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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
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
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...
Olivia Thorington Sep 09, 2020
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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