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Trudeau promises Quebec City $1.2 billion for new tram, expanded transit network
QUEBEC - The federal government has announced it will invest up to $1.2 billion on an expanded public transit network for Quebec City, including a 23-kilometre tramway line. Prime Minister Justin Trud...
Aug 19, 2019
Rent in Lethbridge cheapest among Alberta's six largest cities
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new report from Rentals.ca claims that Lethbridge not only has the most affordable housing among Alberta's cities, but is one of the cheapest in the country.As of August 2019, a one...
Aug 19, 2019 Apartments for rent sign. (Lethbridge News Now)
Benson driving at 'high rate' of speed before fatal crash
AUSTIN, Texas - Police said Monday they are still investigating the weekend motorcycle crash that killed former Texas Longhorns running back and NFL player Cedric Benson and a woman passenger. Accordi...
Aug 19, 2019
Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is calling on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by at least a full percentage point "over a fairly short period of time," saying that such an action would m...
Aug 19, 2019
NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner
NEW YORK - After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of the black man whose dying cries of "I...
Aug 19, 2019
Provincial review of Supervised Consumption Sites announced
CALGARY, AB - The provincial government has announced a province-wide review of supervised consumption services, including those in Lethbridge - but it won't include issues like social housing, homele...
Aug 19, 2019 Some of the materials provided to users at Lethbridge's SCS
Elections Canada to assess 'partisan' climate change rhetoric case by case
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether discussing the legitimacy of climate change becomes a partisan issue for third parties during the federal campai...
Aug 19, 2019
US prisons chief removed after Epstein's death
WASHINGTON - The acting director of the federal Bureau of Prisons has been removed from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal cus...
Aug 19, 2019
VAR denies Man City again in latest wild match with Spurs
Four months later, Manchester City was denied another crucial late goal against Tottenham by an intervention from the video assistant referee. Gabriel Jesus thought he scored the winner in the second ...
Aug 19, 2019
New deans heading up three Lethbridge College faculties
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Students at Lethbridge College this year will be under the tutelage of three new academic leaders.Dr. Kevin Smith is the new Dean of the Centre for Applied Arts and Sciences. He holds...
Aug 19, 2019 Lethbridge College. (Lethbridge News Now)