Lethbridge and Area

City of Lethbridge announces 248 layoffs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Several city employees have been temporarily laid off.Interim City Manager Jody Meli says this includes a total of 248 employees, 244 of whom were casual workers. The other four are p...

Mar 30, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crews battle Monday morning residential fire in Coaldale

COALDALE, AB - An early Monday (Mar 30) house fire in Coaldale caused significant damage.Coaldale's emergency Services were called out around 5:30, to a home at 1943 Parkside Close, on the east side o...

Mar 30, 2020 Fire in Coaldale on Monday, March 30 2020 (Photo courtesy - Kristyn L. White on Facebook)

Community Foundation announces $375,000 in grant funding for COVID-19 response

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is helping the region get through the COVID-19 pandemic.The organization has announced $375,000 in grant funding to sup...

Mar 30, 2020 The Community Foundation's office in Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta doctors plead against "harmful actions targeted towards our public healthcare system"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hundreds of doctors across the province have written to the Government of Alberta voicing their displeasure with a series of changes that are set to take place on April 1.Especially d...

Mar 30, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Taber Curling Club getting full roof replacement

TABER, AB - "There's no longer any Band-Aid fixes available to deal with what's involved."The Mayor of Taber is commenting on Town Council's decision on March 23 to do a full replacement of the roof a...

Mar 29, 2020 Taber Curling Club. (Supplied by Town of Taber)

With K-12 classes cancelled, funding "temporarily adjusted"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has reallocated some of its education funding.They announced earlier this month that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person classes for K-12 students were ...

Mar 28, 2020 (Supplied by Lethbridge School Division)

The Daily with LNN – March 27, 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....

Mar 27, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

Emergency operators still responding to all calls, despite some members self-isolating

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Fire, EMS, and police in Lethbridge are assuring the public that they will still be able to respond to calls, despite COVID-19 impacting some of their members.To be clear, there are n...

Mar 27, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Fritz Sick gym in Lethbridge being used as temporary homeless shelter

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is taking steps to ensure its homeless population can stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the next few days, the gymnasium at the Fritz Sick Memorial Ce...

Mar 27, 2020 Fritz Sick Memorial Centre. (Lethbridge News Now)

1,000 face masks donated to vulnerable peoples in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge's Chinese community came together to support those in need.Southern Alberta Chinese Association (SACA) Vice President Jan Gong says they had planned to hold a Chinese New Y...

Mar 27, 2020 Jan Gong with the Southern Alberta Chinese Association donates face masks to the Lethbridge Senior Citizens' Organization. (Supplied by Trevor Page)