Lethbridge and Area

Winter Light Festival brings light - and fun - to dark winter evenings

LETHBRIDGE -- The Winter Light Festival at Nikka Yuko Garden officially got underway last Friday (Nov. 29) and it's clear the event's popularity has not dimmed. Many cultures around the world have a '...

Dec 05, 2019 Winter Light Festival -LNN

"Fair Deal Panel" coming to Lethbridge December 11th

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you live in the Lethbridge area, you can have your say on the potential future of Alberta.Members of the Fair Deal Panel are coming to the city to ask how to best define and secure...

Dec 05, 2019 The clock tower in downtown Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

New Lethbridge "ShopTogetherYQL" initiative unveiled

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Posting a picture of your, your family or friends with the hashtag "ShopTogetherYQL" on Instagram could win you a $1,000 downtown Lethbridge shopping spree in January.Today marks the ...

Dec 05, 2019 Chef Stella's Dining and Catering in Downtown Lethbridge encourages passers by to shop locally

Southern Alberta MPs sworn into office

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Parliament has resumed and local MPs have officially been sworn back into their positions on Tuesday.In October's federal election, all four of the riding's Conservative Members of Pa...

Dec 05, 2019 Rachael Harder (left) and John Barlow (right) being sworn into office. (Supplied by Rachael Harder and John Barlow)

Local heroes recognized for acts of bravery

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trio has been honoured for their acts of bravery years ago.At Thursday morning's Lethbridge County meeting, Coaldale RCMP Staff Sergeant Glenn Henry presented St. John Ambulance Lif...

Dec 05, 2019 L to R: Constable Jake Newberry, Milly Wood, Gwyneth Newberry and Staff Sergeant Glenn Henry (Lethbridge News Now)

April Irving's behaviour "absolutely abhorrent" as a lifetime ban on dog ownership is imposed during sentencing

LETHBRIDGE, AB - She is never allowed to own a dog in the province of Alberta againHowever, 59-year-old April Dawn Irving was not present to hear those words spoken by Judge Derek Redman in Lethbridge...

Dec 04, 2019 April Irving

"Voices are being heard" say Fort Macleod turkey farm protestors facing break and enter charges

FORT MACLEOD, AB - About a dozen protestors stood in front of the small courthouse in Fort Macleod Wed. morning (Dec.4), holding signs reading "consumers have the right to know about animal cruelty," ...

Dec 04, 2019 Kennadi Rae Herbert (Left), and Claire Buchanan (Right), exit the Fort Macleod Courthouse

Police, family and friends continue search for missing man

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 26-year-old Alberta man remains missing and the search for him continues.According to Calgary Police, Marshal Iwaasa was last seen by his family in Lethbridge on November 17. Police...

Dec 04, 2019 Marshal Iwaasa was last seen by his family on November 17 (Photos supplied by Alexis Iwaasa)

Province announces $286-million to bolster rural policing

COALDALE, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced a major new investment into policing for small communities, but they will feel the impacts on their wallets.$286-million will be spent over the n...

Dec 04, 2019 Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer announces funding for rural policing. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Pay your AHS-issued parking ticket with a toy donation

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you were issued a parking ticket by Alberta Health Services (AHS) in the month of November, you can pay it off in another way.AHS has launched its Toys for Tickets campaign."The ca...

Dec 04, 2019 Chinook Regional Hospital sign. (Lethbridge News Now)