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Three city residents charged after high risk incident

LETHBRIDGE -- The investigation continues but, two men and a woman, all from Lethbridge, face a string of charges after both the Priority Crime Unit and the Critical Incident Response Team seized 13 f...

Sep 06, 2019 LPS cruiser --LNN

Canada sees gains in part-time, youth employment as wage growth slows

OTTAWA - Canada's economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new positions, the bulk of which were part time, in the services sector and picked up by young people.Statistics Canada says that ...

Sep 06, 2019 The Canadian Press

Man convicted of beating partner, keeping her in RV for two days, sentenced in Lethbridge Provincial Court

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 53-year-old man who has five prior domestic assault convictions involving three different partners, and a criminal record dating back to 1980, has been convicted again of multiple o...

Sep 05, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Emotional presentations at first Lethbridge Supervised Consumption Site Review meeting

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hundreds of people came to the Coast Hotel in Lethbridge, to listen, find out more information, or to have their say on the city's Supervised Consumption Site.About 200 people turned ...

Sep 04, 2019 A seven-member panel listened to residents' concerns and experiences with the SCS

Thousands of litres of oily substance released into Oldman River

LETHBRIDGE, AB - What's believed to be between 3,500 and 4,500 litres of cooking oil was somehow recently released into Lethbridge's stormwater drainage system and ended up in the Oldman River.That's ...

Sep 04, 2019 What's believed to be cooking oil was released into the Oldman River

Lethbridge councillor proposes addictions study & relief for impacted businesses

LETHBRIDGE, AB - City Councillor Jeffrey Coffman introduced two motions at Tuesday's council meeting regarding addictions, drug use, and potential relief.The first was to hire a qualified researcher t...

Sep 04, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Second degree murder charges reduced to manslaughter during Twigg, Scout trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Moments after Simon Danny Scout and Rylan James Twigg were arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday (Sept. 3), the Crown announced it w...

Sep 03, 2019 The home where Lethbridge Police say Kenrick First Rider was killed

Report: Government needs to "go beyond merely cutting spending" to eliminate deficit

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A key report on Alberta's finances has come back and makes several recommendations on how government spending and organization should be changed.Panel Chair Janice MacKinnon, a former...

Sep 03, 2019 Finance Minister Travis Toews and the panel. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Evacuation order lifted following train derailment near Barons

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY - ***Up-Date as of 4:00-pm -- The evacuation order has been rescinded for the area of Highway 23 west to Range Road 23-5, Highway 23 east to Range Road 23-2, as well as Township Road...

Olivia Thorington Sep 02, 2019 Derailment scene -- Brandyn Montgomery for LethbridgeNewsNOW

New changes announced for blood donation processes in Canada

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canadian Blood Services (CBS) will be making a series of changes that it says will "reduce blood donor screening and rest time for repeat donors, resulting in a shorter donation time ...

Sep 01, 2019 Canadian Blood Services in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)