Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

LPS issues 46 tickets during August long weekend
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) was kept busy over the long weekend.Officers conducted a targeted traffic enforcement project, issuing a total of 46 violation tickets and 13 warnings.They also gav...
Aug 07, 2025

Hurricanes' Leo Braillard signs with Swiss pro team
A member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes will be heading back to his home country.Leo Braillard has signed a professional contract with the EHC Biel-Bienne in Switzerland for the 2025-26 season.The 20-ye...
Aug 07, 2025

Coutts protester receives two-year conditional sentence
One of the men who took part in the 2022 Coutts border blockade has learned his fate.Evan Colenutt has been handed a two-year conditional sentence for one count of possessing a weapon dangerous to the...
Aug 06, 2025

Morris family named honourary Whoop-Up Days parade marshals
A local family will be front and centre at this year's Whoop-Up Days parade.Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) has announced that the Morris family, comprising Brent, Francesca, Zachary and Al...
Aug 06, 2025

$9.2 million grant to move Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant upgrades forward
A major infrastructure project in Lethbridge will soon get underway, thanks to a new provincial grant.The Alberta Government will provide $9.2 million in funding for phase one of what the City of Leth...
Aug 06, 2025

Whoop-Up Drive temporarily closed in both directions
UPDATE (11:40 a.m.) Two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane (from the off-ramp at south Scenic Drive onto Whoop-Up Drive) have reopened.Original Story:The City of Lethbridge says drivers will need ...
Aug 06, 2025

Southern Albertans to compete at Canada Summer Games
A group of high-level athletes is set to take part in a major national competition.The Canada Summer Games take place in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, from August 8-25, 2025.More than 4,000 a...
Aug 05, 2025

Lethbridge County cancels fire advisory
Burning regulations in Lethbridge County are being loosened.Officials have lifted the fire advisory that had been in place since July 22, 2025, saying that the recent precipitation and cooler weather ...
Aug 05, 2025

LPS Chief extends contract to 2029
Shahin Mehdizadeh will remain the chief of the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) for at least the next four years.He has extended his contract with the service, which will keep him in the chief's chair ...
Aug 05, 2025

Lethbridge to host 'pop-up' Royal Tyrrell exhibit for 40th anniversary
Alberta's premier dinosaur museum and palaeontology lab is celebrating a major milestone in 2025, and a series of special events will take place across the province.The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeon...
Aug 05, 2025