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Government announces revised carbon-tax rebate amounts for four provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government has decreased the carbon tax rebates Canadians can expect in the new year in three provinces that have not adopted carbon pricing models that meet federal requirements....
Dec 16, 2019
Sewer line work to partially impact traffic around Chinook Regional Hospital
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Crews with the City of Lethbridge will start work on a sanitary sewer line replacement on Tuesday, December 17th.Beginning at 9:00 am, the 1700 block of 9th Ave South will be closed.T...
Dec 16, 2019 Chinook Regional Hospital. (Lethbridge News Now)
Trial resumes for 76-year-old man facing sex assault charges in relation to underage girl
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 76-year-old man on trial in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge for several sex related offences, took the stand in his own defense Monday, Dec. 16.The man can not be named because...
Dec 16, 2019
Alberta government launches appeal of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON, AB - Lawyers for the Alberta government have started arguments before the province's top court against the federal carbon tax.They are expected to tell the Alberta Court of Appeal that the r...
Dec 16, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)
Man charged in connection with weekend assault
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge have charged one man following an assault over the weekend.At around 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, LPS responded to a report of "suspicious circumstances". They...
Dec 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police have charged a man in connection with a weekend assault (Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge College named one of Canada's 23 top "healthy workplaces"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College (LC) is one of just three employers in Alberta to be recognized by the organization, Canada's Healthy Workplace Month.It celebrates large and small employers that a...
Dec 16, 2019 Lethbridge College. (Lethbridge News Now)
Liberals’ fiscal update shows billions more in deficits this year and next
OTTAWA - Canada's federal budget deficit will be billions of dollars deeper than it was supposed to be this year and next, according to the Finance Department.The figures released this morning show th...
Dec 16, 2019 Finance Minister Bill Morneau. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)
Strong weekend for local wrestlers
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Collegiate Institute hosted the LCI Green and Gold Wrestling Tournament this weekend, and local athletes made quite an impression.Teams from across the province were in Let...
Dec 16, 2019 L: Sophie Strong (green top) with a head and arm throw & R: Ryder Lowry (red singlet) heading to a pin (Photos supplied by Rob Saar, Lethbridge Amateur Wrestling Association)
Morneau to provide update on federal books as provinces push for more help
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will provide his first update for Canadians today on the state of the economy - and the government's books - since the October election. The update comes...
Dec 16, 2019
RCMP spend Sunday morning investigating fatal collision at Fort Macleod
FORT MACLEOD -- A single vehicle crash around 2:40 Sunday (Dec 15) morning on Highway-3 within Fort Macleod, required a traffic detour around the incident for almost eight hours. RCMP needed the time ...
Dec 15, 2019 RCMP patch - LNN