Category Archives: Alberta

The Weekly with LNN – Jan 8, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Weekly with LNN is a video recap of just some of the stories Lethbridge News Now has covered for the week of Jan 2 - 8, 2021.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay u...
Jan 08, 2021

Lethbridge to host 2022 Tim Hortons Brier
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge's Enmax Centre will play host to one of Canada's largest curling events in 2022. After a successful $1 million dollar bid from Lethbridge City Council in July of 2020, Curli...
Jan 08, 2021

Mayors issue joint statement ahead of 911 EMS dispatch consolidation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Mayors concerned about the consolidation of 911 EMS dispatch continue to voice their issues with the province's plan.READ MORE: Province consolidating 911 EMS dispatch services, impac...
Jan 08, 2021

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat with highest unemployment rate in Alberta last month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers are out for the province. In December, the jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region was 10.5 percent. That's a jump from November's ...
Jan 08, 2021

WestJet puts 1,000 workers on leave, citing government COVID-19 test rules
CALGARY, AB - WestJet Airlines Ltd. says about 1,000 employees will be furloughed, temporarily laid off, put on unpaid leave or have their hours cut in the wake of new travel rules from the federal go...
Jan 08, 2021

Canadian economy lost 63,000 jobs in December, first decline since April
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 63,000 jobs in December in the first monthly decline since April amid tightened public health restrictions to slow a resurgence in the pandemic.The...
Jan 08, 2021

COVID restrictions to remain in effect until at least Jan. 21
EDMONTON, AB - You will have to wait a little bit longer to see some of Alberta's COVID-19 restrictions be relaxed.Some of the measures introduced in November and December were set to expire on Monday...
Jan 07, 2021

Alberta schools to resume in-person learning Jan. 11
EDMONTON, AB- Students can indeed head back into schools next week.Premier Jason Kenney said back in November that all students would soon be moving to online, at-home learning on an interim basis. He...
Jan 07, 2021

2021 Alberta Nutrient Management Seminar Series set to go
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- With Covid-19 still a factor to contend with, agriculture seminars have shut their doors and opened their computers and cameras.This year`s Alberta Nutrient Management series has sh...
Jan 07, 2021

Hockey Alberta cancels 2021 Provincial Championships
RED DEER, AB- Hockey Alberta has announced the cancellations of all 2021 Provincial Championships due to the ongoing pandemic."This decision has been made with the safety of all our members and partic...
Jan 07, 2021