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Coaldale mourns the passing of paramedic Zsolt Varga

COALDALE, AB - Working in emergency services can be tough and stressful, especially when you have to respond to one of your own.Fire Chief with Coaldale & District Emergency Services Kevin McKeown...

Apr 29, 2020 Zsolt Varga. (Coaldale & District Emergency Services)

Stats Canada: How businesses have been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It may not come as a surprise to most, but the majority of Canadian businesses have been hit hard in the last two months.Representatives from 12,600 companies across the country took ...

Apr 29, 2020 Downtown Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

What’s that rattle?

LETHBRIDGE, AB - You might hear a rattle when walking along local trails.However, there's no need to panic if you're someone who encounters a rattlesnake. Jessica Deacon-Rogers, Program Coordinator at...

Apr 29, 2020 File photo of a rattlesnake (Lethbridge News Now)

Reversal of billing changes 'too little, too late' for some Alberta Doctors

EDMONTON, AB -- Early reaction to fee changes aimed at preventing rural doctors in Alberta from withdrawing some services shows some willing to continue their work while others are turning thumbs down...

Apr 28, 2020 Doctor's office

First Nation gets $32-million grant after it stops opposing dam near Calgary

CALGARY, AB. -- A First Nation says it is ending its opposition to a proposed flood-diverting reservoir west of Calgary because it negotiated a $32-million grant from the province. The Tsuut'ina Natio...

Apr 28, 2020 An artists rendition of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (Government of Alberta)

The Daily with LNN – April 28, 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....

Apr 28, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Updated COVID-19 stats show modelling numbers can be reduced

EDMONTON, AB. -- In laying out new COVID-19 modeling for the province, Premier Jason Kenney noted that revised data shows Albertans are making a critical difference in the fight against the pandemic. ...

Apr 28, 2020 Updated modelling - Gov't Modelling

Province confirms two more COVID-19 deaths in Brooks

BROOKS, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update on COVID-19 infections in the province.Premier Jason Kenney confirmed an additional 154 infections Tuesday, bringing the provincia...

Apr 28, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney. (Government of Alberta)

Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking.But they say...

Apr 28, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Brooks hosting "asymptomatic testing" events in wake of COVID-19 outbreaks

BROOKS, AB - No community in Southern Alberta has been more heavily impacted by COVID-19 than Brooks and they are looking to do something about it.As of Monday's update, 581 people in Brooks had teste...

Apr 28, 2020 The temporary assessment centre in Brooks. (CHAT News Today)