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NDP finance critic says UCP economic plan has "failed"
MEDICINE HAT, AB - NDP finance critic Shannon Phillips was in the city on Friday talking to residents about the budget and health care in the province with the provincial budget likely only weeks away...
Feb 07, 2020 NDP finance critic Shannon Phillips who was in the city Friday talking budget and healthcare. (CHAT News photo)
No handshakes at meet and greet? Tech show adapts to virus
LONDON - A major European technology trade fair has a low-tech idea for reducing virus risks: go hands-free. Organizers of this month's Mobile World Congress show are advising attendees to adopt a no-...
Feb 07, 2020
Bolton reviewing letter from White House about manuscript
Former national security adviser John Bolton's team on Friday accused the White House of trying to suppress his unpublished book after word surfaced that the National Security Council had sent him a l...
Feb 07, 2020
'The chill is real,' Canada's ambassador to China says of fraught relationship
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People's Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority remains winning their...
Feb 07, 2020
Son clinches Tottenham's 3-2 win over Southampton in FA Cup
LONDON - Son Heung-min's late penalty secured Tottenham's progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday, clinching a 3-2 victory over Southampton in a fourth-round replay. Son was awarded the penalty despite go...
Feb 07, 2020
Lethbridge Police investigating apparent homicide
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE 12 P.M. - Lethbridge Police are still looking for those connected with an apparent homicide in the 200 blk. of University Drive West. The bi-level home brown and white home is ...
Feb 07, 2020 Home along the 200 blk. of University Dr. West where a 35-year-old man was shot and killed
Province asks for 1% wage cut for AUPE members & three-year wage freeze
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Tens of thousands of workers in Alberta could see a slight rollback in their paycheques if the provincial government gets their way.Bargaining between the Government of Alberta and th...
Feb 07, 2020 Union members protest outside of Chinook Regional Hospital in January 2020. (Lethbridge News Now)
Strathcona Centre launches new fitness orientation program
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A new program at the Strathcona Centre aims to encourage seniors in Medicine Hat to stay active as they get older.Since the centre reopened in January following renovations, it has ...
Feb 07, 2020 A Strathcona Centre member works out on Friday - Photo by Colton McKee
Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose
ORLANDO, Fla. - Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner died last month from a heroin overdose, an autopsy found. Nick Gordon, whose legal name is Nicholas Bouler, died from an accidental overdose on New Ye...
Feb 07, 2020
Toronto FC signs veteran Argentina winger/forward Pablo Piatti as third DP
Toronto FC has signed Argentine winger/forward Pablo Piatti as its new designated player. The 30-year-old Piatti leaves Barcelona-based Espanyol for Major League Soccer on a free transfer. Having pass...
Feb 07, 2020