Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

The Daily with LNN – August 18, 2020
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...
Aug 18, 2020

All public events and activities on Blood Reserve cancelled this summer and fall
STANDOFF, AB - If you had any plans to attend upcoming events on the Blood Reserve, they are now off.Effective immediately, the Blood Tribe has cancelled all public events and activities for the durat...
Aug 18, 2020

Loblaws to offer COVID-19 asymptomatic tests at 234 Albertan pharmacies
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Those without any symptoms of COVID-19 can now get tested at pharmacies owned by Loblaws. The Government of Alberta announced in late July that pharmacies would be able to apply to of...
Aug 18, 2020

Province corrects COVID-19 case counts after Friday error
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released Tuesday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.The province notes that 74 infections that they reported as part of t...
Aug 18, 2020

Firefighters tackle blaze that hit homes, vehicle
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services were called out to a residential fire Tuesday afternoon on Fairmont Boulevard South. A neighbour, Mark Peta, told LNN that he was in the basemen...
Aug 18, 2020

Many parents nervous about return of school, plan to send kids anyway: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the majority of Canadian parents plan to send their kids back to school in the fall, but would want classes cancelled if there is a new COVID-19 outbreak in their communit...
Aug 18, 2020

Health authorities link COVID outbreak in B.C. to Alberta religious gathering
An outbreak of COVID-19 in northern B.C. has been linked to a religious gathering in Deadwood, Alta.Northern Health in B.C. has issued an alert advising that 12 people who attended the "It Is Time Can...
Aug 18, 2020

Kodiaks sign volleyball standout Adam Revet
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Even though the upcoming season is very uncertain on how it will play out, the Lethbridge College Kodiaks have been at the top of the recruiting game.High School volleyball standout Ad...
Aug 18, 2020

Drug treatment court announced for Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat will be home to one of five drug treatment courts announced by Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer today.The courts will help support addiction treatment and recovery.The ...
Aug 18, 2020

Several heat records broken across Southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - As you have probably noticed by now, it's pretty hot outside.How hot is it?So hot, in fact, that many communities across the region have set new all-time daily high records.Environmen...
Aug 18, 2020