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17.29% in AHS' South Zone have received flu shots

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its first weekly update on the 2019/2020 influenza season.As of Friday, November 8th, 52,998 people in the South Zone have been immunized against ...

Nov 08, 2019 Influenza clinic in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling

EDMONTON -- Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells.Sonya Savage says, starting immed...

Nov 08, 2019 Pipeline installation -- The Canadian Press

Granum residents vote to dissolve town and become part of M.D. of Willow Creek

GRANUM, AB - The Town of Granum will soon be no more.Residents voted to dissolve the municipal government and become part of the Municipal District of Willow Creek.The results of the vote will be incl...

Nov 08, 2019

Unemployment rate down in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The numbers are looking good for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region.The unemployment rate was at 6.4 percent in October, down from 7.6 percent in September 2019.Taking a look...

Nov 08, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Nov. 8-10, 2019

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lots of action this weekend for local teams. Here's a rundown of the games set for the Lethbridge College Kodiaks and University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE KODIAKSTh...

Nov 08, 2019

Stasiuk family appeals for information on missing Stanley Cup Rolex

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A important piece of sports history has gone missing, and the family of a local hockey legend is hoping to find it once again. Two -time Stanley Cup winner and former NHL head coach V...

Nov 07, 2019 A copy of Vic Stasiuk's hockey card when he played for the Boston Bruins

Severe Alberta weather prompts Rogers Sugar to Terminate 2019 Beet Harvest

VANCOUVER -- Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced that due to the impact of recent severe adverse weather in Alberta on the 2019 sugar beet crop, a decision has been made to terminate the beet harvest.A ne...

Nov 07, 2019 Harvesting sugar beets -- Alberta Sugar Beet Growers

Alberta will study already 'compelling case' for its exit from CPP; Kenney

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says there's a ``compelling case'' to be made for his province to exit the half-century-old Canada Pension Plan an idea sure to face increasing scrutiny over the comin...

Nov 07, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

Trial date set for man charged with breaking into Lethbridge businesses

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 55-year-old Lethbridge man has pleaded not guilty to five counts of shopbreaking and theft, in relation to a series of incidents last spring. Larry Brent Ovens appeared in Lethbridg...

Nov 07, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Exhibition Park and Rotary expand $10,000 Ag Scholarship program

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two of Lethbridge's top agricultural students will be rewarded for their hard work.Exhibition Park and the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East announced the second annual $10,000 Agricultu...

Nov 07, 2019 Rotary Club and Scholarship Committee member Wayne Lindwall at an announcement event on Thursday, Nov. 7 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)