Lethbridge and Area

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)

Lethbridge man charged following serious motor vehicle collision

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a 25-year-old Lethbridge man in connection with a Tuesday evening collision.On February 11 at around 6:21 p.m., LPS received a complaint of a two-vehicl...

Feb 12, 2020

Cineplex approves sale of nearly all shares to U.K.-based Cineworld

TORONTO, ON - Cineworld has moved one step closer to acquiring Canada's largest chain of movie theatres.It was first reported in December 2019 that the British company was looking to buy Cineplex Inc....

Feb 12, 2020 Galaxy cinema in Lethbridge. (Supplied by Cineplex)

UPDATED: Officials confirm RCMP officer-involved shooting in Blairmore Tuesday

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed that one person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Blairmore.According to an RCMP release, at around 5:00 p.m. on February 11, two Blair...

Feb 12, 2020 RCMP patch. (Lethbridge News Now)

LNN News Update for Feb 11, 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 11, 2020

LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a 29-year-old man charged in connection with the city's first homicide in two years.Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of...

Feb 11, 2020 Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

Collaboration reached between Lethbridge County and the area's irrigation districts

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new framework agreement has just been reached by the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID), Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (LNID), and Lethbridge County. It will focus...

Feb 11, 2020 LNID Chairman Klass Slomp; Reeve Lorne Hickey; SMRID Chairman Gary Franz - Photo credit Leth. County

Fort Macleod re-working plans for pool renovations after funding denied

FORT MACLEOD, AB - The Town of Fort Macleod will have some sort of a renovated or expanded outdoor pool, but it is no longer clear what that might look like.Originally, the town's Chief Administrative...

Feb 11, 2020 Fort Macleod sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Provincial budget to be tabled February 27

EDMONTON, AB - Provincial Finance Minister Travis Toews says the budget will be tabled Feb. 27. It will allow enough time for government to debate and pass it before the end of the fiscal year. In a m...

Feb 11, 2020 Provincial Legislature

Feb. 11 is "Safer Internet Day" - how to stay safe

LETHBRIDGE, AB - February 11 marks the worldwide Safer Internet Day, and in the spirit of that, Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) and the Lethbridge Sexual Violence Action Committee are offering tips to...

Feb 11, 2020 ALERT logo.