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Petroleum Analyst says carbon tax isn’t working

CALGARY -- The Federal Government says their version of the carbon tax is to hit the Alberta beginning in the new year, and drivers can expect to see gas prices go right back to where they were before...

Jun 15, 2019 Gas pumps

Pediatric intensive care specialist offers explanations for alleged missing AHS documents during Stephan retrial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A pediatric intensive care specialist working at Calgary Children's Hospital offered up some explanations for Alberta Health Services (AHS) records David and Collet Stephan claim are ...

Jun 14, 2019 David and Collet Stephan in Lethbridge

Edibles, other pot products, will hit shelves after mid-December

OTTAWA -- A "limited selection" of next-generation cannabis products such as edibles will "gradually" hit retail shelves no earlier than mid-December 2019, Health Canada says.The Ottawa-based agency o...

Jun 14, 2019 Edible Cannabis products -- The Canadian Press

Canada Post proposes raising stamp prices by two cents next year

OTTAWA -- Canada Post is proposing to raise the prices of stamps ever-so-slightly next year.The federal corporation says it is looking to increase the price of stamps two cents, to 92 cents, for a sta...

Jun 14, 2019 Canada Post logo

SafeWalk initiative now offered by Ambassador Watch program

LETHBRIDGE -- The downtown Watch program is expanding to include a SafeWalk service. SafeWalk will offer an escorted walk to and from any location within The Watch patrol zone. It will be available to...

Jun 14, 2019 The Watch Ambassador Program - LethbridgeNewsNow

Grand opening held for new YMCA

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dignitaries gathered together Friday morning to celebrate the grand opening of the new Cor Van Raay YMCA in west Lethbridge.Attendees included the likes of MLAs Shannon Phillips and N...

Jun 14, 2019 Dignitaries take part in the ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Friday morning (Lethbridge News Now)

Concerns raised over accessibility of High Level Bridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge woman wants more to be done to secure the High Level Bridge. The trestle is impossible to miss, as it towers over the Oldman River. But, there's a dark side to the struct...

Olivia Thorington Jun 14, 2019 Signs set up in front of the bridge in west Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

AHS warning parents about dangers of vaping

Medicine Hat - A recent Health Canada survey showed that 23 per cent of students in grades 7 to 12 have tried an electronic cigarette.Although many say that vaping is less dangerous than cigarettes, e...

Jun 13, 2019 Vaping

Raptors clinch first NBA championship in team's 24-year franchise history

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Toronto Raptors are bringing the Larry O'Brien Trophy as NBA champions home to Canada, a brilliant basketball story 24 years in the making.Kyle Lowry had 26 points, nine assists ...

Jun 13, 2019 Raptors win - The Canadian Press

CT scan of toddler's brain one of the "most devastating" PICU Dr. had ever seen

LETHBRIDGE - A Calgary pediatric critical care specialist testified Thursday, June 13, that a CT scan of 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan's brain was one of the "most devastating" she had ever seen. Dr. S...

Jun 13, 2019 David and Collet Stephan