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19 new volunteers for "The Watch" in Lethbridge's downtown begin training
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge's team of volunteer community overseers is growing.Watch Manager Jeff Hansen spoke to city council Monday, outlining how the first couple of months of the progr...
Sep 10, 2019 The Watch volunteers head through Galt Gardens. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)
Bianca Andreescu eyes Beijing for return after winning U.S. Open
MONTREAL - Bianca Andreescu's coach says the tentative plan is for the Canadian tennis star to return to action at the Beijing Open later this month. Sylvain Bruneau says the U.S. Open women's champ l...
Sep 10, 2019
Leclerc ends Ferrari's 9-year wait for Italian GP win
MONZA, Italy - Charles Leclerc hadn't even reached his teens the last time Ferrari won the Italian Grand Prix. Only a week after achieving a first Formula One victory in Spa, Leclerc ended the storied...
Sep 10, 2019
Pedestrian hit crossing Third Street downtown
MEDICINE HAT - The driver of a pick up truck has been charged after a pedestrian was hit while crossing Third Street downtown yesterday afternoon.City police say the truck was turning left from 6th av...
Sep 10, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY File
Ukraine: Director in prisoner swap backs jailed Russians
MINSK, Belarus - A Ukrainian film director included in a major prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia last week is speaking out for imprisoned Russians. Oleg Sentsov was freed after five years i...
Sep 10, 2019
Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian's wake
HALIFAX - Post-tropical storm Dorian may have departed Atlantic Canada but the scars it inflicted across the region with its hurricane strength wind gusts and torrential rain will take some time&...
Sep 10, 2019
Ex-SC Gov. Sanford adds name to GOP long shots against Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, joined the Republican race against President Donald Trump on Sunday, aiming to put his Appalachian trail travails beh...
Sep 10, 2019
Goodale and Sajjan to visit Halifax today to survey Dorian recovery efforts
HALIFAX - Two federal cabinet ministers will be in Halifax today to survey recovery efforts from the damaging hit by post-tropical storm Dorian over the weekend. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale w...
Sep 10, 2019
Atwood's 'The Testaments' returns to Gilead, with hype
LONDON - Margaret Atwood is often asked if her new novel "The Testaments," a follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale," is set in a dystopian world. She says: "Let us hope so." Atwood says several U.S. state...
Sep 10, 2019
Some facts about child abductions in Canada
TORONTO - More than 42,000 children were reported missing across Canada last year. By the numbers: 27: Abducted by strangers 31,000: Runaways 58%: Female 73%: Runaways 62%: Cases resolved in 24 hours ...
Sep 10, 2019