Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

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

Charges laid in vehicle-pedestrian collision
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A 33-year-old city man has been charged in connection with Tuesday's (Jan 5) hit-and-run in the downtown area. The collision happened around 1:00-pm at the intersection of 3rd Avenu...
Jan 07, 2021

The Daily with LNN – January 7, 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...
Jan 07, 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

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

Lethbridge School Division delays "pivot" date for elementary and middle schools
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The provincial government will allow students to return to in-school learning on Monday, January 11. More details here.Students wanting to switch between online and in-person ...
Jan 07, 2021

Doctors ask for vaccine priority for staff working in COVID-19 units at hospitals
EDMONTON, ON - More than 200 doctors in Alberta have signed an open letter asking for prioritized vaccination of health-care staff who work directly with patients on dedicated COVID-19 units.The lates...
Jan 07, 2021

Canadian snowbirds flock to vaccinate in Florida as rollouts lag north of the border
OTTAWA, ON- Canadian snowbirds in Florida are rushing to get inoculated down south as provincial vaccine rollouts lag north of the border.While many of the roughly one million Canadians who flock to s...
Jan 07, 2021

Spearman not running for re-election
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The mayor of Lethbridge will not be running for re-election in this fall's municipal vote.Chris Spearman made the announcement Thursday. The video of his full announcement can be foun...
Jan 07, 2021