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Firefighters respond to basement fire in north Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Just after midnight on Sunday, August 25th, 15 personnel from Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services were called to a basement fire on the 200 block of 18th Street North.Crews were ab...
Aug 26, 2019 Lethbridge fire truck. (Lethbridge News Now)
Mark Giordano brings Norris Trophy cred to his seventh season as Flames captain
CALGARY - Mark Giordano will have "Norris Trophy winner" attached to his name this NHL season. The only Calgary Flame to win the award that goes to the league's top defenceman says the label motivates...
Aug 26, 2019
Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series
LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America's first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said ...
Aug 26, 2019
Stephan trial could wrap up this week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The case of the death of 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan from March 2012 resumed this week and could be near its conclusion.Justice Terry Clackson said Monday that he wants to finish the...
Aug 26, 2019 Collet (left) and David (right) Stephan. (Lethbridge News Now)
Woman charged in robbery and arson: Police search for two male accomplices
LETHBRIDGE -- A 27-year-old Lethbridge woman faces charges in connection with an armed robbery and two arsons. An arrest warrant has also been issued for a 32-year-old man for his role in the robbery....
Aug 26, 2019 James Patrick Williams - released by LPS
Provinces, territories to have input in future price of carbon tax, McKenna says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says her government would take into consideration the views of provinces and territories on any change in the price of carbon tax. She also sa...
Aug 26, 2019
CFL players remind Bomber's Hecht of prior criticism following Harris suspension
It seems CFL players Derek Dennis and Richie Leone have long memories. Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris was suspended for two games Monday following a positive drug test. That prompted bo...
Aug 26, 2019
Feds seek death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
PITTSBURGH - Federal prosecutors want a man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue to face a death sentence. The U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent Monday to...
Aug 26, 2019
Police caution against vigilantism following paintball shooting at SCS
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police say they know that many people are passionate about issues relating to the Supervised Consumption Site (SCS) on either side, but are asking that people not take matt...
Aug 26, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)
Liberals, Tories unveil campaign slogans and contrasting pitches to voters
OTTAWA - Canadians will be asked this fall to choose between moving forward with the Liberals or getting ahead with the Conservatives. But while they both seem to be urging vo...
Aug 26, 2019