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Alberta seeks partners for 164 parks to focus spending on 'high value areas'

EDMONTON - The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups.The move was hinted at in yesterday's budget and confirmed by a spokeswoman for Environme...

Feb 28, 2020 Canoeing on Park Lake - Travel Alberta

Taber council approves $7.4-million wetlands construction

TABER, AB - "It's really the best of both worlds," says Mayor Andrew Prokop.At Monday's meeting, town council voted to approve the construction of the East Taber Constructed Wetlands.It will be built ...

Feb 28, 2020 A map of the Taber Wetlands. (Supplied by MPE Engineering and Town of Taber)

U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Feb. 28-March 1, 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge College Kodiaks continue to host the 2020 Murray Chevrolet Cadillac ACAC Men's Volleyball Championships and the U of L women's rugby team is in action.Here's a look at ...

Feb 28, 2020 The Pronghorns and Kodiaks Logos (Photo: University of Lethbridge Pronghorns on Facebook, Lethbridge College Kodiaks on Facebook)

The Daily with LNN – Feb. 27, 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....

Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Budget 2020 – Alberta Health over budget but promising more surgeries

MEDICINE HAT, AB - When it comes to heath care, this year's budget is not unlike those over the past decade with the health ministry going over budget in the 2019-2020 fiscal year by $217 million, nea...

Feb 27, 2020 CRH Emergency entrance -- LNN

Report to guide City of Lethbridge's progress on becoming more "age-friendly"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Rob Miyashiro hopes Lethbridge can gain official certification as being "age-friendly."He is a City Councillor and the Executive Director Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization and p...

Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Red-ink budget with hopes on the horizon

EDMONTON -- The Alberta budget is counting on oil and gas bouncing back while recognizing it's time to put more money and effort into areas such as high-tech and tourism.But with a bottom line still d...

Feb 27, 2020 Finance Minister Travis Toews and Premier Jason Kenney present the 2020 Budget: A Plan for Jobs and the Economy - Govt of Alberta

LPS offer words of caution about kidnapping/ransom scam

LETHBRIDGE -- City police are advising residents to be wary of a kidnapping/ransom phone scam making the rounds, On Tuesday (Feb. 25) two residents reported receiving suspicious phone calls from an ov...

Feb 27, 2020 Lethbridge Police Station - LNN

Alberta entered "mild recession" in 2019: report

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Last year was not Alberta's strongest from an economic standpoint, but things should improve somewhat in 2020.According to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada, real GDP f...

Feb 27, 2020 Downtown Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Residents invited to suggest name for new south east Lethbridge school

LETHBRIDGE, AB - You can have a hand in naming a new elementary school in Lethbridge.The Lethbridge School Division Board of Trustees is looking for public suggestions toward the name of a new school ...

Feb 27, 2020 The new school under construction (Photo courtesy Garrett Simmons, Lethbridge School Division)