Alberta

Lethbridge locals competing in Curling Championships this weekend

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two local curlers, Cody Smith and Krista Shortridge will be competing in the Provincial Mixed Doubles Curling Championships this weekend. The hometown curlers qualified for the Champi...

Feb 18, 2020 ATB Centre Curling Rink - LNN

Evaluating the pros of the Prison Needle Exchange Program

INNISFAIL, AB - Earlier this month, it was announced that the Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) would be implemented at Bowden Institution in the Innisfail area next month. The program allows inma...

Olivia Thorington Feb 18, 2020 Bowden Institution (Photo courtesy rdnewsNOW)

Medical Association and Alberta Health at a standstill in negotiations

EDMONTON -- All options are on the table, according to Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, following failed mediation with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA).The current deal between the two par...

Feb 16, 2020 Stethascope

New dinosaur unearthed in Alberta a significant find for the field of paleontology

DRUMHELLER, AB - The 'reaper of death' has been discovered in Alberta.That's what a new dinosaur found near the hamlet of Hays, the Thanatotheristes degrootorum, is being called. Lethbridge News Now s...

Feb 16, 2020 An illustration of the Thanatotheristes (Photo credit: Julius Csotonyi)

UNA gets their message out during Information Walk outside of Chinook Regional Hospital

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Hundreds of people gathered outside the Chinook Regional Hospital on Thursday (Feb 13) for an information walk to support the United Nurses of Alberta and get the message out that they...

Feb 13, 2020 Information walk outside CRH - Photo credit to LNN

Protests and blockades force CN to shutdown its Eastern Canadian Network

MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway has announced that it has been forced to "initiate a disciplined and progressive shutdown of its operations in Eastern Canada." The shutdown is expected to lead t...

Olivia Thorington Feb 13, 2020 CN Rail - Photo credit to The Canadian Press

Kenney: Coastal Gas Link blockades a ‘dress rehearsal’ for future project fights

CALGARY- Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal" for opposition to future e...

Feb 12, 2020 Blockades by First Nations - The Canadian Press

Children asked to name the next crop of Albertan police dogs

INNISFAIL, AB - 13 German Shepherd puppies are looking to begin training to become K-9 officers, but first, they need names.They were recently born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfa...

Feb 12, 2020 Some of the 13 puppies that need names. (Supplied by Alberta RCMP)

Province to offload crude-by-rail contract signed by NDP

CALGARY, AB - Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial government will be divesting from the crude-by-rail contracts signed by the NDP one year ago.The premier made the announcement during a news conf...

Feb 11, 2020 Rail cars are pictured in Medicine Hat - Photo by Colton McKee

Red tape reduction minister hears from local governments, business community

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Since rising to power last spring, the UCP government has touted their new Ministry of Red Tape Reduction as helping to save everyday Albertans time and money.On Tuesday, local stak...

Feb 11, 2020 MLA Grant Hunter - Photo credit to Scott Roblin