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LeBron James enters Canadian media market, joins forces with Drake
TORONTO - Drake and LeBron James are joining forces to reshape the sports media landscape in Canada. The music superstar and the Los Angeles Lakers forward announced on Tuesday a partnership to b...
Jul 30, 2019
Cause of West Nile outbreak at Coaldale's Birds of Prey "inconclusive"
COALDALE, AB - Town of Coaldale council heard the report Monday evening on what happened last year when 15 raptor birds died at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre (The Centre) last summer.The report was...
Jul 30, 2019 Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. (Lethbridge News Now)
Judge to allow testimony via CCTV in upcoming historical sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Court of Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik has ruled that a Crown application to have two witnesses testify via CCTV in an upcoming sexual assault trial, will be granted.The applicat...
Jul 30, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News NOW)
Quebec man credited with saving drowning eight-year-old boy in Massachusetts
MONTREAL - A Quebec tourist is being credited with saving an eight-year-old boy who was swept away by an undertow and nearly drowned at a beach in southeastern Massachusetts. The W...
Jul 30, 2019
A star is born at the Tour: 22-year-old champion Egan Bernal
PARIS - The skies over Paris were yellow, ignited by a glorious golden sunset. The partying fans' shirts were yellow, Colombians making themselves at home on the Champs-Elysees. But the yellow that co...
Jul 30, 2019
AP Source: Ellis steps down as women's national team coach
A person with knowledge of the situation says U.S. national team coach Jill Ellis is stepping down after leading the team to back-to-back Women's World Cup titles. The person spoke on the condition of...
Jul 30, 2019
Woman set to replace Puerto Rico's governor doesn't want job
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn't want the job as the U.S. territory reels from political crisis. Justice ...
Jul 30, 2019
Switching sides: Jays trade Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO - Eric Sogard wasn't quite sure who to root for in Sunday's game between Toronto and Tampa Bay. Originally in Toronto's lineup as the right fielder, the veteran utilityman was scratched about ...
Jul 30, 2019
Medicine Hat woman wins $1 million on Lotto 6/49
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat woman recently won $1 million dollars in a Lotto 6/49 draw.Lynn Freundl won the guaranteed $1 million prize in the March 27, 2019 draw, according to a release from th...
Jul 30, 2019 Lynn Freundl recently won $1 million on a lotto 6/49 Draw (Photo courtesy: Western Canada Lottery Corporation)
CHL tabs NBA Canada executive as first full-time president
TORONTO - Longtime NBA Canada executive Dan MacKenzie has been named the first full-time president of the Canadian Hockey League. Ontario Hockey League commissioner David Branch had been also serving ...
Jul 30, 2019