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ASIRT seeking witnesses in Blairmore shooting

BLAIRMORE, AB - One day after an officer-involved shooting took place in Blairmore, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is looking for witnesses.LNN previously reported that the inciden...

Feb 12, 2020 ASIRT

Most southern Alberta school divisions receiving budget cuts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is calling out the provincial government's expected reduction in funding to school divisions across the province.They obtained documents under ...

Feb 12, 2020 Lethbridge School Division. (Lethbridge News Now)

Kenney: Coastal Gas Link blockades a ‘dress rehearsal’ for future project fights

CALGARY- Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal" for opposition to future e...

Feb 12, 2020 Blockades by First Nations - The Canadian Press

City of Lethbridge leaving Canadian Badlands Tourism Association

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted to withdraw from a regional marketing organization.Mayor Chris Spearman says the city already has its own entity doing similar work, the Lethbridge D...

Feb 12, 2020 Drumheller hoodoos. (Supplied by Jeremy Klager/Shutterstock)

Children asked to name the next crop of Albertan police dogs

INNISFAIL, AB - 13 German Shepherd puppies are looking to begin training to become K-9 officers, but first, they need names.They were recently born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfa...

Feb 12, 2020 Some of the 13 puppies that need names. (Supplied by Alberta RCMP)

11th annual Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon goes Thursday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Thanks to a healthy donation from Costco, the CRH Foundation has upped its goal for the event to $350,000.Wow!! We were expecting $89,740 from the members of Costco Lethbridge...

Feb 12, 2020 Care from the Heart Day is Thursday, February 13 (Photo credit: Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation on Facebook)

Lethbridge man charged following serious motor vehicle collision

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 25-year-old Lethbridge man in connection with a Tuesday evening collision.On February 11 at around 6:21 p.m., LPS received a complaint of a two-vehicl...

Feb 12, 2020

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