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Province announces funding for palliative care in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced the "first step" in a $20-million commitment to improving palliative care.$5-million will be given to the Covenant Health Palliative Institute ...
Sep 09, 2020

Positive case of COVID-19 confirmed at Chinook High School
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Chinook High School in Lethbridge has joined the list of schools to report a positive case of COVID-19.The Lethbridge School Division sent out a notice, dated September 9, stating tha...
Sep 09, 2020

Trudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneurs
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new national program to help Black Canadians get business loans with national banks.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the COVID-19 pandemic has dispropor...
Sep 09, 2020

Alberta RCMP issue over 2,500 traffic tickets and more than 400 warnings over Labour Day weekend
EDMONTON, AB - It was a busy weekend on the roads for Alberta law enforcement.Over the Labour Day long weekend, provincial RCMP issued a total of 2,592 traffic tickets and 412 warnings. That's only fo...
Sep 09, 2020

Learn the lessons of history, don't 'cancel' them, new Tory leader O'Toole says
OTTAWA - New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says tearing down statues of the country's founders dooms Canada to forget the lessons of history.He made the remarks as he addressed his party's caucus a...
Sep 09, 2020

Court appearance for man accused of killing Alberta doctor at walk-in clinic
RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to appear in court today, September 9.Deng Mabiour is charged with first-degree murder in...
Sep 09, 2020

More than 600 COVID cases in Alberta over the long weekend
EDMONTON, AB- On Tuesday (Sept 8) afternoon, Alberta Health Services released the report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers for the long weekend, which included Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. C...
Sep 08, 2020

Not quite blackleg or sclerotinia? Could be verticillium
WINNIPEG, MAN. -- Verticillium stripe, a stem disease, is showing up in more canola fields in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and harvest is a good time to look for it. The fungal pathogen Vertici...
Sep 08, 2020

Coalhurst train derailment under investigation
COALHURST, AB - A weekend train derailment in southern Alberta is currently under investigation.The incident happened at around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5. A CP train derailed in the Kipp rail yar...
Sep 08, 2020

Positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Raymond High School
RAYMOND, AB - Classes are continuing following the diagnosis of a positive COVID-19 case at Raymond High School.Westwind School Division superintendent Darren Mazutinec told Lethbridge News Now that h...
Sep 08, 2020