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The Weekly with LNN – February 25, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Weekly with LNN is a video recap of some of the stories Lethbridge News Now has covered for the week of February 18 - 25, 2022.Connor Gunn tells a summary of Alberta's, crime, and ...
Feb 25, 2022

Alberta commits $3.5 billion to healthcare in 2022 budget
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta 2022 budget is committing $3.5 billion over the next three years for health facilities, equipment, and IT systems to expand healthcare capacity across the province.$133 mill...
Feb 25, 2022

595 new COVID cases reported in Alberta Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.595 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 524,...
Feb 25, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Alberta justice minister removed from post, becomes labour minister
EDMONTON - Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu is being moved to another cabinet post following a third-party report into his phone call to Edmonton's police chief over a traffic ticket. Madu takes o...
Feb 25, 2022

Alberta's Labour/Immigration and Justice Ministers switch places
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney is shuffling his cabinet.Tyler Shando and Kaycee Madu are switching positions with Shandro becoming the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, while Madu will t...
Feb 25, 2022

'Please, no more war:' Capitals star Ovechkin addresses Russian invasion of Ukraine
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin asked for "no more war" Friday in his first media availability since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Moscow native said he has "lots of friends in Russia an...
Feb 25, 2022

'Please, no more war:' Capitals star Ovechkin addresses Russian invasion of Ukraine
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin asked for "no more war" Friday in his first media availability since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Moscow native said he has "lots of friends in Russia an...
Feb 25, 2022

Ticats kicker Leader was part of U.S. rugby win over Canada in 2019
He's yet to play in the CFL, but Hamilton Tiger-Cats kicker Tadgh Leader does have prior experience with Canada. In March 2019, Tadgh played for the U.S. national men's rugby team that rallied to beat...
Feb 25, 2022

Canadian liquor stores pull Russian products amid conflict in Ukraine
TORONTO - Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves Friday in light of Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. In Ontario, Finance Minister ...
Feb 25, 2022

RCMP were short on officers in rural N.S. county before 2020 mass shooting: review
HALIFAX - An RCMP review says that a county where the Nova Scotia mass shooting occurred had a shortage of officers needed to meet the force's policing standards in the year leading up to the 2020 ram...
Feb 25, 2022