Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
You can nominate an exceptional youth for "Leaders of Tomorrow" awards
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you know of someone in Lethbridge between the ages of five and 24 who have made volunteer contributions in the city, Volunteer Lethbridge wants to know.The nomination period for th...
Jan 27, 2020 Volunteer Lethbridge logo.
U of L dedicates Elders Room to former Elder in Residence
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge has paid tribute to a fallen Elder.The U of L has renamed its Elders Room as the Carolla Calf Robe Elders and Ceremony Room. For 11 years, Carolla (Napiak...
Jan 27, 2020 Carolla (Napiakii) Calf Robe (Photo provided by the University of Lethbridge)
MLA Neudorf & Health Minister discuss new "goal for healthcare" in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of changes could be on their way to Alberta's healthcare system. Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf recently commented on his Facebook page about his goal for healthcare in t...
Jan 27, 2020 Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf. (Supplied by United Conservative Party)
Lethbridge Police looking for missing person
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service is searching for a missing person. LPS says Kevin Albert Bunn was last heard from by family members on January 24 after he failed to show up at his place...
Jan 27, 2020 Kevin Albert Bunn (Photo provided by Lethbridge Police Service)
R. I. Baker students learn the importance of Reporting potential head injuries
COALDALE -- A visit from the Lethbridge Hurricanes didn't provide students or staff at R.I. Baker Middle School with any autographs, or memories of a hard-fought floor hockey battle. Instead, they rec...
Jan 26, 2020 : D-man Ty Prefontaine addresses Coaldale’s R.I. Baker Middle School on concussions by Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey players and staff
Veteran comedian Debra DiGiovanni set to make Lethbridge laugh with the Snowed In Comedy Tour
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Debra DiGiovanni is bringing decades of experience to Lethbridge.The Canadian comedian is one of four featured on the Snowed In Comedy Tour's stop in Lethbridge on Friday, January 31....
Jan 26, 2020 Debra DiGiovanni (second from left) with Pete Zedlacher, Dan Quinn and Paul Myrehaug. On DiGiovanni's left is Damonde Tschritter, a tour member participating in dates outside of the Lethbridge stop (Photo: Rob Porter with RMS Media)
Big win for Lethbridge College research chair at MIT Hackathon
LETHBRIDGE -- One of Lethbridge College's own has returned from a prestigious competition in Boston with impressive accolades. Mike McCready, the college's President's Applied Research Chair in Virtua...
Jan 25, 2020 Mike McCready is photographed with the oculus quest
Polar Plunge to raise funds for Special Olympics athletes
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Next month, residents will be able to take an ice-cold dip to help a great cause.The annual Polar Plunge is all set to go on February 1 in Lethbridge. Participants will take a dip in ...
Jan 25, 2020 Constable Chris Nguyen with the Taber Police Service taking part in the 2019 Polar Plunge (Photo: Jake Bradley Photography)
Fairmont Hot Springs public pools re-opened
FAIRMONT RESORT, B.C. -- An email to LethbridgeNewsNOW from Fairmont Hot Springs Resort's Brookline PR company late Friday (Jan 24) afternoon, indicated the resort's natural mineral public pools would...
Jan 24, 2020 Fairmont mineral pools -- LNN Photo
Firearms petition, introduced in southern Alberta, surpasses 100,000 signatures
CARDSTON, AB - More than 100,000 Canadians have expressed their opposition to a proposed ban on "military-style assault rifles".Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz created the e-2341 petition on...
Jan 24, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Supplied by GlenMotzMP.com)