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Consumer Confidence still high despite November decline
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its ...
Nov 26, 2019
Challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, begins in Appeal Court
MONTREAL - Opponents of Quebec's secularism law are making their case in front of the province's highest court today. Representatives of a national Muslim organization and a c...
Nov 26, 2019
All-transgender hockey team 'like an instant family'
TORONTO - The goals are big for an all-transgender hockey team known as Team Trans. Comprised of more than a dozen players from Canada and the United States, it's believed to be the first ice hockey t...
Nov 26, 2019
3 dead, highway collapses as floods pound France, Italy
ROME - Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway collapsed by a landslide, officials said Sunday. The weather h...
Nov 26, 2019
Teamsters say they have reached a tentative deal with CN, work set to resume
MONTREAL - Teamsters Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. to renew the collective agreement for over 3,000 conductors, trainpersons and yard workers. The...
Nov 26, 2019
Teamsters say they have reached a tentative deal with CN, work set to resume
MONTREAL - Teamsters Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. to renew the collective agreement for over 3,000 conductors, trainpersons and yard workers. The...
Nov 26, 2019 Canadian Press photo
Brief evacuation at Capitol over small plane
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol and its office buildings were briefly evacuated Tuesday amid concerns about a small aircraft in the area. Officials say the plane violated airspace rules in the restricte...
Nov 26, 2019
Fatal collision at Highway-3 and Coalhurst intersection
COALHURST -- Initial details are few as RCMP collision analysts continue to investigate a fatal collision at the Coalhurst intersection Monday (Nov 25) night.Emergency crews were called out just after...
Nov 26, 2019 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge
Lethbridge City Council unanimously passes nearly a dozen potential fiscal restraint resolutions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Eleven resolutions have been passed by Lethbridge City Council unanimously; many requiring City Manager Bramwell Strain to report back by June 2020, exploring the possibility of city ...
Nov 26, 2019 November 25 Lethbridge City Council Meeting
Albania earthquake kills 14; rescuers hunt for survivors
THUMANE, Albania - Rescue crews used excavators to search for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings Tuesday after a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania killed at least 14 people and inj...
Nov 26, 2019