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The Daily with LNN – November 26, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Nov 26, 2020
As Alberta's COVID-19 cases rise, so does tension over world junior championship
Alberta's spike in COVID-19 infections and the virus's infiltration of Canada's team is concerning for the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, according to a health and law expert and an epi...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta underscores Critical Health Alert by way of an Emergency Alert
EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta has declared a Public Health Emergency to protect the health care system from COVID-19. On Tuesday, Nov 24, Alberta Health Services issued a list of new restrictions aimed at ...
Nov 26, 2020
Boy dead, officer hurt in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; police watchdog investigating
A one-year-old boy was fatally shot and his father and a provincial police officer injured Thursday following an alleged abduction in central Ontario, the province's police watchdog says. The Special ...
Nov 26, 2020
AOC Among Us: progressive firebrand to join NDP leader for online gaming sesh Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The leader of the New Democrats has thrown down the gauntlet to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Canada-U. S. relations may never be the same. Jagmeet Singh challenged the firebr...
Nov 26, 2020
Province improves access to trucking jobs
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The provincial government has established a grant program and a training program to get more truck drivers behind the wheel.In a release, the government says a $3-million Driving Back ...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta approves COVID rapid tests as 1,077 cases confirmed Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,077 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 51...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta's chief medical health officer publicly criticizes staffer who leaked info
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health, dealing with rocketing COVID-19 case numbers, is criticizing a member of her inner circle for leaking confidential information to the media. Dr. D...
Nov 26, 2020
Hinshaw: Release of secret recordings of cabinet committee a "personal betrayal"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health spoke out against an unnamed whistleblower who secretly took and released recordings of Alberta's emergency cabinet committee.CBC published a...
Nov 26, 2020
Public health officers walk fine line between public and politicians, scholars say
EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...
Nov 26, 2020