Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
City of Lethbridge changing committee structure
Lethbridge City Council has approved a change to the way it structures its committees.On Tuesday, Feb. 11, members voted 7-2 in favour of Bylaw 6518 - Procedure Bylaw Amendment, which removes the five...
Feb 12, 2026 Lethbridge City Council has approved transitioning its committee structure to the Community Issues Committee. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
$300K goal at Care for the Heart Day Radio-A-Thon to support cardiac centre
Thursday, Feb. 12, is the 16th Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-A-Thon in Lethbridge. Radio hosts from six local stations are at Chinook Regional Hospital, aiming to raise $300,000 for the Bringin...
Feb 12, 2026 Pattison Media's Harley Myhovich (left) and Chad Benson (right) volunteering for the 16th Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-A-Thon, Feb. 12, 2026. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge boy, 13, sentenced to secure custody for trying to kill younger brother
An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intensive rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly sta...
Feb 12, 2026 A police officer arrives at the provincial court building in Lethbridge, Alta., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Jeff McIntosh)
Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-Thon returns Feb. 12
Pattison Media's B93.3FM and WILD 95.5 will be among the local radio stations raising money for the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation (CRHF). The 16th Annual Care from the Heart Radio-a-Thon is set...
Feb 12, 2026 The 16th Annual Care from the Heart Radio-a-Thon is set to take place on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Image Credit: Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation)
UV disinfection upgrades underway at Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant
The City of Lethbridge is continuing to make improvements to its Water Treatment Plant.They say upgrading its ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system is an essential step that keeps the community's drink...
Feb 11, 2026 A clarifier at the Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
Two former Lethbridge Hurricanes competing at Olympics
The Milan Cortina Olympic Games have seen several CHL alumni competing.The league says 96 people who have been part of the league are taking part in the men's ice hockey tournament, running Feb. 11-12...
Feb 11, 2026 Former Lethbridge Hurricanes Oliver Okuliar (left) and Akira Schmid (right) are competing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics (Image Credit: Elite Prospects / SinBin.Vegas)
City cancels planning for 18 Street bike boulevard due to 'overwhelmingly negative' feedback
A new north-south transportation corridor in Lethbridge will not be happening anytime soon. Lethbridge City Council voted 6-2 in favour of cancelling its 18 Street Functional Planning & Design Stu...
Feb 11, 2026 18 Street in Lethbridge, where the City of Lethbridge had been planning a new transportation corridor. (Image Credit: City of Lethbridge)
Fort Macleod getting first-ever traffic light
Street signs have long been the way of controlling traffic in one southern Alberta town, but that will soon change.The Town of Fort Macleod says its first street light will be installed this year.It w...
Feb 11, 2026 The intersection of Highway 3 and 18 Street in Fort Macleod, where the town's first-ever street light will be installed. (Image Credit: Google Maps)
Two heart surgeries later, why I believe Lethbridge's cardiac centre will make a difference
Hi, I'm David Opinko. You might've seen my name come up in several articles on LethbridgeNewsNow.com over the last six years, or heard me delivering newcasts on WILD 95.5 FM, but one thing you might n...
Feb 10, 2026 Lethbridge News Now's David Opinko. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
City of Lethbridge to start tree pruning Wednesday
Residents in two areas of the south side can expect to see workers trimming trees.The City of Lethbridge will begin its annual tree pruning program on Wednesday, Feb. 11.This year's work will take pla...
Feb 10, 2026 The City of Lethbridge is kicking off its annual tree pruning program on Feb. 11, 2026. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)