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Fatal collision south of Coaldale claims lives of two Taber seniors
COALDALE -- A section of Highway-4 was shut down for about six hours Saturday (July 27) evening, to allow RCMP traffic reconstruction members to investigate a fatal two vehicle collision. The incident...
Jul 28, 2019 RCMP vehicle -- LethbridgeNewsNOW
Prestigious golf tournament starts Tuesday in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Over 100 golfers are ready to hit the links at the Lethbridge Country Club.The course is hosting the 65th annual Canadian Junior Girls Championship (CJGC), which will bring in the cou...
Jul 27, 2019 'Golden Pond', the 5th hole at the Lethbridge Country Club (Lethbridge News Now)
LPS and firefighters investigating cause of explosions and fire in north side home
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of explosions and subsequent fire in a north side home, has left a man and his pets homeless - and his house in shambles.Bryan Beekman says around 12 p.m. Friday, July 26, he...
Jul 26, 2019 Home owner Bryan Beekman says he lost everything in a Friday afternoon house fire
Funding for Highway 3 bridge replacement subject to province's "fiscal health"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The UCP government is reviewing all of the previously-promised funding from the NDP administration, including a massive $100-million investment for the Highway 3 bridge replacement in...
Jul 26, 2019 Highway 3 through the Lethbridge coulees. (Lethbridge News Now)
WARNING: Graphic details - "I loved them" - April Irving says as she pleads guilty to charges under the Animal Protection Act
LETHBRIDGE, AB - WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE. A 59-year-old woman from Milk River, Alberta who was facing more than a dozen animal cruelty related charges fr...
Jul 24, 2019 April Irving leaves Lethbridge Provincial Court July 24, 2019 (Lethbridge News NOW)
Mueller: Russian interference serious challenge to democracy
WASHINGTON - Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller told lawmakers at the start of back-to-back hearings Wednesday that the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidenti...
Jul 24, 2019
UPDATE: Fatal weekend fire deemed accidental
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An investigation by Lethbridge Police and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services has determined that the weekend death of a 50-year-old man was non-criminal. On Saturday, July 20, fir...
Jul 23, 2019
Lethbridge achieves first place position on the latest Stats-Can Crime Index
OTTAWA -- It's a first place posting that is nothing to brag about. Lethbridge holds the unenviable top ranking in the Statistics Canada 2018 Crime Index. Following right behind Lethbridge was Regina ...
Jul 22, 2019 2018 Crime Index from Statistics Canada
$1.8-million in funding awarded to U of L researchers
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge's research profile will be boosted significantly by a series of grants.Coming from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Discovery gr...
Jul 22, 2019 University of Lethbridge sign. (Lethbridge News Now)
Feds redo child-benefit forms amid concerns ‘at-risk’ families missing payments
OTTAWA -- The federal government will roll out a simplified application form for the Canada Child Benefit this month - just as it gets a bump in value - after hearing about barriers for newcomers and ...
Jul 21, 2019 Jean-Yves Duclos,