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'The big picture': Alberta border protesters planning to stay for the long haul
COUTTS, Alta. - Alberta's vaccine passport is gone but protesters are promising to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the province's main U.S. border crossing. Any thought that th...
Feb 09, 2022
Alberta begins lifting COVID restrictions
EDMONTON, AB -- Premier Jason Kenney says the government will immediately start phasing out COVID-19 health restrictions.He calls it a prudent plan to get Albertans' lives back to normal as COVID-19 h...
Feb 08, 2022
Contract negotiations continue at the U of L
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Negotiations are continuing at the University of Lethbridge today. The talks resumed after the U of L Board of Governors withdrew its application to the Alberta Labour Relations Boa...
Feb 08, 2022
U of L Faculty vote 92% to strike, could start Thursday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Educators at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) are set to hit the picket lines on Thursday, February 10. The most recent Collective Agreement for academic instructors expired 587 ...
Feb 07, 2022
Alberta cities deal with convoys and protests, Ottawa declares state of emergency
LETHBRIDGE/EDMONTON, AB. -- Ottawa police gave their city notice Sunday afternoon that it would be increasing enforcement action on demonstrators in the downtown core. Shortly before that, Ottawa Mayo...
Feb 06, 2022
Paul Brandt issues statement on Coutts convoy
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- In the entertainment industry, the music, lyrics and voice of famous musicians can hold sway over a myriad of issues.In Alberta, one of the most loved of musicians is Paul Brandt. H...
Feb 04, 2022
Premier Kenney holds Facebook Q-and-A to discuss police "assault" issue and lifting mandates
EDMONTON, AB. -- As vehicle convoys continue to impede traffic in Southern Alberta (the LNN newsroom was notified of four Thursday afternoon alone), the level of frustration from the public is beginni...
Feb 04, 2022
New blockade in Coutts cutting off traffic to U.S. border crossing
MILK RIVER, ALBERTA - RCMP say a second blockade on a highway leading to the main United States border crossing in Alberta has choked off traffic. "Protesters have stopped traffic from going southboun...
Feb 03, 2022
RCMP say some progress made in managing Coutts border blockade
COUTTS, AB - Protesters using their trucks to clog up the main United States border crossing in southern Alberta agreed Wednesday to make some room to allow traffic through. Mounties were taking a cau...
Feb 03, 2022
Environmental groups serve Alberta premier, government with defamation lawsuit
EDMONTON, AB - Five environmental organizations are following through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the provincial government for defamation. In documents filed Wednesday, Februa...
Feb 02, 2022