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Cineplex approves sale of nearly all shares to U.K.-based Cineworld
TORONTO, ON - Cineworld has moved one step closer to acquiring Canada's largest chain of movie theatres.It was first reported in December 2019 that the British company was looking to buy Cineplex Inc....
Feb 12, 2020 Galaxy cinema in Lethbridge. (Supplied by Cineplex)

UPDATED: Officials confirm RCMP officer-involved shooting in Blairmore Tuesday
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed that one person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Blairmore.According to an RCMP release, at around 5:00 p.m. on February 11, two Blair...
Feb 12, 2020 RCMP patch. (Lethbridge News Now)
LNN News Update for Feb 11, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.This is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on.Downl...
Feb 11, 2020

Province to offload crude-by-rail contract signed by NDP
CALGARY, AB - Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial government will be divesting from the crude-by-rail contracts signed by the NDP one year ago.The premier made the announcement during a news conf...
Feb 11, 2020 Rail cars are pictured in Medicine Hat - Photo by Colton McKee

Red tape reduction minister hears from local governments, business community
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Since rising to power last spring, the UCP government has touted their new Ministry of Red Tape Reduction as helping to save everyday Albertans time and money.On Tuesday, local stak...
Feb 11, 2020 MLA Grant Hunter - Photo credit to Scott Roblin

LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a 29-year-old man charged in connection with the city's first homicide in two years.Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of...
Feb 11, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

Minnesota Wild acquires Hurricanes' Calen Addison in NHL trade
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If Calen Addison gets the official call up to the NHL, he would be joining the Minnesota Wild, not the Pittsburgh Penguins.He was initially signed by Pittsburgh in April 2019 to a thr...
Feb 11, 2020 Calen Addison. (Lethbridge News Now)

Collaboration reached between Lethbridge County and the area's irrigation districts
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new framework agreement has just been reached by the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID), Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (LNID), and Lethbridge County. It will focus...
Feb 11, 2020 LNID Chairman Klass Slomp; Reeve Lorne Hickey; SMRID Chairman Gary Franz - Photo credit Leth. County

Fort Macleod re-working plans for pool renovations after funding denied
FORT MACLEOD, AB - The Town of Fort Macleod will have some sort of a renovated or expanded outdoor pool, but it is no longer clear what that might look like.Originally, the town's Chief Administrative...
Feb 11, 2020 Fort Macleod sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Provincial budget to be tabled February 27
EDMONTON, AB - Provincial Finance Minister Travis Toews says the budget will be tabled Feb. 27. It will allow enough time for government to debate and pass it before the end of the fiscal year. In a m...
Feb 11, 2020 Provincial Legislature