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Ottawa man charged in connection with assault on Lethbridge senior found fit to stand trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ottawa resident Adam Hall Hobkirk-Onate, the 21-year-old man charged in connection with a brutal assault on a 75-year old Lethbridge senior back in May, has been fit to stand trial. A...

Aug 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Review meeting for Alberta's supervised consumption services in Lethbridge September 4th and 5th

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government has announced its plans to speak with the people of Lethbridge about supervised consumption services.They said on August 19th that they would be touring Albe...

Aug 22, 2019 The entrance to the Supervised Consumption Site in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crash involving tanker kills one & injures nine near Cereal, evacuation order ended

CEREAL, AB - A multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon near the community of Cereal has left one person dead and many more injured.As reported by our partners at Global News, EMS has confirmed one pe...

Aug 20, 2019 Crash site - Photo courtesy of Global Calgary

Man arrested in Lethbridge after allegedly stealing $250K in vehicle tires and rims

LETHBRIDGE, AB - ALERT Lethbridge has arrested a Calgary man in connection to a long-running series of thefts. At least eight car dealerships in the province have been targeted.Patrick Rouillard was a...

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Motion to limit SCS funding and needle distribution defeated as protesters supporting and rejecting resolution pack council chambers

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Monday afternoon began at Lethbridge City Hall with hundreds if not more than a thousand or so members of the public - many carrying signs - either supporting Lethbridge's Supervised ...

Andrew Snook Aug 19, 2019 A packed Lethbridge council chambers Monday afternoon

Provincial review of Supervised Consumption Sites announced

CALGARY, AB - The provincial government has announced a province-wide review of supervised consumption services, including those in Lethbridge - but it won't include issues like social housing, homele...

Aug 19, 2019 Some of the materials provided to users at Lethbridge's SCS

LPS investigating assault outside of Boss Hogs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge are looking into an assault outside of a local bar.The LPS reported that on August 17 at around 2:36 a.m., officers responded to a call of a man being assaulted b...

Aug 19, 2019 A photo of the suspect vehicle (Courtesy of Lethbridge Police Service)

Windfarm powering local economy

Bow Island, AB - It's a beehive of activity at the site of the Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island as the 56 turbine project begins taking shape amongst the canola, lentil and wheat fields.Gravel road...

Aug 17, 2019 One of 56 turbines takes shape at Whitla Windfarm south of Bow Island – credit Alex McCuaig

Social media both a help and hurdle for police investigations

OTTAWA -- Social media can help or hurt police investigations such as the one into three homicides in northern British Columbia, says a criminologist.Frank Cormier, head of the sociology and criminolo...

Aug 16, 2019 Surveilance video of Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod

Man accused of selling horses for processing receives fine, restitution order

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 78-year-old man charged in connection with the sale of two horses that were slaughtered at a Fort Macleod facility in April 2018, has pleaded guilty in Lethbridge Provincial Court t...

Aug 15, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)