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Warning signs prior to city's multi-million dollar purchase of Manyberries oilfield
Medicine Hat, AB - There were warning signs in 2011 of what would become a years long and multi-million dollar legal fight between Medicine Hat and federal government over protections of an endangered...
Sep 19, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Alberta Wilderness Association - One of several billboards the Alberta Wilderness Association commissioned in the fall of 2011 advertising the dwindling numbers of sage grouse in Alberta.
Not guilty: David and Collet Stephan acquitted of failing to provide the necessaries of life
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Cheers immediately erupted in the Lethbridge Courtroom where Justice Terry D. Clackson took less than five minutes to find David and Collet Stephan both not guilty of failing to provi...
Sep 19, 2019 David Stephan hugs lawyer Ingrid Hess outside of the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday -Photo: Lethbridge News Now
Stats Canada: Alberta to lead population growth in coming decades
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Statistics Canada has released its projections on the Country's population over the next 50 years as well as where they think each province or territory would be by then.By 2068, they...
Sep 19, 2019 The view of downtown Lethbridge from the top of the Melcor Centre. (Lethbridge News Now)
Raymond Aggy Days to shine spotlight on safety
RAYMOND, AB - It's a big day in Raymond this Saturday.The Raymond and District Agricultural Society hosts Aggy Days, with this year's theme being 'Youth Farm Safety'. However, lessons won't solely be ...
Sep 19, 2019 Aggy Days in Raymond is set for this Saturday, Sept. 21 (Photo: Raymond and District Ag Society on Facebook)
Justin Trudeau's painful blackface past a teachable moment: observers
TORONTO - The image of a smiling Justin Trudeau in a turban and dark makeup is unquestionably offensive, but law professor and former Ontario human rights commissioner Errol Mendes says the ...
Sep 19, 2019
AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs
DETROIT - A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a per...
Sep 19, 2019
Lockner embracing physical role for new campaign
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's the eve of a new WHL season and what a glorious time it is to be a fan of the Medicine Hat Tigers.Willie Desjardins is back as head coach and GM after chartering his way throug...
Sep 19, 2019
From minstrel shows to campus firestorms, Canada's long history of blackface
Justin Trudeau's political fate hangs in the balance as a series of images of the Liberal leader wearing blackface and brownface have roiled the federal election campaign. The scandal has shocked many...
Sep 19, 2019
B.C. auditor says tighter expense rules, oversight needed at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says tighter rules on expenses for top officers at the legislature are needed following allegations of spending abuses made by Speaker Darryl Pl...
Sep 19, 2019
Judge finds Alberta couple not guilty in toddler son's death
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta couple who treated their son with herbal remedies rather than seek medical attention have been found not guilty in the boy's death. David and Collet Stephan were charged...
Sep 19, 2019 Colett and David Stephans (Lethbridge News Now photo)