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Changes to 2020 property tax penalty dates approved by Lethbridge City Council
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council wants to help property owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.Council has approved changes to 2020 property tax penalty dates.The city says this is to help reside...
May 05, 2020 A City of Lethbridge sign inside City Hall (Lethbridge News Now)
City of Lethbridge temporarily laying off 30 more employees amid pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is reducing more of its workforce in light of COVID-19.The city stated that there will be a temporary reduction of an additional 30 employees in May. This bring...
May 05, 2020 File photo of Lethbridge City Hall (Lethbridge News Now)
Four face drug-related charges in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four people have been charged after a drug seizure by Lethbridge Police's Crime Suppression Team (CST).LPS stated that in late April, the CST started an investigation into drug traffi...
May 05, 2020 File photo of the Lethbridge Police Service station (Lethbridge News Now)
Supporting Ronald McDonald Houses on Giving Tuesday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Today is not only May 5, but it's also a day known as Giving Tuesday. It's a day to spread positivity and generosity, with many groups asking Canadians to promote and take part in ran...
May 05, 2020 (Photo: Ronald McDonald House Charities at www.rmhccanada.ca)
Vancouver biotech company discovering antibodies for COVID-19 treatment
VANCOUVER - There may be another valuable shield in the fight against COVID-19, and the head of a Vancouver biotech firm says it could buy time as researchers race to develop a vaccine. Carl Hansen, C...
May 05, 2020
Victim of COVID-19 remembered as Cargill reopens
CALGARY, AB. - As a large meat-packer in southern Alberta reopened for business on Monday, May 4, the husband of a worker who died at the plant remembered her at a memorial as ``a wonderful wife.''Hie...
May 04, 2020 Cargill meat plant near High River - The Canadian Press
City Council approves Lethbridge Los Amigos donation
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- City Council is moving forward with the Sunrise Rotary request to transport a decommissioned ambulance down to Mexico for people in need.The Los Amigos Project put on by the Lethbri...
May 04, 2020 Los Amigos logo
Nominations wanted for Alberta’s Agriculture Hall of Fame
STONY PLAIN, AB -- You have an opportunity to nominate an outstanding individual who has made significant contribution to the agriculture and food industry. Since 1951, the Hall of Fame has celebrated...
May 04, 2020 Sun setting on flooded field -- filephoto
The Daily with LNN – May the fourth, 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 04, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
Dr. Hinshaw calls out wave of discrimination against immigrants in Brooks & High River
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health says immigrant workers in Brooks and High River have experienced far more discrimination since their communities have faced significant COVID...
May 04, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)