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Provincial Government Announces Funding For Solar Energy Incentive Program
The Alberta government says it will provide more than $5 million to help municipalities cover the cost of installing solar panels. This program will provide rebates of up to $0.75 per watt, to a maxim...
Feb 05, 2016
LPS Converts Old Shotguns into Less Lethal Tools
LETHBRIDGE: Lethbridge Police have just accomplished the ultimate in recycling. The force is the the first in the province to re-purpose its Remington 870 shotguns to fire soc rounds instead of bullet...
Feb 05, 2016
Chilly "Polar Plunge" Event Raising Money For Special Olympics
LETHBRIDGE – The 5th annual Polar Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics will take place on Saturday at Nicholas Sheran Lake. The event is hosted by the Lethbridge Police Service and the Alberta...
Feb 05, 2016
Raymond RCMP Unveil Largest Ever Drug Bust on Alberta Border
RAYMOND – Candian Boarder Services Agency officers seized 14.5 kg of suspected methamphetamine at the Del Bonita border crossing on Jan. 31. It was concealed in the rocker panels of an SUV and o...
Feb 05, 2016
Labour Force Figures show Lethbridge area with Lowest Jobless rate in the Province
LETHBRIDGE: The Lethbridge Medicine Hat region has the lowest jobless rate in the province, in spite of the fact it rose to 5.8% in January, from 5.7% in December. That figure is also two-percentage p...
Feb 05, 2016
Pronghorn's Basketball: Men and Women Off to Calgary This Weekend
LETHBRIDGE: The Lethbridge Pronghorns women's basketball team heads to Calgary this weekend to take on the Dinos. It will be a long shot for the 'Horns to make the playoffs while the Dinos already cli...
Feb 04, 2016
5 Year Old Taber "Hero" Honoured For 911 Call
TABER: A Taber elementary student was celebrated in front of his school Thursday for knowing to call 911 when his mother had a medical emergency. Five year old Dane DeGraw did not panic when his mothe...
Feb 04, 2016
Lethbridge College Kodiak Teams Prepare for Weekend Action
LETHBRIDGE – Another big weekend for the Lethbridge Kodiaks. Both basketball teams are at home this weekend taking on Olds College. The Lethbridge College women's basketball team is undefeated t...
Feb 04, 2016
New Research Chair in Potato Science at University of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – There’s a new Research Chair in Potato Science at the University of Lethbridge. Dr. Dmytro Yevtushenko has studied potatoes for 25 years, and brings his expertise to the posit...
Feb 04, 2016
School Bus Driver Charged Following Head-On Collision
LETHBRIDGE: The school bus driver involved in Wednesday’s collision on 23 Street North has been charged. Around 3:16 the City of Lethbridge school bus with children on board was travelling north...
Feb 04, 2016