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City of Lethbridge reversing utility disconnects during heatwave

LETHBRIDGE, AB - After several local news outlets, including LNN, reached out to the City of Lethbridge, the municipality will ensure all residents can keep their electricity on during the heatwave. L...

Jun 30, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP searching for missing 47-year-old James Jenkins

FORT MACLEOD, AB - James Jenkins, 47, has been missing June 25, 2021, and Fort Macleod RCMP are seeking assistance from the public in locating him.Jenkins was last seen by family on Friday in Fort Mac...

Jun 30, 2021

Applications being accepted for Canadian Agricultural Partnership programs

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Two new programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, designed to support economic recovery and growth, while reducing red tape, are open for applications. The partnership i...

Jun 30, 2021

Lethbridge ER seeing influx of non-emergency patients as doctors leave province

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An emergency room (ER) doctor at Chinook Regional Hospital says they have been getting increasingly busy lately.Dr. Sean Wilde says there are several reasons for why this could be the...

Jun 30, 2021

First Nation says remains of 182 found by former residential school near Cranbrook

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Lower Kootenay Band (LKB) in southeastern B.C. says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found 182 human remains in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential...

Jun 30, 2021

Hurricanes select two forwards in CHL Import Draft

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes have selected two forwards in the CHL Import Draft.18-year-old Yegor Klavdiev was picked with the 11th overall pick. The product out of Minsk, Belarus record...

Jun 30, 2021

Federal $15/hour minimum wage comes into effect Dec. 29

OTTAWA, ONT - By the end of this year, the lowest-paid workers in every part of the country will be making $15 per hour.As part of the 2021 budget, the federal government announced back in April that ...

Jun 30, 2021

Hurricanes GM named to Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence Management Group

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Lethbridge Hurricanes General Manager Peter Anholt will serve on its Program of Excellence (POE) management group.In Anholt's seven seasons with t...

Olivia Thorington Jun 30, 2021

Alberta ended 2020-21 fiscal year with $16.9 billion deficit, lower than forecast

EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government says its fiscal performance improved late last budget year. Alberta ended the 2020-2021 budgetary year with a deficit of $16.9 billion, which is $3.2 billion l...

David Opinko Jun 30, 2021

More temperature records broken as historic heat wave continues

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Several communities in Alberta, including Lethbridge, broke more heat records on Tuesday.A historic heat wave continues across the province. On June 29, Environment Canada reported a ...

Jun 30, 2021