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Province says no for low-income bussing support in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A popular program for low-income families in Calgary and Edmonton will not be expanding to Lethbridge.The City of Lethbridge had asked the Minister of Community and Social Services Ra...
Jan 16, 2020 Lethbridge Transit bus. (Lethbridge News Now)
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
Jason Goodstriker, First Nations leader and Fair Deal panel member, passes away
AIRDRIE, AB - The province's Fair Deal Panel has cancelled its scheduled town hall event in Airdrie Thursday evening due to the death of one of the panel members.It was announced on Thursday that Jaso...
Jan 16, 2020 Jason Goodstriker is pictured with Premier Jason Kenney. Goodstriker, a member of the province's Fair Deal Panel, has passed away (Twitter: Jason Kenney @jkenney)
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
Bills seek to end 'conversion therapy' in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Twice a week for four years when he was in high school, gay student Zach Meiners underwent "conversion therapy," a practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or ge...
Jan 16, 2020
Harry and Meghan's royal move to Canada signals generational change: experts
VICTORIA - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wouldn't be the first couple to visit Victoria and end up wanting to make British Columbia's capital city their home, says a royal expert....
Jan 16, 2020
Jet dumps fuel that lands on schoolkids near Los Angeles
CUDAHY, Calif. - A mist of fuel dumped by an airliner with an engine problem as it made an emergency return to Los Angeles International Airport fell on several schools Tuesday, causing minor skin and...
Jan 16, 2020