Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

LPS details potential impacts of $1 million budget cut
LETHBRIDGE, AB- A Finance Committee meeting late last year with Lethbridge City Council, came to the conclusion that certain costs associated with the Lethbridge Police Service needed to be cut.In res...
Feb 24, 2021

Province announces $561 per child "Working Parents Benefit"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta is returning some child care costs to parents.Minister of Children's Services Rebecca Schulz announced the creation of the new Working Parents Benefit (WPB) ...
Feb 24, 2021

25 Alberta communities receive asset management funding, including Lethbridge County and Pincher Creek
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - Lethbridge County and the Town of Pincher Creek are two of 25 communities receiving federal funding to help boost asset management.The Government of Canada is investing $1.15 m...
Feb 24, 2021

Lethbridge Council directs City Manager to investigate EMS dispatch options
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge will be looking into more options for EMS dispatch service. Following a recent decision by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to attempt opting out of ce...
Feb 24, 2021

Lethbridge School Division changes school boundaries for 2021-22
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Lethbridge School Division Board of Trustees recently passed a motion to change school boundaries for the 2021/2022 school year.West, south, and north Lethbridge, elementary, middl...
Feb 23, 2021

Lethbridge City Council extends mask bylaw to April 30
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Previously, the Community Standing Policy Committee decided that the best thing for Lethbridge City Council should not extend the current mask bylaw in the city.The mask mandate was fi...
Feb 23, 2021

The Daily with LNN – February 23, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Feb 23, 2021

Seniors 75+ can book COVID vaccine appointments Wednesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - More seniors in the province will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 shortly.Staff and residents of long-term care and designated supportive living facilities have already bee...
Feb 23, 2021

267 new COVID cases in Alberta including 17 in Lethbridge
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics compiled over the previous 24 hours.267 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing ...
Feb 23, 2021

Arguments being made for Alberta's constitutional challenge of Bill C-69
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is in court this week to argue that a federal law prohibits Alberta from being in control of its own natural resources.Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, re...
Feb 23, 2021