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Case of COVID-19 confirmed at Holy Spirit elementary school
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- On behalf of Superintendent Ken Sampson, Holy Spirit Communications Coordinator Anisha Gatner has confirmed a case of COVID-19 at the St. Teresa of Calcutta school on the city's nor...
Oct 05, 2020
Stand off with police leads to charges for Lundbreck man
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - A man has been charged following a stand off with RCMP. At around 5:20 p.m. on October 2, the Crowsnest Pass RCMP were called out to an assault at a residence in Lundbreck. It was...
Oct 03, 2020
Premier Kenney wants feds to pause environmental plans as Suncor to cut almost 2000 jobs
CALGARY, AB. - Oil and gas giant Suncor Energy Ltd. says it will eliminate as many as 1,930 jobs over the next 18 months as a result of cost-cutting to deal with low oil prices and market volatility.S...
Oct 02, 2020
Lethbridge man successfully appeals conviction and sentence in murder case
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A Lethbridge man convicted of the second degree murder of 58-year old George Span, has had his sentence adjusted, after the Supreme Court overturned the initial conviction. Two men,...
Oct 02, 2020
One person dead in Highway 3 collision near Oldman River Bridge
COALDALE, AB - RCMP in Coaldale have confirmed a fatal collision on Highway 3.On October 1, at around 2:30 p.m., RCMP and the Coalhurst Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highw...
Oct 02, 2020
$48-million announced to rebuild Red Crow Community College campus after 2015 fire
STANDOFF, AB - Significant grants have been announced to re-build the main campus of Red Crow Community College (RCCC) on the Blood Reserve.A fire in August 2015 resulted in over $10-million in losses...
Oct 01, 2020
Lethbridge and Cardston men among 26 charged with child pornography offences
CARDSTON, AB - A Lethbridge man and Cardston man are among 26 people charged in connection with exploiting children sexually online. Between June 20 and September 17, ALERT's Internet Child Exploitati...
Sep 30, 2020
Organizer of pop-up injection site issued fine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The organizer of a group that set up an unsanctioned injection site in Lethbridge has been fined.On Friday night, the site popped up at Galt Gardens. On Saturday evening, the group th...
Sep 29, 2020
Lethbridge residents protest against unsanctioned drug injection site
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I seriously think that we are on a very destructive path. This has got no great place to go other than more bad. I mean, how many more kids do we have to have needle pricks and have ...
Sep 28, 2020
Galt Gardens pop-up injection site moves location on 2nd night
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Just three weeks after the city's Supervised Consumption Site (SCS) was shut down, an unsanctioned injection site popped up in Galt Gardens Friday night. There was a plan for it to be ...
Sep 26, 2020