Lethbridge and Area

Taber rallying support for Kraft Hockeyville 2020

TABER, AB - Communities across the country are coming together to try to secure the grand prize in this year's Kraft Hockeyville contest.The winning town will get to host an NHL game and receive $250,...

Jan 13, 2020 Taber Ice Arena. (Photo submitted to Kraft Hockeyville by Dawn P.)

Influenza still an issue in the region, Medical Health Officer says

LETHBRIDGE, AB - What's unique about this year is that southern Alberta has three strains of influenza circling around the region.That's according to Dr. Vivien Suttorp, the Lead Medical Health Office...

Jan 12, 2020 The Lethbridge office of Alberta Health Services (Lethbridge News Now)

"Looking back, I should have stopped"- testifies 32-year-old Michael White Quills as trial concludes

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 32-year-old man from Cardston testified in Lethbridge Provincial Court Friday (Jan. 10) that not only was he speeding and not paying attention to the road in front of him, but that ...

Jan 10, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse

BC Fairmont Hot Springs pools closed due to health and safety concerns

LETHBRIDGE -- UPDATE: Comments from the Interior Health authority have been added to this article.It's a favourite winter playground for those who live in the region and those who visit from outside i...

Jan 10, 2020 Deserted Fairmont pools -- LNN

U of L receives $400K in donations to support scientific breakthroughs

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A significant research project at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) and some of its research spaces are getting a financial boost from two Canadian corporations.The Power Corporat...

Jan 10, 2020 Left to right: Dr. Roy Golsteyn, Paul Mahon, Paul Genest, Mike Mahon. (Lethbridge News Now)

Four dead in Highway 36 collision, RCMP on scene

TABER, AB - UPDATE: Taber RCMP have provided some additional details on the four people who were killed in the collision.As of 2:45 pm, officials were still on scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision o...

Jan 10, 2020

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate down in December

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The jobless numbers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area saw a slight drop last month, and the region actually had the lowest unemployment rate in all of Alberta.In December, the unemp...

Jan 10, 2020 (Pexels)

Recycle your old electronics in Lethbridge this weekend at Ecycle Drive

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you have any old electronics laying around the house or your office, you can drop them off at a few locations around Lethbridge to be recycled for free."Ecycle Drive diverts tens o...

Jan 10, 2020 (Supplied by Ecycle Drive)

Food drive to support Lethbridge family with five-year-old afflicted with cancer

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The people of Lethbridge will come together on Saturday, January 11th to help out a local family in need.Five-year-old Jennifer Ortega was diagnosed with a large cancerous tumour on h...

Jan 10, 2020 The Ortega family. (Supplied by LCO International)

Two-day trial underway for man accused in 2018 fatal hit and run

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The trial for a 32-year-old man charged with one count of failing to stop/remain at the scene of a collision causing death, got underway in Lethbridge Provincial Court Thursday, Jan. ...

Jan 09, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse