Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

Oh deer! It’s fawning season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Fawn season is here, and officials at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre are reminding residents to watch out for the young deer.Taylor Hecker, program leader at Lethbridge's Helen Schul...
May 10, 2020

Brooks to host second "asymptomatic" testing" event for COVID-19
BROOKS, AB - Residents in Brooks will once again be able to get tested for COVID-19 even if they are not showing any symptoms.It will run from Tuesday, May 12 to Thursday, May 14 at the Jaycee Welding...
May 10, 2020

Learning under pandemic involves more than ABCs
If delivering the nuts and bolts of education isn't a big enough challenge, staff across Palliser Regional Schools are also ensuring the social and emotional learning needs of students are being met u...
May 10, 2020

Only seven new COVID-19 cases in South Health Zone Saturday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update for COVID-19 for Saturday, May 9.Provincially, another 59 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 6,157. There has not bee...
May 09, 2020

Many East Kootenay provincial parks re-opening May 14, but B.C. discouraging non-essential travel
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The majority of provincial parks in southeastern B.C. are set to re-open Thursday, May 14 for day use, just before the Victoria Day long weekend.Recreation Sites and Trails BC will a...
May 09, 2020

Lethbridge area man killed in collision with train near Brooks
BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP are reporting a collision between a pickup truck and a train that left one person dead and another with serious injuries. At approximately 11:35 am on Friday, May 8, emergency...
May 08, 2020

An email from across the ocean and a reminder of a Lethbridge soldier
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- During the frantic days in the news room right now, it's hour after hour of dealing with bad news -- mostly COVID-19 and the resulting economic turmoil turning lives upside-down. We...
May 08, 2020

The Daily with LNN – May 8, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
May 08, 2020

Veterans gather at city Cenotaph on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Even with the challenge that social distancing presents because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Canadian Veterans gathered at the Lethbridge Cenotaph on Friday morning, to ...
May 08, 2020

Pleasant surprise for Catholic Central High School valedictorian
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It was a special Friday for Elisha Wong.The grade 12 student at Lethbridge's Catholic Central High School learned she was named the valedictorian of her graduating class. However, Won...
May 08, 2020 Wong (in blue dress) with her family on May 8, 2020 (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)