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Alberta government launches industry panels to cut red tape
chatLETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government has reached out to business leaders so they can help decide how their regulations should be changed."Cutting red tape is beneficial for every Albertan," ...
Aug 06, 2019 The Alberta legislature. (Lethbridge News Now)
El Paso deaths climb to 22 as mayor prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas - The Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed more grief Monday as the death toll climbed to 22 and prepared for a visit from President Donald Trump over an...
Aug 06, 2019
US job openings flat in June at 7.35 million
WASHINGTON - The number of open U.S. jobs was largely unchanged in June and hiring slipped, suggesting the job market has cooled a bit. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of available j...
Aug 06, 2019
Carl Lewis backs equal pay for women, calls Trump racist
LIMA, Peru - Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis said Monday that female athletes deserve fair and equal pay and criticized President Donald Trump for being "racist" and "misogynistic." Lewis ...
Aug 06, 2019
Ugandan activist Bobi Wine condemns killing of his supporter
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan musician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is urging police to investigate the death of one of his supporters who died from injuries sustained during torture by unknown abducto...
Aug 06, 2019
The 2019 CFL campaign fast becoming the year of the kick returner
This is fast becoming the year of the kick returner in the CFL. Through eight weeks, 14 kicks have been returned for touchdowns, including a record eight kickoffs. Last year, there were 15 return TDs....
Aug 06, 2019
Indigenous artist hopes for community support for second community art installation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Sarah Russell is hoping to inspire youth with her message of unity, community support and reconciliation. That's why, as her last project as an Indigenous Art student at the Universit...
Aug 06, 2019 Indigenous Artist Sarah Russell and Kale Fox-Zacharias
Meek Mill retrial decision rescheduled to later this month
PHILADELPHIA - A decision on whether Meek Mill will be retried in a drug and gun case has been delayed until later this month. The 32-year-old rapper has been on probation most of his adult life over ...
Aug 06, 2019
As death count rises in 2 US shootings, a familiar aftermath
EL PASO, Texas - Anguished families planned funerals in two U.S. cities, politicians pointed fingers and a nation numbed by gun violence wondered what might come next Monday as the death toll from two...
Aug 06, 2019
Thai dissident musicians celebrate getting French haven
BANGKOK - Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely antiestablishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to France to seek refugee statu...
Aug 06, 2019