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Have your say on farmer-led research

LETHBRIDGE -- The provincial government is holding engagement sessions across the province and launching an online survey to gather feedback about the future of agricultural research in Alberta.Minist...

Jan 08, 2020 Irrigated farm field -- LNN

Man charged with stealing valuable ammonite fossil pleads not guilty

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trial date is expected to be set in late January for one of two men accused of stealing an ammonite fossil from a mine site last July. 26-year-old Logan Heavy Shields pleaded not gu...

Jan 08, 2020 Brian David Fyfe (left) and Logan Heavy Shields (right)

Collaboration & reporting crime leading to drug houses being shut down in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "It takes a community and that includes police officers, that includes SCAN, that includes municipal leadership to actually hear the residents' voices, but it also takes us as the res...

Jan 08, 2020 Lethbridge City Councillor Blaine Hyggen and Mallory Kristjanson with Connecting Our Community Lethbridge. (Supplied by Mallory Kristjanson)

MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets about to put skills to the test

MEDICINE HAT - An air of nervous excitement was palpable at Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS) headquarters on Tuesday (Jan 7) morning.Inside the station's boardroom sat a dozen fresh faces, who will ...

Jan 08, 2020 MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets - Scott Roblin

Crowsnest Pass left "chasing their tails" for provincial funding to fight mountain pine beetles

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The mayor of the Crowsnest Pass says it's been a frustrating few months trying to secure a grant to deal with an infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB) in the area.Last fall, ...

Jan 08, 2020 Trees impacted by Mountain Pine Beetles in the Hinton, AB area. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Fisheries management open house coming to Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government wants to hear your thoughts on angling in Alberta.Lethbridge is one of 11 stopovers for a government tour on fisheries management.Beginning next week, open h...

Jan 08, 2020 (Pexels photo)

Banff, Writing-On-Stone among the "Best Places to Travel in Canada for 2020"

BANFF, AB - Vacay.ca has named two popular tourist destinations in Alberta as being among the 20 best places to go in the country.According to the website, the list "endeavours to spotlight destinatio...

Jan 08, 2020 Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. (Supplied by Vacay.ca)

29-year-old charged in connection with stabbing near SCS released on bail

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year-old Lethbridge man, charged in connection with an alleged stabbing outside of the Supervised Consumption Site last September, has been released on $100-dollars cash bail. Na...

Jan 07, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Calgary

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before the two headed into their meeting in...

Olivia Thorington Jan 07, 2020 ason Kenney and Chrystia Freeland in Calgary -- The Canadian Press

$500k donation to help preserve Crowsnest Pass wildlife corridor

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - CP is donating half a million dollars to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to support a "critical wildlife corridor" near the B.C.-Alberta border.Called the Jim Prentice Wild...

Jan 07, 2020 The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor. (Supplied by Brent Calver)