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City of Lethbridge to make staff salaries & benefits public

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted unanimously to create a Compensation Disclosure List and to make it publicly accessible.The motion was introduced by Councillor Jeffrey Coffman and w...

Sep 16, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta ending separate offices for climate change, environmental monitoring

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government plans to eliminate its stand-alone offices for climate change policy and environmental monitoring, a move some say will damage the province's standi...

Olivia Thorington Sep 15, 2019

U of L officially opens Science Commons building with "Big Bang" celebration

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge's new state-of-the-art science centre is now open.A packed atrium with hundreds of students, staff, and dignitaries watched the ceremony, which, in additi...

Sep 13, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney speaks at the Big Bang grand opening celebration for the Science Commons building. (Lethbridge News Now)

City of Lethbridge Salaries and More: Your Questions Answered

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *UPDATE*: A motion by Councillor Jeffrey Coffman is expected to be brought forward at Monday's City Council meeting (Sept. 16) called "Compensation Disclosure List." The motion asks t...

Sep 12, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall (Lethbridge News NOW)

Trudeau to call election Wednesday with morning visit to Rideau Hall

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to call the next federal election Wednesday morning.He's to visit Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. local time to ask Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament.By ...

Sep 10, 2019 Justin Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

Second man charged in Lethbridge hockey tournament assault

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second man has been charged in connection with an altercation at a youth hockey tournament over the weekend.On Sunday, video footage was captured of a referee being accosted by a gr...

Sep 10, 2019 A screenshot from the video captured by Dean Millard (@DuckMillard on Twitter)

UPDATE: Charges laid following altercation at Lethbridge hockey tournament

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UP-DATE: Police in Lethbridge have charged a man after an altercation was reported at a youth hockey tournament.Standoff's Robert Farrell Creighton has been charged with one count of ...

Sep 09, 2019 A screenshot from the video captured by Dean Millard (@DuckMillard on Twitter)

Rose Aladedunye - kindness to a stranger, and the man who paid her back

LETHBRIDGE -- Something a little bit extraordinary happened on Tuesday, Sept. 4, as Rose Aladedunye was working. It was something neither she, nor her sister- who was minding one of the stores she own...

Sep 08, 2019 Rose and her sister -- LNN

Andreescu becomes first Canadian to win Grand Slam with U.S. Open win

NEW YORK - Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday in the U.S. Open women's final.The 19-year-old from Mississauga, O...

Sep 07, 2019 Bianca Andreescu beats Serena Williams -- The Canadian Press

Ottawa invests nearly $8.5-million into projects in Lethbridge, Coaldale, Foremost

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Significant amounts of money from the federal government's Western Diversification Program will support four projects in Southern Alberta.The following three grants are from the Busin...

Sep 06, 2019 The coulees in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)