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Moody’s cites weak economy in downgrading Alberta credit rating

EDMONTON - The Alberta government's credit rating has taken another hitMoody's Investors Service has downgraded the province's rating to Aa2 stable from Aa1 negative.The rating service cites weakness ...

Dec 03, 2019 Alberta credit rating downgrade

Lethbridge school boards: severing bussing partnership with city makes no sense

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge School Division (LSD) and Holy Spirit Catholic School Division (HSC) are pleading city council to reconsider their decision to no longer partner with the schools on bus...

Dec 02, 2019 Lethbridge School Division Superintendent Cheryl Gilmore speaks to Lethbridge City Council. (Lethbridge News Now)

Multi vehicle collision on icy Highway-3

COALDALE -- Coaldale Fire and emergency services and RCMP had to deal with a stretch of highway carnage on Sunday (Dec 1). Not once, but twice.Shortly after 7:00-pm, a multi-vehicle collision near the...

Dec 01, 2019 Hwy-3 Crash - truck and cargo trailer destroyed - LNN

Hyperloop line from YYC to YEG via Red Deer needs provincial commitment

RED DEER -- From Calgary to Edmonton with a stop in Red Deer, all in under 30 minutes?A Toronto company founded in 2015 believes they're close to making that a reality with their innovative hyperloop ...

Dec 01, 2019 Hyperlink mock-up from Transpod.com

Scheer cautions against internal fighting in speech in Conservative heartland

CALGARY - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dismissed those calling for him to step down after last month's election loss as elites and "talking heads" who know he'll never relent in his oppositio...

Nov 30, 2019 Andrew Scheer - The Canadian Press

Alberta Court of Appeal: Nine-year minimum sentence for fentanyl trafficking

EDMONTON, AB - Alberta's Court of Appeal has ruled that convictions for wholesale fentanyl trafficking should get a minimum sentence of nine years.The unanimous ruling by five justices comes out of a ...

Nov 29, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge crews keeping busy tackling snow clean-up

LETHBRIDGE, AB - When residents woke up in Lethbridge Wednesday morning, the first thing they saw outside was snow, and lots of it.City crews are at work cleaning up roads and sidewalks as the white s...

Nov 28, 2019 City of Lethbridge crews are cleaning up the streets as a winter storm continues in the region (Lethbridge News Now)

RCMP lay charge in fatal Highway 3 collision

COALDALE, AB - RCMP in Coaldale have charged a Lethbridge man in connection with a two-vehicle fatal collision Monday evening.On November 25, a 66-year-old Coalhurst woman was killed in a two-vehicle ...

Nov 27, 2019 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge

School Districts 'well aware' of discussions to potentially cut ties with City on busing, says Mayor

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman says both the Holy Spirit and Public School Divisions should be looking to Medicine Hat and Red Deer for advice on how to run school buses at little to...

Nov 26, 2019 City of Lethbridge School Buses near Wilson Middle School

School Districts raise concerns over City's Fiscal and Operational Performance Review

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Both the Lethbridge School Division and the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division are worried about City Council's decision Monday evening, to approve a recommendation from the Fiscal ...

Nov 26, 2019 Lethbridge School District