Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

259 new COVID cases in Alberta, 12 in South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Wednesday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.READ MORE: Hinshaw talks "more cautious" approach to lifting C...
Feb 03, 2021

Bianca Amor's Liquidation donates $300K in PPE to United Way
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Canadian retailer with a location in Lethbridge has made a significant donation to a local charity.Bianca Amor's Liquidation Supercentre is giving more than one million face masks a...
Feb 03, 2021

Students ask feds to Knock Out Interest on student loans
Post-secondary students across Canada are renewing their call for the federal government to ease the burden of student loan debt.The Knock Out Interest campaign calling for the elimination of interest...
Feb 03, 2021

$68.5 million announced for Alberta treatment and care facilities
EDMONTON, AB- Premier Jason Kenney announced today $68.5 million in supports will go towards Albertans and staff in continuing care, residential addiction and mental health treatment facilities and ho...
Feb 03, 2021

Lethbridge College researchers looking to develop new antibiotics using Alberta-based plants
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The work of two researchers at Lethbridge College has received a boost.Microbiology senior research scientist Dr. Sophie Kernis and lab technician Leanne DuMontier are working on deve...
Feb 03, 2021

Lethbridge City Council to consider extending mask bylaw to Dec. 31
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Could the residents of Lethbridge be required to wear face masks in public settings until the end of 2021? We might find out on Thursday, February 11.At next week's Community Safety S...
Feb 03, 2021

No injuries in Highway 22 vehicle fire near Lundbreck
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Pincher Creek Emergency Services responded to a vehicle fire early Wednesday morning.The incident was first reported shortly after 6:30 a.m. near Lundbreck.Highway 22 10 km North o...
Feb 03, 2021

Municipalities consider pushing province on regional restrictions
MEDICINE HAT, AB- A few municipalities in Southern Alberta are considering following Medicine Hat's lead in writing a letter to the province to push for a more regional approach to COVID-19 restrictio...
Feb 03, 2021

The Daily with LNN – February 2, 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 02, 2021

Lethbridge man sentenced to three years on child pornography charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man guilty of child luring and child pornography has learned his fate.ALERT arrested Darcy Heitman, 28, in December 2019. Their Internet Child Exploitation Unit said he h...
Feb 02, 2021