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UPDATE: Multiple buildings destroyed in hay plant fire east of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Firefighters remain on scene nearly two days after a significant fire broke out at Green Prairie International.Just after 7:00 pm on Wednesday, June 30, a small fire started in one of...
Jul 02, 2021
Southern Alberta sailor an integral part of successful counter-terrorism mission
PINCHER CREEK, AB - A sailor from Pincher Creek was one of the key players in a recent counter-terrorism and maritime security mission in the Middle East.Petty Officer Second Class (PO2) Jason Boisven...
Jul 01, 2021
Fire crews called to blaze at Green Prairie International
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Shortly after 7:00 Wednesday evening (June 30), Fire crews were called out to a massive blaze at Green Prairie International, on Highway 3 east of Lethbridge. 15 firefighting apparatu...
Jun 30, 2021
Lethbridge ER seeing influx of non-emergency patients as doctors leave province
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An emergency room (ER) doctor at Chinook Regional Hospital says they have been getting increasingly busy lately.Dr. Sean Wilde says there are several reasons for why this could be the...
Jun 30, 2021
Alberta ended 2020-21 fiscal year with $16.9 billion deficit, lower than forecast
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government says its fiscal performance improved late last budget year. Alberta ended the 2020-2021 budgetary year with a deficit of $16.9 billion, which is $3.2 billion l...
Jun 30, 2021
Lethbridge mask mandate to be removed July 1
LETHBRIDGE, AB - After a group of specialists in respiratory and critical care said the City of Lethbridge's face mask bylaw is no longer necessary, council repealed their mandate.The removal of the m...
Jun 29, 2021
Dozens of City of Lethbridge employees reportedly laid off
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A "workforce adjustment" is underway at Lethbridge City Hall.LNN was informed by a family member of a city employee that upwards of 61 workers were recently given their pink slips.We ...
Jun 29, 2021
Heat wave dubbed ‘dangerous,’ ‘historic’ bakes much of Western Canada
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of Western Canada won't lift for days, although parts of British Columbia and Yukon could see some relief so...
Jun 29, 2021
Temperature in Lytton, B.C., breaks all-time Canadian high set in 1937
LYTTON, B.C. - The temperature in a village in British Columbia's southern Interior reached a scorching 46.6 degrees Celsius Sunday afternoon, marking a new all-time high recorded in Canada. The readi...
Jun 28, 2021
Religious group says it will release residential school records
The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents...
Jun 25, 2021