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Council approves funding for new women's transitional home

LETHBRIDGE, AB - City Councillors have approved partial funding for a new transitional home for women seeking recovery.Streets Alive Mission currently runs a similar facility in the city but only has ...

Feb 24, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall - LNN

First phase of Lethbridge airport renos approved for $7.5-million

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is moving ahead with renovations to the local airport, but not quite to the extent originally thought.The motion that was introduced to city council on Monday w...

Feb 24, 2020 Lethbridge Airport. (Lethbridge News Now)

Jason Kenney says investor confidence needed after Teck mine project killed

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is taking action to boost investor confidence following a decision by Teck Resources Ltd. to shelve a massive mine project in the province. ...

Feb 24, 2020 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

Four people charged in drug and weapon seizure

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Police have charged four Lethbridge people with drug offences following the execution of search warrants at two northside homes on Friday, Feb 21.In January, members of the Crime Su...

Feb 24, 2020 Police execute search warrants on city north side -- LNN

Fort Macleod planning ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ premiere

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's time to bust some ghosts in Fort Macleod.The southern Alberta town is planning to host a premiere of the upcoming 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' film this summer. The movie was partly...

Feb 24, 2020 A shot of Fort Macleod's Empress Theatre in the first 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' trailer (Supplied by Sony Pictures Entertainment)

U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Feb. 21-23, 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The season has ended for the U of L Pronghorns men's basketball team. The club was just one of many post-secondary programs in action over the weekend.LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE KODIAKSThe me...

Feb 24, 2020

Lethbridge drag community striving for mainstream acceptance

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A local drag performer says his craft and the LGBTQ+ community are becoming more accepted in southern Alberta, but there is still a long way to go.Francis Yutrago is better known on s...

Feb 23, 2020 Francis Yutrago performing as Francheska Dynamites. (Supplied by CBC Gem)

Motz says Buffalo Declaration meant to spark solutions to Western alienation

MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a bold manifesto asserting many grievances in Alberta, Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz joined three other MPs from the province Thursday in signing their names to the Buffalo Declarati...

Feb 22, 2020 Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz discusses the Buffalo Declaration Friday afternoon. (CHAT News photo)

Docs gearing up for legal battle over pay

EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Medical Association says they're prepping for a court fight over the new pay and benefits deal imposed on them by the province.Doctor Christine Molnar says they're e...

Feb 22, 2020 Hospital waiting room

Province doubles number of articling students working for Crown prosecutors in rural areas

The province has announced it has doubled the amount of articling students working for the Crown prosecution service from eight to 16. The students will be coming to different areas of the province, i...

Feb 22, 2020 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer (Photo: Government of Alberta)