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An email from across the ocean and a reminder of a Lethbridge soldier
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- During the frantic days in the news room right now, it's hour after hour of dealing with bad news -- mostly COVID-19 and the resulting economic turmoil turning lives upside-down. We...
May 08, 2020
The Daily with LNN – May 8, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
May 08, 2020
Only one-third of COVID-19 cases in Alberta still active
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its update for COVID-19 on Friday, May 8.Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says, as the province gets closer to relaunching more p...
May 08, 2020
Veterans gather at city Cenotaph on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Even with the challenge that social distancing presents because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Canadian Veterans gathered at the Lethbridge Cenotaph on Friday morning, to ...
May 08, 2020
Employer Wage Subsidy to be extended past June
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy beyond June, just hours after Statistics Canada's jobs report showed the Canadian economy ...
May 08, 2020
Calgary business charged with price gouging PPE and sanitization supplies
CALGARY, AB - A warning to anyone looking to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic for profit, you could face criminal charges and a fine of up to $300,000.Members of Service Alberta's Consumer Inve...
May 08, 2020
Pleasant surprise for Catholic Central High School valedictorian
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It was a special Friday for Elisha Wong.The grade 12 student at Lethbridge's Catholic Central High School learned she was named the valedictorian of her graduating class. However, Won...
May 08, 2020 Wong (in blue dress) with her family on May 8, 2020 (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge County sets 2020 property tax rates & delays for tax penalties
LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - Council for Lethbridge County has approved this year's Tax Mill Rate bylaw."I think we did our best to come up with a balance that worked," says Reeve Lorne Hickey. "I mean, so...
May 08, 2020 Lethbridge County Reeve Lorne Hickey. (Lethbridge News Now)
Canadian amateur sport to receive $72 million in pandemic relief money
OTTAWA - Canada's amateur sports system will receive $72 million from a federal government emergency support fund to alleviate the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.Federal Heritage Minister Steven G...
May 08, 2020 Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. (The Canadian Press)
Several people arrested following three drug busts in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) made a trio of significant drug busts this week.Between the three incidents, 10 people were put behind bars but only five are facing charges.First, on ...
May 08, 2020 Lethbridge Police station. (Lethbridge News Now)