Lethbridge and Area

AUMA: Municipalities "frustrated" with provincial government

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I think we just we can't absorb any further cutbacks, and when it comes to consultation about the impacts of operational cuts into the community, I don't think we were adequately con...

Feb 13, 2020 AUMA President Barry Morishita (left) and Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman (right). (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge is Alberta's first municipality to offer "green burials"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The area might not look too green right now, but the City of Lethbridge hopes a section of the Royal View Memorial Cemetery will offer a more eco-friendly method of burial.As the city...

Feb 13, 2020 The area where green burials will be offered in Royal View Memorial Cemetery. (Lethbridge News Now)

LPS investigating rising trend of cell phone thefts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is advising the public of an increase in cell phones being stolen from retailers and being sold to unsuspecting buyers online."In cities throughout the...

Feb 13, 2020 The suspects accused of stealing cell phone from the Telus store in Park Place Mall. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

Recognizing violence against women: second annual Women’s Memorial March in Lethbridge Friday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Missing and murdered women, girls, two spirited and trans people are set to be honoured on Valentine's Day. It's the second annual Women's Memorial March in Lethbridge. The initiative...

Olivia Thorington Feb 13, 2020 The Women's Memorial March is on February 14, 2020 (Photo: Lethbridge Sisters in Spirit on Facebook)

'The Watch' now under the watchful eye of retired LPS Inspector

LETHBRIDGE -- Retired, but well-known, Lethbridge Police Insp. Jeff Cove is the new Manager of The Watch. Although he retired in 2014, Cove has volunteered with The Watch program since its inception i...

Feb 13, 2020 Jeff Cove - new 'The Watch' manager -- photo credit to LNN

LNN News Update for Feb 12, 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.This is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on.Downl...

Feb 12, 2020

ASIRT seeking witnesses in Blairmore shooting

BLAIRMORE, AB - One day after an officer-involved shooting took place in Blairmore, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is looking for witnesses.LNN previously reported that the inciden...

Feb 12, 2020 ASIRT

Most southern Alberta school divisions receiving budget cuts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is calling out the provincial government's expected reduction in funding to school divisions across the province.They obtained documents under ...

Feb 12, 2020 Lethbridge School Division. (Lethbridge News Now)

City of Lethbridge leaving Canadian Badlands Tourism Association

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted to withdraw from a regional marketing organization.Mayor Chris Spearman says the city already has its own entity doing similar work, the Lethbridge D...

Feb 12, 2020 Drumheller hoodoos. (Supplied by Jeremy Klager/Shutterstock)

11th annual Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon goes Thursday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Thanks to a healthy donation from Costco, the CRH Foundation has upped its goal for the event to $350,000.Wow!! We were expecting $89,740 from the members of Costco Lethbridge...

Feb 12, 2020 Care from the Heart Day is Thursday, February 13 (Photo credit: Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation on Facebook)