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Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan; Alberta premier

EDMONTON, AB. -- Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023...

Mar 06, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney -- File photo, The Canadian Press

Biggest opportunities for energy savings at city facilities identified

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An assessment of the City of Lethbridge's 17 largest facilities has identified opportunities to reduce water and energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and utility costs.Engineer...

Mar 06, 2020 ENMAX Centre. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta premier agrees with survey urging end to daylight time

EDMONTON , AB. -- Albertans recently surveyed want to end 49-years of Daylight Saving time and it appears Premier Jason Kenney is in agreement. It's an apropos time to discuss the issue again, as Mini...

Mar 06, 2020 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

MLA Neudorf: budget "corrects spending" and invests in jobs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The MLA for Lethbridge-East says last week's provincial budget makes some tough spending decisions, but ones that will ultimately be beneficial.Nathan Neudorf told LNN that, while the...

Mar 06, 2020

Kodiaks basketball teams fall in ACAC championship tournament openers

CAMROSE, AB - Going into the ACAC championships, it appeared as though the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men's basketball team were sure-fire favourites to win it all.Unfortunately for Kodiaks fans, that...

Mar 06, 2020 Photo: Lethbridge College Kodiaks on Facebook

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate up slightly in February

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region took a small jump last month.The February rate was listed at 4.6 percent, up from 4.5 percent in January 2020.Acro...

Mar 06, 2020 Photo: The Canadian Press

Canada added 30,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate 5.6 per cent

OTTAWA - The unemployment rate in Canada nudged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent as the economy added 30,300 net new jobs in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said th...

Olivia Thorington Mar 06, 2020

Daylight saving a good time to check residential alarms

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The clocks will spring forward this weekend.Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, March 8. At 2:00 a.m., clocks get turned forward one hour to 3:00 a.m. local time.With the start o...

Mar 06, 2020 Photo: The Canadian Press

Pro bull riders take over ENMAX Centre this weekend

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Following an exciting competition that had the crowd on its feet in 2019, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Canada's Monster Energy Tour returns to Lethbridge this weekend.The event ...

Mar 06, 2020 Two-time national champion Zane Lambert (Photo credit to Covy Moore/CovyMoore.com)

First 'presumptive' case of COVID-19 for Alberta

EDMONTON, AB -- The province's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The case is determined to be "pres...

Mar 05, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health gOV'T OF aLBERTA