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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)

Lethbridge's yard waste sites collect 1.89-million kg this year, to close Nov. 30

LETHBRIDGE, AB - At the end of this month, residents will no longer be able to access the yard waste collection sites that are available at the city's three recycling centers.Since the beginning of th...

Nov 20, 2019 Yard waste collection site in Lethbridge. (Supplied by City of Lethbridge)

Childcare students take part in empathy-building "poverty simulation" in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I think one of the things for the younger students that come into the Child and Youth Care program is, sometimes, they don't have a lot of experience with the different agencies that...

Nov 20, 2019 Students in the poverty simulations try to sell items to a pawn shop to make ends meet. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta Opposition N-D-P leader gets the boot from the legislature's chamber

EDMONTON -- Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government's plan to fi...

Nov 20, 2019 NDP Leader Rachel Notley kicked out of Legislature -- The Canadian Presss

Should Alberta ditch bi-annual time changes? Province launches survey

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Daylight saving time has been a time-honoured tradition in Alberta for the last half-century, but the government wants to know if this should be a thing of the past.Governments across...

Nov 20, 2019 (Supplied by Government of Alberta)