Category Archives: Post to Social
Filibustered minimum wage cut bill passes second reading
EDMONTON - The marathon debate over the Kenney government's plan to cut the minimum wage for young people and change rules on calculating overtime pay is over, at least for now.The legislature has pas...
Jun 08, 2019 Alberta Legislature - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Henderson Pool slated to open on Monday and Westminster Pool follows next weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With the recent hot weather, City of Lethbridge staff have been working to prepare the outdoor pools for opening. As a result of that work, Henderson Pool is slated to open Monday, Ju...
Jun 08, 2019
Alberta gives update on Energy War Room
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta is ready to fight back.That is the message Premier Jason Kenney is sending to those who have attacked the oil and gas industry, as he provided more information about the pro...
Jun 07, 2019 Pump Jack
Character witnesses called to testify for defence in senior citizen's sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - About half a dozen witnesses were called to the stand in Court of Queen's Bench Friday, June 7, to testify what they knew about the reputation of a 75-year-old man, charged with sever...
Jun 07, 2019 Witness stand in Court of Queen's Bench Courtroom, Lethbridge
Kenney promises constitutional challenge if Bill C-48 is passed
EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says he is deeply disappointed the Senate has voted not to kill the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off nor...
Jun 07, 2019 Jason Kenney - LethbridgeNewsNOW.com
Local police members set off for Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's a partnership that may be as fulfilling for one side as it is for the other.Members from Alberta Sheriffs, Lethbridge Police, Blood Tribe Police, Taber Police, Alberta Correction...
Jun 07, 2019 Everyone gathered at the sendoff ceremony at CASA
AltaLink and Piikani Nation approve important partnership
BROCKET, AB - AltaLink and the Piikani Nation have come to an important agreement.Edward Rihn, the Senior Vice-President at AltaLink, spoke with Lethbridge News Now about the agreement, which gives th...
Jun 07, 2019 Photo courtesy AltaLink on Facebook
Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country
OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast should be scrapped because it will divide the country, inflame separatist...
Jun 07, 2019
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region's jobless rate at 6.5 percent in May
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 27,700 jobs across Canada in May, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate also fell to a record low of 5.4 per cent, down from 5.7 pe...
Jun 07, 2019
PM worries China could target more Canadian goods as fears about soybeans rise
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's worried an ongoing diplomatic dispute could see China target imports of other Canadian agricultural products as concerns grow about soybean shipments ...
Jun 06, 2019 The Canadian Press