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The Daily with LNN – April 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....

Apr 08, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Four new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in South Health Zone

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest set of numbers for COVID-19 in the province.An additional 50 cases were confirmed Wednesday, bringing the total up to 1,423.Three mor...

Apr 08, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Province releases projections for COVID-19 trends in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released comparisons for COVID-19 to other jurisdictions and where the province may be headed in the future.Compared to the country as a whole, and espec...

Apr 08, 2020 The three projected models of COVID-19 over the next several months. (Government of Alberta)

Alberta government introduces bill to protect human trafficking survivors

EDMONTON, AB. -- The Alberta government introduced a new bill Tuesday aimed at empowering survivors of human trafficking.If passed, the government says Bill 8, the Protecting Survivors of Human Traffi...

Apr 08, 2020 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General

Landowners and legal experts criticize Alberta’s well cleanup bill

EDMONTON, AB. - Landowners and legal experts are criticizing Alberta's hastily passed new legislation intended to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities. The bill, ...

Apr 08, 2020 Pump Jack on farmland - The Canadian Press

Canadian farmland values continue to soften amid uncertainty: FCC

CALGARY, AB. -- The average value of Canadian farmland increased by 5.2 per cent in 2019, the smallest increase over the past decade, according to the latest Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Ca...

Apr 08, 2020 Harvest in progress - photo credit to Glenn Miller

BC closes all provincial parks and prohibits motorized recreation throughout Koocanusa area

Cranbrook, B.C. -- After a widespread call for increased action to deal with COVID-19 issues, B.C. is immediately closing all provincial parks. George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Chang...

Apr 08, 2020 Lake Koocanusa - B.C. Gov't

South Lethbridge house fire the result of electronic device being left plugged in

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is reminding the public about the dangers of leaving portable electronic devices plugged in for too long.They were called to a residential build...

Apr 08, 2020 Lethbridge fire truck. (Lethbridge News Now)

Citizen tip leads to arrest, drugs and weapons seizure

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge have charged a man following a $136,000 drug seizure.On April 7, at around 8:00 a.m., a city resident reported a suspicious vehicle along the 1400 block of 14 Str...

Apr 08, 2020 Items seized by police (Photo provided by Lethbridge Police Service)

Economic Recovery Task Force on how Lethbridge can rebound from COVID-19

LETHBRIDGE, AB - While the COVID-19 pandemic has, and will likely continue to impact Lethbridge's economy for some time, there is hope.Trevor Lewington, CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge, present...

Apr 08, 2020 Downtown Lethbridge in March 2020. (Lethbridge News Now)