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Alberta premier promises new rules to crack down on farm trespassers

GRANUM, AB -- Premier Jason Kenney says legislation is coming this fall to crack down on protesters who trespass on farms and agricultural land.Kenney says free speech must be protected but not when p...

Oct 03, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Doug Schweitzer, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen announce new protections for farmers

Canada's population grows by more than 500,000 in one year

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Stats Canada has released its latest population estimates for the country.As of July 1st, 2019, Canada was home to 37,589,262 people, which is up 531,497 from the last time in 2018.Th...

Oct 03, 2019 Canada flag.

Feral cat program to continue after 54 identified, spayed/neutered in Crowsnest Pass

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The Mayor of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass says feral cats are such a big issue in the community that they had to take action.Back in the spring, they commissioned members of...

Oct 03, 2019 Stock image of a feral cat. (Supplied by Pixabay)

Siblings to play at National Soccer Championships next week

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Lethbridge teens are headed to Edmonton next week.Keira and Lucas McCulloch, ages 14 and 15, are set to compete at the Under-15 Canada Soccer Toyota National Championships from Oc...

Oct 03, 2019 Keira (left) and Lucas McCulloch (Photo courtesy Robin McCulloch)

Hurricanes fall 3-2 to Saskatoon, nine penalties issued to both teams

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes welcomed the Saskatoon Blades to the Enmax Centre Wednesday, October 2nd.This is the first meeting between these clubs this season.First period:#24 Dylan Coz...

Oct 02, 2019 Lethbridge Hurricanes jersey. (Lethbridge News Now)

Agriculture producers urged to engage federal election candidates

CALGARY -- The federal election on October 21 is now less than three weeks away and the Senior Manager of Government and International Affairs with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), is urgin...

Oct 02, 2019 Cattle in feedlot - LNN

Province announces online form submission tool for seniors

EDMONTON -- The provincial government has announced a new online tool that will make it easier for seniors to receive financial assistance.Josephine Pon, Minister of Seniors and Housing, along with Gr...

Oct 02, 2019 Minister Josephine Pon raised the International Day of Older Persons flag after announcing a new online tool that will make life better for seniors. (Government of Alberta photo)

Alberta government to launch review into vaping regulations

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is launching a review into the tobacco and smoking reduction act, with an aim on regulating vaping. With 25 per cent of high school students admitting to vaping in t...

Oct 02, 2019 Vaping items

University of Lethbridge Neuropsychologist qualified as expert in Twigg and Scout manslaughter trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The methods by which police officers interrogate individuals with poor cognitive function, and whether those individuals are capable of understanding their rights, was the crux of a v...

Oct 02, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Mother walks from Piikani Nation to Calgary in honour of her two daughters

Piikani Nation, AB - A Piikani mother and activist for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, embarked on her second annual two day walk to Calgary Wednesday morning (Oct. 2), to join the annual Siste...

Oct 02, 2019 Mother and Activist Stephanie English - Photo: Courtesy Piikani Nation News