Lethbridge and Area

Stasiuk family appeals for information on missing Stanley Cup Rolex

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A important piece of sports history has gone missing, and the family of a local hockey legend is hoping to find it once again. Two -time Stanley Cup winner and former NHL head coach V...

Nov 07, 2019 A copy of Vic Stasiuk's hockey card when he played for the Boston Bruins

Severe Alberta weather prompts Rogers Sugar to Terminate 2019 Beet Harvest

VANCOUVER -- Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced that due to the impact of recent severe adverse weather in Alberta on the 2019 sugar beet crop, a decision has been made to terminate the beet harvest.A ne...

Nov 07, 2019 Harvesting sugar beets -- Alberta Sugar Beet Growers

Trial date set for man charged with breaking into Lethbridge businesses

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 55-year-old Lethbridge man has pleaded not guilty to five counts of shopbreaking and theft, in relation to a series of incidents last spring. Larry Brent Ovens appeared in Lethbridg...

Nov 07, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Exhibition Park and Rotary expand $10,000 Ag Scholarship program

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two of Lethbridge's top agricultural students will be rewarded for their hard work.Exhibition Park and the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East announced the second annual $10,000 Agricultu...

Nov 07, 2019 Rotary Club and Scholarship Committee member Wayne Lindwall at an announcement event on Thursday, Nov. 7 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

Benefits of building rural broadband network in Alberta far outweighs costs: study

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new study has found that, for every dollar invested into building high-speed broadband networks across Alberta's rural areas, we would see around three dollars of economic benefit o...

Nov 07, 2019 Stock image

Southern Alberta filled with many historical war landmarks

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Picture yourself driving down the highway and looking off to the side of the road.Chances are you could be looking at a historical landmark. It turns out southern Alberta is home to m...

Nov 07, 2019 Waterton Park is home to Vimy Peak, named for the Battle of Vimy Ridge (Lethbridge News Now)

Two men arrested in robbery at Park Place Mall parking lot

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man reported to Lethbridge Police that he had been bear sprayed and robbed in the Park Place Mall parking lot near the Winners entrance.Police were called at 9:23 pm on Tuesday, Nov...

Nov 06, 2019 Lethbridge Police station. (Lethbridge News Now)

Province announces plan to tackle rural crime

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta will be taking a few steps to combat the rise of crime in rural communities across the province."We are sending a strong signal to rural Albertans who have b...

Nov 06, 2019 Alberta legislature. (Lethbridge News Now)

U of L: 26% of post-secondary students face food scarcity

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge has launched a new program called Nourish, which is meant to raise the profile of the efforts to combat hunger and food scarcity for local students.Campus...

Nov 06, 2019 The ULSU Food Bank. (Supplied by University of Lethbridge)

Transcript of Q&A with Alberta Finance Minister in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta's Minister of Finance Travis Toews was in Lethbridge last Friday to talk about the provincial budget and what it means for the city. More details here.After his presentation, ...

Nov 06, 2019 Finance Minister Travis Toews taking questions from the audience in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)