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Trump to sign U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal Wednesday
MIAMI - President Donald Trump will hold a signing ceremony for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement on Wednesday, according to the White House. The deal to modernize the North American Free Trade A...
Jan 23, 2020
Coalition of states sue over rules governing 3D-printed guns
WASHINGTON - Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be post...
Jan 23, 2020
Trump: Mideast peace plan likely rolled out in days
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he'll likely release his long-awaited Mideast peace plan before his meeting early next week at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjami...
Jan 23, 2020
Mississippi governor tours prison rocked by deadly violence
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi's new governor says he and the interim corrections commissioner toured a troubled state prison to see conditions and to try to understand what led to an outburst of deadly...
Jan 23, 2020
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
BEIJING - China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass more than 20.5 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, even though the mea...
Jan 23, 2020
Former Mountie, sports coach convicted of sex abuse granted day parole
A former Mountie and sports coach convicted of sexually abusing young boys in British Columbia and Saskatchewan has been granted day parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied Alan Davidson full parole...
Jan 23, 2020
Provincial tax relief program to cost Cypress County millions
Medicine Hat, AB - The move by the province to cut tax assessments on shallow gas wells will likely cost Cypress County $3 million dollars in 2020.The province announced last month a move which extend...
Jan 23, 2020
Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif didn't need long to get into Super Bowl mode
It didn't take Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif long to get into Super Bowl mode. On Sunday, the offensive lineman and the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to the Super Bowl with a 35-24 AFC champions...
Jan 23, 2020
Logan Boulet Arena vying for Kraft Hockeyville win
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second arena from southern Alberta has entered the fray to win this year's Kraft Hockeyville competition.It sees members of the community show their support for their local hockey a...
Jan 23, 2020 Hundreds attend the renaming ceremony for Logan Boulet Arena in October 2019. (Lethbridge News Now)
Police to increase presence in businesses to help reduce shoplifting
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Medicine Hat Police say uniformed officers will be more visible in big box stores in the coming weeks as they work to crack down on shoplifting in Medicine Hat."For 2019, our shoplif...
Jan 23, 2020 Medicine Hat Police say they will be more visible at businesses over the next several months to help address a spike in shoplifting in the past year - Photo by Colton McKee