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Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

OTTAWA - Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding f...

Dec 26, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

Feds hurried to spend $50M social-finance cash, documents show

OTTAWA - Internal government documents show that federal officials moved quickly before the fall election campaign to dole out $50 million aimed at transforming the delivery of social services.The ide...

Dec 26, 2019 Prime Minis Justin Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

RCMP investigating sudden death and Cardston motel fire

CARDSTON - Shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, RCMP and Cardston County Fire and Emergency Services (CCFES) received a numerous 911 calls about a fire at a motel in the town.When they arrived on ...

Dec 26, 2019 RCMP Patch -- LNN

Autonomous snow-clearing robot hits Grande Prairie streets

Grande Prairie - The city of Grande Prairie has introduced a new pilot project, in the form of an automated snow-clearing robot.The robot, called a R-T-1000 from Left Hand Robotics, is now clearing th...

Dec 24, 2019 Photo courtesy of city of Grande Prairie

Adaptive Technology – Bracing for another successful year

LETHBRIDGE -- Another year has come and gone, and Adaptive Technologies is happy to have helped so many individuals find relief from chronic pain. "We are so grateful for all the support from Lethbrid...

Dec 24, 2019 Adaptive Technology Team -- Koji Duncan, Emilie Soper, Ryan Cochrane and Rianna Wilson - Photo supplied

Successful tour across North America for CP Holiday Train

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train was not only a success at the local level, but it made an impact across North America as well.The 21st annual trek from the musical and brightl...

Dec 24, 2019 The Lethbridge crowd takes in the performance by Terri Clark and Dallas Smith (Lethbridge News Now)

Father involved in Hinton Amber Alert charged

BRULE, AB - Cody Shane Armstrong, the 41-year-old father accused in relation to an Amber Alert last week, has been formally charged by RCMP.It was in the early morning hours of Friday, Dec. 20 when RC...

Dec 24, 2019

Police believe accused shot at two others after fatally wounding victim

RED DEER, AB - The 18-year-old accused of murdering a 69-year-old man in an incident Dec. 20 at Red Deer's south-end Walmart is also accused of shooting his modified semi-automatic rifle at two other ...

Dec 24, 2019 Police tape stretches across an area of the parking lot at Red Deer's south-end Walmart the evening of Dec. 20. 69-year-old Charles (Jim) Williams died after being shot in the chest. (rdnewsNOW/Rene Rondeau and Sheldon Spackman)

What to do & what the City of Lethbridge does when a water main breaks

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge's crews deal with water main breaks year-round, but it does become a more common problem in the winter. On average, they deal with anywhere from 50-100 per year...

Dec 23, 2019 City of Lethbridge emergency water supply trailer. (Lethbridge News Now)

Avalanche Canada issues warning for mountains across southern B.C. and Alberta

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A special public avalanche warning has been issued for southern Alberta and B.C. going into the holiday season. The warning is intended for recreational users of backcountry and fro...

Dec 23, 2019 Avalanche Control