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1,168 COVID cases confirmed in Alberta Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.1,168 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing t...
Aug 27, 2021

The Weekly with LNN – August 27, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Weekly with LNN is a video recap of some of the stories Lethbridge News Now has covered for the week of August 20 - 27, 2021.Connor Gunn tells a summary of fire stories, impaired d...
Aug 27, 2021

Non-urgent surgeries being postponed in Edmonton & North Zones due to COVID spikes
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) is advising people waiting to get non-urgent surgeries in two health zones that they will have to wait a bit longer.Officials are having to create addition...
Aug 27, 2021

Infant killed in Stoney Nakoda First Nation, determined to be homicide
STONEY NAKODA, AB - RCMP are investigating the homicide of an infant west of Calgary.Stoney Nakoda RCMP was called to a home on the First Nation to conduct a welfare check on a six-month-old child.Whe...
Aug 27, 2021

Out on the hustings, Trudeau confronted by father of victim from flight PS752
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Merzhad Zarei moved swiftly through a crowd of people waiting to meet Justin Trudeau at an outdoor food-truck festival north of Toronto, hoping to get the Liberal leader's attent...
Aug 27, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba brings back COVID orders, gives more freedom to vaccinated
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is bringing back some of its COVID-19 public health orders and will allow only people who are fully vaccinated to go to restaurants, bars, bingo halls and sporting events. Health M...
Aug 27, 2021

$34.1M jackpot goes to Glen Schmidt of Pincher Creek
PINCHER CREEK, AB - The 15th largest lotto prize in Alberta's history has gone to a man from Pincher Creek.Glen Schmidt bought a LOTTO MAX ticket at the North Hill Shell on August 6.He went back to th...
Aug 27, 2021

Coroner releases report into 2020 death of six snowmobilers in Lac-St-Jean, Que.
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has found that a lack of signage and an ill-fated decision to take an unfamiliar shortcut contributed to the deaths of five French snowmobilers and their guide in the Lac-S...
Aug 27, 2021

Lethbridge man charged in knife attack
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man was apprehended by Lethbridge Police earlier this month after a man's face was injured during a knife attack.LPS says a bicycle and a vehicle collided on 2A Avenue North when th...
Aug 27, 2021

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell wants everyone who lives or works outside the city's levee protection system to evacuate well ahead of an expected hit by Hurricane Ida on Sunday. ...
Aug 27, 2021