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Arrests made in Taber drug trafficking bust
TABER, AB - After first receiving word about a drug trafficking group in Taber, arrests have been made.With the assistance of ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team), Taber Police began a joint ...
Jul 19, 2021

The Daily with LNN – July 19, 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...
Jul 19, 2021

5 million COVID vaccine doses given in AB, two COVID deaths in South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Monday's report on COVID-19.For the time being, LNN is only reporting COVID numbers once per week each Monday, so today's article will cover stati...
Jul 19, 2021

Alberta's population could grow by up to 3 million by 2046
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Better start building more houses now - Alberta is set to welcome millions of more people over the next 25 years.The provincial government has released its population projections for ...
Jul 19, 2021

As Alberta emerges from the pandemic, restaurants struggling to hire enough staff
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "A lot of these places are stretched extraordinarily thin."Jeff Jamieson, a board member of the Alberta Hospitality Association (AHA) and a local restaurant owner in Calgary, says mos...
Jul 19, 2021

Province announces rural crime town halls, including a few in Southern Alberta
CARDSTON, AB - The Government of Alberta wants to hear from rural residents about their perspectives on crime.Justice Minister Kaycee Madu will be taking part in seven rural crime town halls this summ...
Jul 19, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP take part in burial of unknown Blackfoot Warrior
FORT MACLEOD, AB - RCMP says on July 22, 1979, someone found a human skull in the waters of the Old Man River west of the Monarch bridge at Highway 3A. The skull was then given to Fort Macleod RCMP wh...
Jul 19, 2021

Contractor selected for new high school/rec centre in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - A major update on a significant project in Coaldale.The Palliser School Division and the Town of Coaldale have announced that Ward Bros. Construction will be the construction management...
Jul 19, 2021

TransAlta completes second of three planned Alberta plant conversions to natural gas
CALGARY, AB. - TransAlta Corp. has taken another step in its goal of becoming carbon neutral by converting the second of three planned coal-to-gas conversions at its Alberta Thermal power generation f...
Jul 19, 2021

‘Miss the drumbeat’: the return of powwow season welcomed by First Nations
EDMONTON, AB. -- Under the early evening sun, dancers from across Canada and the United States filed onto the powwow grounds at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in central Alberta. It was the first time in ...
Jul 19, 2021