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Auditor General finds $2.3 Million misuse of funds by Alberta Energy Regulator

EDMONTON -- In a scandal that has left taxpayers about $2.3 million out of pocket, a provincial government investigation has concluded the former head of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) grossly mis...

Oct 04, 2019 Alberta Legislature

Scientist finds fossil evidence of sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Scientists have found fossil evidence from the last ice age of a sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta - the northern-most record of the predator.A study by the Royal Ontario Mus...

Oct 04, 2019 Credit: Royal Ontario Museum- Danielle Dufault

$430-million-dollar Cavendish potato processing facility now officially open

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As the clich goes, the official opening of the Cavendish plant in Lethbridge was no small potatoes. Premier Jason Kenney, Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen, Mayor Chris S...

Oct 03, 2019 Dignitaries including Cavendish President Robert Irving, Premier Jason Kenney and Mayor Chris Spearman cut ribbon to the new facility

Alberta premier promises new rules to crack down on farm trespassers

GRANUM, AB -- Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.Kenney says free speech must be protected but not when p...

Oct 03, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers

Alberta government to launch review into vaping regulations

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is launching a review into the tobacco and smoking reduction act, with an aim on regulating vaping. With 25 per cent of high school students admitting to vaping in t...

Oct 02, 2019 Vaping items

Humboldt Broncos families upset by Alberta trucking regulation review

EDMONTON - Several families affected by the deadly Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash say they are upset by an Alberta review of trucking regulations.Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba implemented mand...

Oct 02, 2019 Bronco bus crash site -- The Canadian Press

Rate of fentanyl related deaths appears to be slowing in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - According to the newly released Alberta Health 2019 second quarter "Opioid Surveillance Response Report," an average of two Albertans died each day of a fentanyl related overdose. Tha...

Oct 01, 2019 Lethbridge opioid deaths 2019 - Photo: Courtesy Alberta Health

Updates and tips from Lethbridge's emergency & city departments following #Snowmaggedon

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Weather Network reports that Lethbridge got more than 60 cm of snow over the weekend as of Monday morning, leaving its mark on residents, city staff, and infrastructure.More detai...

Sep 30, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Snow-Day for numerous school districts, U-of-L and College

LETHBRIDGE -- A Travel Advisory has been issued for Southern Alberta. Residents are being told to avoid all travel from the BC border to the Saskatchewan border along Highway-3 and along all roads sou...

Sep 29, 2019 Buses not running

14-year-old LCI student offers potential solutions to help mitigate bike thefts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dressed in a crisp, white shirt, tie, slacks, and polished shoes, 14-year-old Grade 9 LCI student Nathan Sherwood carried his solid steel U-shaped bike lock to a podium, as he address...

Sep 29, 2019 LCI student Nathan Sherwood brings the lock cut off his 4th bike