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Alberta expands poacher hotline to include abuse of public lands
EDMONTON – Alberta is launching a Report A Poacher line so people can notify officials about abuse of public lands or waterways. The province says people should call the 24-hour line if they see...
May 20, 2016

Province announces six task forces on farm safety
EDMONTON – Alberta has set up six task forces with 78 people to consult broadly on new farm safety regulations, but adds there is no timeline for completion. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier s...
May 20, 2016

Early Morning Apartment Fire Causes $15,000 Damage
LETHBRIDGE – Fire investigators are looking into an apartment fire that happened early Friday morning. A neighbor reported the fire around 6:00-am, in the 2100-block of 35th street south. By the...
May 20, 2016

City caps off Public Works Week with a splash
LETHBRIDGE – City employees ended Public Works Week with a public demonstration fire hydrant flushing. Mayor Chris Spearman assisted a Public Operations crew in flushing a hydrant on 11 Street S...
May 20, 2016

Mayor Spearman Discusses City Plans to Help Fort McMurray
LETHBRIDGE – With a conditional timeline in place for Fort McMurray residents to return to the community, the City of Lethbridge is standing by to offer additional support. Mayor Chris Spearman ...
May 20, 2016

Crown Concerned About Delays in Multiple Bank Robbery Case
LETHBRIDGE – The Crown is expressing concerns about the lack of progress in a multiple bank robbery case. Shaun Christopher Cornish was arrested and charged after nine banks – including on...
May 20, 2016

Alberta Pork Regional Meeting Scheduled in Lethbridge
ALBERTA – Alberta Pork is holding Regional Meetings across the province over the next two weeks. There will be presentations by the Chairman and Executive Directors to share information on key i...
May 20, 2016

Fire recruits learn about fire investigation
LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge Fire and EMS are giving their new recruits a chance to learn how to investigate a fire. Fire investigation training has been given to members of the department in the pas...
May 20, 2016

Canada's Inflation Rate Rises to 1.7% in April
CANADA – The annual pace of inflation picked up in April as the impact of lower energy prices moderated. Statistics Canada said Friday that its consumer price index climbed 1.7 per cent in April...
May 20, 2016

Speed and Alcohol Likely Factors in Motorcycle Crash
LETHBRIDGE – A man in his forties suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after crashing his motorcycle in west Lethbridge on Thursday night. Just before 10 p.m., the man was travelli...
May 20, 2016