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Milk River and Coutts implement water restrictions

MILK RIVER, AB - Two small towns in Southern Alberta are restricting water usage.LNN previously reported that the concrete drop structures suffered critical damage back in May and that repairs were un...

Jul 22, 2020

City of Calgary passes temporary bylaw mandating masks in public indoor spaces

CALGARY, AB - As of August 1, people in Calgary will have to wear masks in indoor public spaces and public vehicles.As a COVID-19 preventative measure, Calgary City Council passed the temporary Face C...

Jul 22, 2020

Coaldale Copperheads name new head coach

COALDALE, AB - The most recent bench boss of the University of Lethbridge's women's hockey team has a new gig. Doug Paisley has been named the new head coach of the Coaldale Copperheads.Earlier this y...

Jul 22, 2020

Finance Minister Bill Morneau set to testify on deal with WE Charity

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will appear today before a House of Commons committee that is probing a cancelled agreement for WE Charity to run a student-volunteer program. Morneau has apolog...

Olivia Thorington Jul 22, 2020

The Daily with LNN – July 21, 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...

Jul 21, 2020

141 new COVID cases confirmed in Alberta, officials concerned about rising infections

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its report on COVID 19 for Tuesday, July 21, covering new cases confirmed over the last 24 hours.141 infections were confirmed across the provin...

Jul 21, 2020

Precipitation impacting some Alberta crops while Southern crops improving

EDMONTON, AB. -- In spite of continued precipitation across the province over the past several weeks, overall crop growing conditions are looking positive.Conditions are 78 per cent good to excellent,...

Jul 21, 2020

Province announces schools will return to near-normal operations in September

EDMONTON, AB - Students in Alberta will be back in schools this fall.Alberta Education had been mulling three possible scenarios for how classes could be handled come September, and Premier Jason Kenn...

Jul 21, 2020

‘Seatbelts would have changed everything,’ says boyfriend of Jasper bus crash victim

EDMONTON - The boyfriend of a woman killed when the sightseeing bus the couple was on rolled in the Rocky Mountains believes she would still be alive had passengers been wearing seatbelts.Devon Ernest...

Jul 21, 2020

Dangers of blue-green algae in farm dugouts

EDMONTON, AB. -- Most farms and ranches in Alberta have dugouts and aside from the obvious required safety measures, it's also imperative that they be monitored for algae. The toxic bacteria will grow...

Jul 21, 2020