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Canada pumps nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into waterways since 2013
OTTAWA - Canada's old-fashioned city sewer systems dumped nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into this country's waterways over five years, enough to fill up an Olympic-sized swimm...
Feb 27, 2020

Techies and travellers win in Alberta budget; vapers lose with new tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government tabled its 2020-21 budget Thursday. Here is a look at who might be pleased and who won't be so happy: WINNERS Techies: The province is investing $20...
Feb 27, 2020

B.C. can't be punished by feds if private-care proponent wins case: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Government lawyers have made irrelevant arguments in British Columbia Supreme Court by saying the province would lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding if a lawsuit seeking an ...
Feb 27, 2020

Canada prepared to monitor for community spread of COVID-19: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top public-health official Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada has begun to look at tracking local spread of the novel coronavirus, just as the United States confirmed a case ...
Feb 27, 2020

Quebec reports first presumptive case of coronavirus, woman from Montreal area
MONTREAL - Quebec public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of the new coronavirus. Health Minister Danielle McCann announced Thursday night that the patient, a woman...
Feb 27, 2020

The Daily with LNN – Feb. 27, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Budget 2020 – Alberta Health over budget but promising more surgeries
MEDICINE HAT, AB - When it comes to heath care, this year's budget is not unlike those over the past decade with the health ministry going over budget in the 2019-2020 fiscal year by $217 million, nea...
Feb 27, 2020 CRH Emergency entrance -- LNN

Report to guide City of Lethbridge's progress on becoming more "age-friendly"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Rob Miyashiro hopes Lethbridge can gain official certification as being "age-friendly."He is a City Councillor and the Executive Director Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization and p...
Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Red-ink budget with hopes on the horizon
EDMONTON -- The Alberta budget is counting on oil and gas bouncing back while recognizing it's time to put more money and effort into areas such as high-tech and tourism.But with a bottom line still d...
Feb 27, 2020 Finance Minister Travis Toews and Premier Jason Kenney present the 2020 Budget: A Plan for Jobs and the Economy - Govt of Alberta

LPS offer words of caution about kidnapping/ransom scam
LETHBRIDGE -- City police are advising residents to be wary of a kidnapping/ransom phone scam making the rounds, On Tuesday (Feb. 25) two residents reported receiving suspicious phone calls from an ov...
Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge Police Station - LNN