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Province temporarily extends specific child-care programs
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it is extending some 25-dollar-a-day child-care programs until June instead of ending them in March as expected.Some daycare operators say the decision still pu...
Jan 16, 2020 Childcare - The Canadian Press
Alleged victim testifies in sexual assault, incest trial - *Graphic Content*
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A nearly three-hour video statement was played in Court of Queen's Bench Thursday (Jan. 16), describing alleged abuse a young girl endured at the hands of her biological father when s...
Jan 16, 2020 Court of Queen's Bench - Lethbridge
Comfortably in the black, Curling Canada ups prize money across major events
The head of Curling Canada is bullish about its financial position. There's enough money to both tend to the sport's grassroots and significantly enlarge the prize pot of major events, says chief exec...
Jan 16, 2020
Starbucks, home of the $4 latte, is moving into poor areas
DETROIT - Starbucks has a point to prove: There's more to the company than selling $4 lattes to rich people. The Seattle-based coffee giant that has cultivated a reputation for being socially responsi...
Jan 16, 2020
Rep. Ayanna Pressley goes public with alopecia and baldness
NEW YORK - Rep. Ayanna Pressley, whose hair twists have been an inspiration to young girls and part of her personal identity and political brand, said Thursday that she has gone bald due to the auto i...
Jan 16, 2020
Labor Department limits news outlets' use of embargoed data
WASHINGTON - The Labor Department will begin restricting news organizations' use of economic data by barring computers from the rooms where reporters receive such data before its public release, depar...
Jan 16, 2020
Washington Supreme Court OKs lesser version of carbon cap
SEATTLE - The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a severely limited version of Gov. Jay Inslee's plan to cap carbon pollution in the state, a decision the Democrat described as a "clarion...
Jan 16, 2020
Alberta says universities over-budget; need to freeze travel, hiring, hosting
EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister says post-secondary schools are going over their budgets and he's urging them to immediately freeze hiring and stop spending on travel and hosting.Deme...
Jan 16, 2020 University of Lethbridge -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Supreme Court dismisses B.C.’s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.B.C. was appealing to the country's highest co...
Jan 16, 2020 Pipeline equipment ready to go - The Canadian Press
Canada's Dabrowski prepares to resume doubles partnership with Ostapenko
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko have enjoyed some success on the handful of occasions they've teamed up together in the past. They're hoping to reki...
Jan 16, 2020