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Commons to sit as Liberals seek to extend wage subsidy, make disability payment
OTTAWA - The House of Commons meets today as the Liberals seek to pass a bill to extend their wage-subsidy program, send a special payment to people with disabilities and extend some legal deadlines f...
Jul 20, 2020
Authorities look for cause of deadly glacier bus crash in Alberta Rockies
COLUMBIA ICEFIELD, AB. - A lone RCMP truck with its lights flashing guarded the entrance to the road on Sunday where a snow coach crash killed at least three people and left 14 others badly hurt.The v...
Jul 20, 2020
1974-75 Lethbridge Native Sons among 2020 Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
CANMORE, AB. -- A Lethbridge team figured prominently in the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame 2020 Induction Class.The 1975 Canada Winter Games and Alberta Junior B provincial champions, the Lethbridge Nat...
Jul 20, 2020
AHS warns of ‘bad batch’ opioids circulating in South-west region
STANDOFF, AB. -- An increase in EMS responses and deaths related to opioid poisonings in Lethbridge, Cardston and on the Blood Reserve, has prompted Alberta Health Services to issue a Community Awaren...
Jul 19, 2020
Military issues new orders in effort to crackdown on ‘hateful conduct’
OTTAWA, ONT. - The Canadian Armed Forces has issued new orders to military personnel as senior commanders seek to address allegations of having been soft on hate in the ranks.The orders aim to take a ...
Jul 19, 2020
Wildrose Independence Party picks interim leader
CALGARY, AB. -- The newly-formed Wildrose Independence Party has selected Paul Hinman as its interim leader.Hinman served two terms as an Alberta MLA 2004-2008 and 2009-2012. He was leader of the Albe...
Jul 19, 2020
Three killed, others critically injured in bus rollover on Columbia Icefields
JASPER, ALTA. - ***Updated Sunday, July 19 -- Three people were killed and more than a dozen others were critically injured when a glacier sightseeing bus rolled at one of the most popular attractions...
Jul 19, 2020
Amazon "brushing" scam quite serious according to BBB
CALGARY, AB- Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers about a scary scam which has free merchandise from Amazon delivered right to your doorstep.BBB says there is a secret scam in getting ite...
Jul 18, 2020
The Daily with LNN – July 17, 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 17, 2020
Stats Can plans 'contactless' census for 2021 in response to COVID-19
OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada is working on plans to deliver a ``contactless census'' next May if COVID-19 remains a threat.Officials from the agency said Friday the census day will be May 11, 2021 a...
Jul 17, 2020