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Province temporarily extends specific child-care programs

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it is extending some 25-dollar-a-day child-care programs until June instead of ending them in March as expected.Some daycare operators say the decision still pu...

Jan 16, 2020 Childcare - The Canadian Press

Alleged victim testifies in sexual assault, incest trial - *Graphic Content*

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A nearly three-hour video statement was played in Court of Queen's Bench Thursday (Jan. 16), describing alleged abuse a young girl endured at the hands of her biological father when s...

Jan 16, 2020 Court of Queen's Bench - Lethbridge

Alberta says universities over-budget; need to freeze travel, hiring, hosting

EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister says post-secondary schools are going over their budgets and he's urging them to immediately freeze hiring and stop spending on travel and hosting.Deme...

Jan 16, 2020 University of Lethbridge -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.’s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.B.C. was appealing to the country's highest co...

Jan 16, 2020 Pipeline equipment ready to go - The Canadian Press

Lethbridge "dream home" up for grabs in 2020 STARS Lottery

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A home worth close to one million dollars is just one of several prizes you can win in the STARS Lottery.STARS Chief Operating Officer Mike Lammachia says it is their largest annual f...

Jan 16, 2020 The Lethbridge STARS lottery home on 104 Canyon Ridge Blvd W. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crime Suppression Team arrests “car prowlers”

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police's Crime Suppression Team has already made its first arrest.The first shift for the team was bitterly cold, but LPS says officers were able to arrest two car prowlers...

Jan 16, 2020 Lethbridge News Now file photo of the Lethbridge Police Station

Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation finds new home at Lethbridge College

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College is celebrating its renovated educational centre.A renovation of the Buchanan Library space has led to the creation of a hub for student resources, learning and inno...

Jan 16, 2020 The main entrance to the new space at Lethbridge College (Lethbridge News Now)

Police search for man wanted in connection with stolen vehicle found on fire

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge are looking into a case of a stolen vehicle that caught fire.LPS stated in a release that on January 15, just before 8:30 a.m., they responded to a report that a ...

Jan 16, 2020 Lethbridge News Now file photo of an LPS cruiser vehicle

Province says no for low-income bussing support in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A popular program for low-income families in Calgary and Edmonton will not be expanding to Lethbridge.The City of Lethbridge had asked the Minister of Community and Social Services Ra...

Jan 16, 2020 Lethbridge Transit bus. (Lethbridge News Now)

Uncertainty looms regarding future of $25/day child care program

MEDICINE HAT - Multiple $25/day child care programs in Alberta that were set to have funding expire this spring will now be running into the summer, though what happens next is not certain.According t...

Jan 15, 2020 Childcare centre - CHAT News