt...
Jan 22, 2020

Union fined for violating court order in Regina refinery labour dispute
REGINA - A judge has fined Unifor $100,000 for violating a court order that set limits on its picketing of Regina's Co-op refinery. The judge found the union intentionally and...
Jan 22, 2020

Toronto FC skipper Michael Bradley undergoes successful ankle surgery
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley has undergone successful ankle surgery in New York City with the MLS team confirming that the veteran midfielder will be out for four months. The operation, per...
Jan 22, 2020

Ottawa pledges to match funds raised for families of Iran plane crash victims
TORONTO - The federal government says it will contribute to a national campaign to help cover funeral costs for families affected by the deadly plane crash in Iran earlier this month. The prime minist...
Jan 22, 2020

B.C. privacy commissioner suggests media civility for Prince Harry and Meghan
VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy commissioner says the media should practice self-regulation when it comes to respecting the privacy rights of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Mich...
Jan 22, 2020

B.C. winery worker may cry over spilled wine but ruling won't give his job back
KELOWNA, B.C. - An employee who twice dumped thousands of litres of wine down a drain at a winery in Kelowna, B.C., cannot expect to return to his job under a labour arbitration ruling. Brent Cro...
Jan 22, 2020

Charges updated in fatal November Highway 3 collision
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man charged in a fatal Highway 3 collision has had those charges replaced.RCMP say that 36-year-old Wesley Brian Phillips, of Lethbridge, was originally charged with refusal to prov...
Jan 22, 2020 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge

Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won't be watching from inside the chamber or on television from the White House. He...
Jan 22, 2020