Lethbridge and Area

Province consolidating 911 EMS dispatch services, impacting Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) hopes to make 911 dispatch services more fiscally efficient while aiming to improve patient care.READ MORE: Alberta mayors, firefighters speak out agains...

Aug 04, 2020

Link Pathway project chair hopes to start construction this fall

COALDALE, AB - "Benefits of the Pathway are the health and safety of residents."That's from Henry Doeve, Project Chair for the Link Pathway. The project will result in a trail that will wind through L...

Aug 03, 2020

$100,000 to support irrigation in Southeastern Alberta

MEDICINE HAT, AB- The Canadian and Albertan governments are helping the Eastern Irrigation District to complete a dam safety review.This project is funded through the Emergency Preparedness Program an...

Aug 01, 2020

The Daily with LNN – July 31, 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...

Jul 31, 2020

Province reports five new COVID cases in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released Friday's report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours.127 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 10...

Jul 31, 2020

MADD showing off wrecked car around Lethbridge for impaired driving awareness

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Over the next two months, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) will be placing a smashed-up car around Lethbridge to show the dangers of impaired driving.On Friday, July 31st, to tell ...

Jul 31, 2020

Face masks will be mandatory on U of L campus starting August 10

LETHBRIDGE, AB - All students, staff, and visitors will have to wear face masks at the University of Lethbridge, effective Monday, August 10.The rule will apply to indoor public spaces such as hallway...

Jul 31, 2020

Parents in Lethbridge must commit to at-home or in-school learning by August 10

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge School Division has released its new parent survey.Earlier this month, the provincial government announced that schools would be resuming in September with "near-normal...

Jul 31, 2020

Number of Alberta doctors grew at twice the pace of general population, Shandro calls for change

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has released statistics on physicians across the country and how those have changed.In Alberta, the number of family doctors and s...

Jul 31, 2020

Kinsmen lead expansion of playground at Coaldale’s Eastview Park

COALDALE, AB - The Kinsmen Club of Coaldale is helping spruce up a local park.On July 24 and 25, volunteers showed up to the Eastview Park playground. $75,000 worth of equipment was installed around t...

Jul 31, 2020