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The Daily with LNN – May 7, 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 07, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

COVID cases in Alberta surpass 6,000 with few new infections Thursday

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update on COVID-19 in the province.Only 54 new cases were confirmed Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 6,017.With the daily num...

May 07, 2020 Chief Medical of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Premier announces support for cattle operations facing COVID created backlogs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Premier Jason Kenney hopes to mitigate some of the financial losses faced by those raising cattle."The Government of Alberta is standing with our agriculture workers, our farmers, and...

May 07, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney. (Government of Alberta)

Canadians OK with empty sports arenas, wary of attending games; poll

VANCOUVER - Canadian sports fans are itching to watch sports again, but many would think twice about attending a game, according to a poll.An Angus Reid online survey conducted from May 1-4 asked a ra...

May 07, 2020 ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Taber doctors: health changes like "a bank robber returning a portion of the money he has stolen"

TABER, AB - A group of 10 physicians at the Taber Clinic have written a scathing letter to Alberta Health regarding the many changes they have made in recent months.It covers, among other things, the ...

May 07, 2020 The Taber Clinic. (Alberta Health Services)

Kodiaks volleyball adds Clay Thierman to roster for 2020-2021 season

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Clay Thierman is now a Lethbridge College Kodiak.The Webb, Saskatchewan native has committed to the Kodiaks men's volleyball team for the 2020-2021 season. Thierman's previous experie...

May 07, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Kodiaks Athletics)

Pronghorns men’s soccer adds three new players to 2020 recruiting class

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Three new players have joined the fold of the U of L's soccer program.Southern Alberta's Will Hughes, Calgary resident Karim Bachir Bey and Kootenay Whitecap Academy player Cadel Goer...

May 07, 2020 (Photo courtesy of Pronghorns Athletics)

Multiple Kodiaks earn CCAA Academic All-Canadian honours

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nine Lethbridge College Kodiaks student-athletes have received Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Academic All-Canadian honours.To be eligible, student-athletes must earn at lea...

May 07, 2020 L to R: Ben Knight, Christine Moser and Brock Dewsbery (Photo courtesy Kodiaks Athletics)

Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving

OTTAWA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead.Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both cl...

May 07, 2020 Prime Minister Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat, oats, corn for grain in 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farmers across the country are busy getting their crops planted and have told Statistics Canada what to expect.While they are planning to plant more wheat, oats, and corn for grain th...

May 07, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)