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It's still safe to donate blood during the COVID-19 pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A lot of people are rightfully concerned about COVID-19, but Canadian Blood Services (CBS) says, as long as you are healthy, that should not stop you from donating blood."It is safe t...

Mar 25, 2020 Canadian Blood Services clinic in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Latest stats show Lethbridge Police resolved 99% of 2019 calls without use of force

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police took close to 36,000 calls for service in 2019.99 percent of those calls were resolved without officers using force. Those numbers are from the 2019 Use of Force Sta...

Mar 25, 2020 A Lethbridge Police vehicle (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Feds to start enforcing 14-day quarantines on travellers

OTTAWA, ON - The federal government will start enforcing 14-day quarantines on travellers returning to Canada to try to limit the spread of COVID-19.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says "manda...

Mar 25, 2020 Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. (The Canadian Press)

Report: COVID-19 will have long-lasting effects on Canadian economy

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new report from the Conference Board of Canada predicts that the COVID-19 impact will impact the county's economy for years to come."In comparison with our baseline scenario, the bi...

Mar 25, 2020 Downtown Lethbridge, taken March 25, 2020. (Lethbridge News Now)

Applications open for provincial emergency isolation support

EDMONTON, AB - Applications are now going through MyAlberta for those seeking emergency isolation support.The Government of Alberta recently announced $50 million in financial support for self-isolati...

Mar 25, 2020 The Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge duo charged after major drug and weapons bust

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Lethbridge residents have been charged following a drug and weapons bust.Lethbridge Police say on March 24, members of the Crime Suppression Team (CST), the Priority Crimes Unit a...

Mar 25, 2020 Some of the items seized by police (Photo courtesy Lethbridge Police Service)

Southern Alberta task force to offer support for businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Economic groups across the Lethbridge and southern Alberta area are coming together to support those impacted by COVID-19.An Economic Recovery Task Force for the Lethbridge Region has...

Mar 25, 2020 (Photo courtesy Choose Lethbridge on Twitter @chooseleth)

The Daily with LNN – March 24, 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....

Mar 24, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Alberta confirms second COVID-19 death

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government says there are now two people in Alberta who have died of COVID-19.According to Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw, this patient was a woman i...

Mar 24, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Community spread of COVID-19 in Canada now equal to those from travel

OTTAWA, ON - Canada's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says, overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from...

Mar 24, 2020 Canada's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Theresa Tam. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)