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Ice-dancers Moir and Virtue among 114 Order of Canada inductees

OTTAWA - Champion ice-dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue are among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada today. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette's office announced...

Olivia Thorington Nov 27, 2020

Lethbridge Police respond to off-reserve Blood Tribe election polling station

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge were called out to an off-reserve Blood Tribe elections polling station Thursday evening.LPS says a private security company had called them with concerns of a gr...

Nov 27, 2020

The Daily with LNN – November 26, 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...

Nov 26, 2020

Alberta underscores Critical Health Alert by way of an Emergency Alert

EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta has declared a Public Health Emergency to protect the health care system from COVID-19. On Tuesday, Nov 24, Alberta Health Services issued a list of new restrictions aimed at ...

Nov 26, 2020

Province improves access to trucking jobs

LETHBRIDGE, AB- The provincial government has established a grant program and a training program to get more truck drivers behind the wheel.In a release, the government says a $3-million Driving Back ...

Nov 26, 2020

Alberta approves COVID rapid tests as 1,077 cases confirmed Thursday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,077 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 51...

Nov 26, 2020

Hinshaw: Release of secret recordings of cabinet committee a "personal betrayal"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health spoke out against an unnamed whistleblower who secretly took and released recordings of Alberta's emergency cabinet committee.CBC published a...

Nov 26, 2020

Accused cross-examined in record drug smuggling case at Coutts border

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Asif Mir says he was "shocked" when Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers told him he was under arrest for smuggling drugs into Canada.The 41-year-old Calgary man is charged w...

Nov 26, 2020

Health Canada expects first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved next month

OTTAWA - The chief medical adviser at Health Canada says Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate could be approved in Canada next month.Dr. Supriya Sharma says the Health Canada review is most advanced fo...

Nov 26, 2020

Legion’s poppy campaign collects over $97,000 in donations

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Despite some changes made due to COVID-19, this year's Legion poppy campaign was a success.Final figures are still being tallied, but the Lethbridge Legion, General Stewart Branch say...

Nov 26, 2020