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Warriors edge Raptors 106-105, cutting Toronto’s series lead to 3-2
TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors will have to wait to win their first NBA title in franchise history.Stephen Curry had 31 points while Klay Thompson finished with 26, and the visiting Golden State Warri...
Jun 10, 2019 Raptors drop game-5 - The Canadian Press
Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada
Keeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed Monday, drawing celebrations from activists and politicians who called it a significant d...
Jun 10, 2019
Alberta promises to fund fall school enrolment growth
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is fully funding new students going into grade school classrooms this fall.Finance Minister Travis Toews made the announcement today in response to Opposition questi...
Jun 10, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Dangerous Offender hearing set for serial sexual offender Trevor Pritchard
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two sets of dates have been set aside in February and March 2020 to determine whether sexual offender Trevor Pritchard meets the definition of either a long-term or dangerous offender...
Jun 10, 2019 Trevor Pritchard
Filibustered minimum wage cut bill passes second reading
EDMONTON - The marathon debate over the Kenney government's plan to cut the minimum wage for young people and change rules on calculating overtime pay is over, at least for now.The legislature has pas...
Jun 08, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Alberta gives update on Energy War Room
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta is ready to fight back.That is the message Premier Jason Kenney is sending to those who have attacked the oil and gas industry, as he provided more information about the pro...
Jun 07, 2019 Pump Jack
Character witnesses called to testify for defence in senior citizen's sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - About half a dozen witnesses were called to the stand in Court of Queen's Bench Friday, June 7, to testify what they knew about the reputation of a 75-year-old man, charged with sever...
Jun 07, 2019 Witness stand in Court of Queen's Bench Courtroom, Lethbridge
U.S. Court lifts block on Keystone XL pipeline construction
HELENA, Mont. - An appeals court has lifted a judge's injunction that blocked construction of the Keystone X-L oil pipeline from Canada. But it's not clear whether the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal...
Jun 07, 2019 Pipeline - The Canadian Press
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region's jobless rate at 6.5 percent in May
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 27,700 jobs across Canada in May, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate also fell to a record low of 5.4 per cent, down from 5.7 pe...
Jun 07, 2019
Thousands of Canadians gather at Juno Beach on 75th anniversary of D-Day
COURSEULLES-SUR-MER, France - Thousands of Canadians will gather on a stretch of beach on the coast of Normandy in France on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day, one of the most pivo...
Jun 06, 2019