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Alberta economy takes gut punch due to oil price war

EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices.The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due...

Mar 09, 2020 Pump Jack - LNN

56% of global coronavirus patients have recovered: John Hopkins University

BALTIMORE, MD - Over half of people around the world who have contracted novel coronavirus have fully recovered.That is according to John Hopkins University, who has been tracking data from their Cent...

Mar 09, 2020 Global map of coronavirus cases as of March 9, 2020. (John Hopkins University)

Alberta hit with three new cases of novel coronavirus

EDMONTON - Alberta has confirmed three new cases of novel coronavirus.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer, says that brings the total number of cases in the province to seven.A man...

Mar 09, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Government of Alberta)

U of L track stars compete at U SPORTS championships, Troschke wins bronze medal

EDMONTON, AB - The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns have wrapped up their season following a performance at the U SPORTS Championships.The event was hosted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton....

Mar 09, 2020 Pronghorns athletes competed at the track and field U SPORTS Championships March 5-7, 2020 (Photo courtesy University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Athletics)

Dakota Buttar scores win at PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour stop in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A bull rider from Kindersley, Saskatchewan can call himself the winner of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Monster Energy Tour's South Country Co-op Showdown.Dakota Buttar we...

Mar 09, 2020 Dakota Buttar in first-round action at the ENMAX Centre (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge Lightning headed to RHL championship round

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The RHL finals have been cancelled due to on-going concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus. Additionally, the Senior AA hockey provincials have been cancelled. More details...

Olivia Thorington Mar 09, 2020 Lethbridge Lightning logo (Courtesy Lethbridge Lightning)

Kodiaks basketball teams wrap up ACAC championships play

CAMROSE, AB - The Lethbridge College Kodiaks basketball teams both fought hard but were unable to capture gold at their respective ACAC championship tournaments, seeing their seasons come to a close.T...

Mar 09, 2020 Photo: Lethbridge College Kodiaks on Facebook

Man accused in Lethbridge & Edmonton homicides arrested in Regina

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Regina have apprehended a man charged with two separate counts of second-degree murder.According to Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, was arrested at...

Mar 08, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

Alberta announces 2 more presumptive COVID-19 cases

EDMONTON, AB. - Two new presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus have been announced in the province.At a news conference in Edmonton Sunday (Mar 8) morning, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical off...

Mar 08, 2020 Covid-19 virus -- Alberta Health Service

Work on pathway connecting Lethbridge and Coaldale set to start soon

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Work on a pathway connecting Lethbridge with Coaldale should be starting soon.The Link Pathway, as the project is known, will wind through Lethbridge County along the St. Mary River I...

Mar 08, 2020 Still image from a video showcasing the project. Photo: Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc.