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Southern Alberta First Nation basketball players to hit court despite referee dispute

CALGARY - Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group. Truman Soop, a coach for two Indi...

Jul 06, 2019 Kainai basketball team -- The Canadian Press

More cameras, tight security at this year's Calgary Stampede

CALGARY -- There will be more security cameras, metal detectors and bag searches at this year's Calgary Stampede.Officials say there's no concern about an attack - it's just a matter of public safety....

Jul 06, 2019 Stampede Park - The Canadian Press

$71,605 in grants given to groups in Lethbridge County

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge County has awarded grants to six non-profits in the rural areas surrounding the city.This includes:McNally Community Association: $20,000 for a heating replacement proj...

Jul 06, 2019 Lethbridge County office. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta Government claims it reduced taxes more than any other in a single legislative session

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta is making a powerful statement about the level of tax cuts it has provided Albertans in its first few months in office.Premier Jason Kenney says the largest ...

Jul 05, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Supplied by Canadian Press)

Lethbridge Police investigating death threats against local business owner relating to local SCS Facebook post

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Call it what you want - a feud, disagreement, or a battle. But an escalation of tensions appears to have occurred in recent weeks between the owner of a small business near downtown L...

Jul 05, 2019 Hamilton's Carpet One (Lethbridge News NOW)

Exhibition Park finalizing policies for cannabis consumption at Whoop Up Days

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There is only about a month and a half before Lethbridge's largest annual festival gets underway and organizers are working on a few new key policies.Namely, the recreational consumpt...

Jul 05, 2019 Whoop Up Days. (Lethbridge News Now)

Grants given to Stitch It Forward Lethbridge & Taber Lost Paws

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Field Law firm has announced the winners of its 7th Annual Community Fund Program.Five non-profits in Southern Alberta are receiving funding to go towards their general operations...

Jul 05, 2019 Taber Lost Paws Society and Stitch It Forward Society of Lethbridge

June unemployment rate down from May’s numbers in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat

OTTAWA, ON - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 2,200 jobs in June compared with the addition of 27,700 jobs in May of 2019. The unemployment rate across Canada rose to 5.5 per cent compared with...

Olivia Thorington Jul 05, 2019

Blood Tribe to get $150M settlement in historic claim over Crown mismanagement of the reserve cattle

CALGARY -- Residents of Canada's largest reserve are to receive $150 million by the end of summer to settle a historic claim that the federal government devastated the Blood Tribe's cattle industry mo...

Olivia Thorington Jul 05, 2019 Blood Tribe graphics

Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oilsands foes

CALGARY - The Alberta government is holding a public inquiry into funding of environmental campaigns it says have prevented the province's resources from getting to new customers.Premier Jason Kenney ...

Jul 05, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Presss