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Lethbridge City Council to consider extending mask bylaw to Dec. 31
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Could the residents of Lethbridge be required to wear face masks in public settings until the end of 2021? We might find out on Thursday, February 11.At next week's Community Safety S...
Feb 03, 2021

No injuries in Highway 22 vehicle fire near Lundbreck
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Pincher Creek Emergency Services responded to a vehicle fire early Wednesday morning.The incident was first reported shortly after 6:30 a.m. near Lundbreck.Highway 22 10 km North o...
Feb 03, 2021

Municipalities consider pushing province on regional restrictions
MEDICINE HAT, AB- A few municipalities in Southern Alberta are considering following Medicine Hat's lead in writing a letter to the province to push for a more regional approach to COVID-19 restrictio...
Feb 03, 2021

Clearview AI broke Canadian privacy laws with facial recognition tool, watchdogs say
OTTAWA - A new watchdog report says Canadian use of U.S. firm Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information. In a report today with t...
Feb 03, 2021

The Daily with LNN – February 2, 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...
Feb 02, 2021

Lethbridge man sentenced to three years on child pornography charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man guilty of child luring and child pornography has learned his fate.ALERT arrested Darcy Heitman, 28, in December 2019. Their Internet Child Exploitation Unit said he h...
Feb 02, 2021

South Zone sees just eight new COVID cases, 268 in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Tuesday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.268 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total...
Feb 02, 2021

Woman charged with drug offenses after LPS traffic stop
LETHBRIDGE, AB- A police traffic stop resulted in drug-related offenses and breach of parole charges for a woman on Monday, February 1.Around 9:30 pm, officers stopped a vehicle in the 800-block of 2 ...
Feb 02, 2021

Alberta Bertha Armyworm 2020 survey and potential for 2021
EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta Agriculture`s Bertha Armyworm (AKA - Mamestra configurata) monitoring program has been conducted since 1995, to help track the progression of the pest.In 2020, 350 sites of ph...
Feb 02, 2021

Study: Pandemic’s cleaner air added heat to warming planet
Earth spiked a bit of a fever in 2020, partly because of cleaner air from the pandemic lockdown, a new study found.For a short time, temperatures in some places in the eastern United States, Russia an...
Feb 02, 2021