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Alberta finance minister to host two telephone town halls on budget next week
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister is hosting two telephone town halls next week to take questions and advice from the public on his upcoming budget.Travis Toews will dial in to speak to and hear f...
Oct 04, 2019 Finance minister Travis Toews - The Canadian Press
Auditor General finds $2.3 Million misuse of funds by Alberta Energy Regulator
EDMONTON -- In a scandal that has left taxpayers about $2.3 million out of pocket, a provincial government investigation has concluded the former head of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) grossly mis...
Oct 04, 2019 Alberta Legislature
UCP Government extending NDP exemption for farm trucks, school buses says Ag Minister
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen offered some brief comments Thursday (Oct. 3) while in Lethbridge, on the province's decision to review regulations that relax the requi...
Oct 04, 2019 Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen - Photo: Courtesy Province of Alberta
Lethbridge College students honour missing and murdered Indigenous women
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Today is Sisters in Spirit Day.It's a time to recognize and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Students at Lethbridge College organized a special event at the ins...
Oct 04, 2019 Kerri-Ann Medicine Shield (right) with her sister Selena as the film "Spirit of the Bluebird" plays during the event on Oct. 4, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)
Case of whooping cough confirmed at Raymond Elementary
RAYMOND, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) has notified parents in Raymond about a confirmed case of pertussis (whooping cough) at the town's primary school on Thursday, October 3rd.They are asking t...
Oct 04, 2019
Collision between Granum and Nobleford results in one death
NOBLEFORD, AB - UPDATE (1:50 pm): Highway 519 has re-opened to single-lane alternating traffic.Fort Macleod RCMP are on scene of a fatal collision early Friday morning.According to Sgt. Bryan Mucha, t...
Oct 04, 2019 RCMP logo patch. (Lethbridge News Now)
Scientist finds fossil evidence of sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Scientists have found fossil evidence from the last ice age of a sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta - the northern-most record of the predator.A study by the Royal Ontario Mus...
Oct 04, 2019 Credit: Royal Ontario Museum- Danielle Dufault
U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Oct. 4-6, 2019
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Below is a preview of some of the action you can catch this weekend, involving the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and Lethbridge College Kodiaks.LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE KODIAKSThe wom...
Oct 04, 2019
Macleans: University of Lethbridge is Canada's 5th best university
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge once again ranks highly in national surveys.Macleans ranked 19 universities across the country on a wide range of factors, naming the U of L the fifth-bes...
Oct 04, 2019 University of Lethbridge sign. (Lethbridge News Now)
A Liberal, a Tory, and how racism became an issue for them in the 2019 election
OTTAWA - Ahmed Hussen and Abdul Abdi both came to Canada from Somalia as kids, both dedicated their early professional lives to public service, and both then chose to take that a step further and run ...
Oct 04, 2019