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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...

Olivia Thorington 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

Man who tried to kill Edmonton police officer, pedestrians sentenced to 28 years

EDMONTON -- A man convicted of attacking an Edmonton police officer and then running down four pedestrians with a U-Haul van has been sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison.Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, ...

Dec 15, 2019 Abdulahi Hasan Sharif - The Canadian Press

Hitmen down the Canes in Calgary

CALGARY -- Sunday afternoon in Calgary was the second of three consecutive matches between the Hitmen and the Hurricanes. The first game, Saturday night in Lethbridge, was scoreless through the first ...

Dec 15, 2019 Hitmen down Canes 5-2

Taber and Calgary clinics lauded for their funding models

TABER, AB - Two southern Alberta health clinics are proving that an alternate funding model can be quite successful.The news comes out of a recent report by the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA...

Dec 15, 2019 A comparison chart of the two clinics (Photo supplied by Lisa Brake, Health Quality Council of Alberta)

Police investigating early morning south side assault

LETHBRIDGE -- Around 1:00-am Saturday (Dec 14) morning, Police were called to an apartment complex in the 3500-block of Sylvan Road south, on a report of blood being found outside and inside the build...

Dec 15, 2019 LPS cruiser - LNN

Race to replace Scheer as federal Conservative leader could be crowded

OTTAWA -- Moments after Andrew Scheer announced Thursday his intention to resign as Conservative party leader, speculation turned to who will replace him.Two of his prominent rivals in the 2017 leader...

Dec 14, 2019 Rona Ambrose - The Canadian Press