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UCP members voting on Bill 22 could be in conflict of interest: Ethics Commissioner

EDMONTON, AB - UPDATE: Bill 22 passed the third reading Thursday morning.Alberta's Election Commissioner is warning that there could be consequences for MLAs in the United Conservative Party voting on...

Nov 21, 2019 Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Christmas tree auction raises $160K for Chinook Regional Hospital renovations

LETHBRIDGE, AB - More than 5,000 people visited this year's Christmas Tree Festival at the Enmax Centre.24 trees were decorated in a variety of different styles and themes and were auctioned off to su...

Nov 21, 2019 Dozens of decorated Christmas Trees for the 27th annual Christmas Tree Festival. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta overhauls workplace rules for farms, small operations to be exempt

EDMONTON - The majority of Alberta farm operations would no longer have to follow employment standards rules or have workplace insurance under a bill introduced in the legislature.The bill also states...

Nov 21, 2019 Dairy farm -- LNN

Alberta Review Board chairwoman resigns; says she received no government support

EDMONTON - The chairwoman of the Alberta Review Board says she has decided to resign after months of what she characterizes as banging her head against a wall.Jill Taylor sent her resignation letter t...

Nov 21, 2019 Alberta Legislature -- LNN

N-D-P leader Rachel Notley not ready to apologize for remarks

EDMONTON -- Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley says the entire United Conservative caucus is in a conflict of interest over a bill that would fire the province's election watchdog. She says she i...

Nov 21, 2019 Rachel Notley after being kicked out of the Legislature - The Canadian Press

Hurricanes dominate Swift Current 6-2

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes are in Swift Current Wednesday to take on the Broncos.First Period:#18 Ethan Regnier with Swift Current wins the first faceoff against Lethbridge's #24 Dylan...

Nov 20, 2019 Lethbridge Hurricanes jersey. (Lethbridge News Now)

Investigation ordered into circumstances around arrest of Blood Tribe woman

STANDOFF, AB - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called in to investigate the arrest of a southern Albertan woman.The investigation was ordered because her health reportedly ...

Nov 20, 2019 Blood Tribe Police station. (Lethbridge News Now)

Three week trial underway in Coutts cocaine seizure case

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trial scheduled to take place over the next three weeks is underway in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge for a man charged with unlawfully importing a controlled substance, and p...

Nov 20, 2019 Cocaine Seizure by Coutts Border Officers

29-year-old pleads not guilty to aggravated assault charge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man charged in connection with a stabbing last March, has pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated assault. 29-year-old Jarret Bruce Healy appeared in Lethbridge Pro...

Nov 20, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Jim Carr named Canada's "Special Representative" for the Prairies

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named the members of his new caucus Wednesday morning, November 20th.Jim Carr, an MP in Winnipeg, will be given a new role that will have him work closel...

Nov 20, 2019 Jim Carr, Canada's new Special Representative for the Prairies. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)