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Man accused in Lethbridge & Edmonton homicides arrested in Regina

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Regina have apprehended a man charged with two separate counts of second-degree murder.According to Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, was arrested at...

Mar 08, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

LPS investigating truck versus bicycle collision on north side

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- There are few details, as the investigation into a north side collision continues.The incident happened shortly before 5:00-pm on Friday (Mar 6) at the intersection of Stafford Driv...

Mar 06, 2020 Collision at Stafford and 2nd Ave.N -- LNN

Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan; Alberta premier

EDMONTON, AB. -- Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023...

Mar 06, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney -- File photo, The Canadian Press

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate up slightly in February

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region took a small jump last month.The February rate was listed at 4.6 percent, up from 4.5 percent in January 2020.Acro...

Mar 06, 2020 Photo: The Canadian Press

Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent

OTTAWA - The unemployment rate in Canada nudged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent as the economy added 30,300 net new jobs in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said th...

Olivia Thorington Mar 06, 2020

Crews begin deconstruction of old YMCA building in downtown Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's time to say goodbye to the old YMCA building in downtown Lethbridge.Contractors have begun the demolition process of the facility, in accordance with the City of Lethbridge's env...

Mar 05, 2020 The demolition of the old YMCA building in downtown Lethbridge has begun (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Province announces Indigenous addiction treatment and police funding

STANDOFF, AB. - It's an announcement that some would contend is long overdue. Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer and Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan were in Standof...

Mar 03, 2020 Doug Schweitzer and Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan, Cardston-Siksika MLA, Joseph Schow, Blood Tribe Police Chief Kyle Melting Tallow, join other members of Blood Tribe Council

Lethbridge getting drug treatment court & four additional ALERT officers

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of the provincial government were in Lethbridge Monday for a pair of announcements that are said to impact drug-related crime.The first is a drug treatment court.Justice Minis...

Mar 02, 2020 Officials announce Lethbridge's new drug treatment court and ALERT expansion. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta wildfire season officially underway

EDMONTON, AB - The wildfire season in Alberta has officially begun. The provincial government said the early start is ahead by about one month from other jurisdictions, with research showing that wild...

Olivia Thorington Mar 02, 2020 The Alberta wildfire season runs until October 31, 2020 (Photo courtesy the Government of Alberta)

Wet’suwet’en chiefs, ministers reach proposed agreement in pipeline dispute

SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers say they have reached a proposed arrangement in a pipeline dispute that has prompted solidarity protests across Canada ...

Mar 01, 2020 Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser