Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

Medals and Decorations: How a veteran can be honoured for their sacrifice
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Medals are earned through accomplishments, time or bestowed upon by other countries for a soldier's deeds. That's according to retired Warrant Officer Glenn Miller.Miller, who works w...
Nov 06, 2019 The Memorial Cross featuring the royal cypher of King George the Fifth (Photo courtesy Glenn Miller)

Explicit Language: Alleged victim in sex assault trial testifies to abuse suffered at the age of eight
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 41-year-old woman took the stand during a sex assault trial in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Tuesday, to describe how the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of a Ray...
Nov 05, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency workers active in our area - Forewarned
LETHBRIDGE -- Both the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in Lethbridge and city police have received numerous complaints over the past several days from people reporting scams.Police report a caller will id...
Nov 05, 2019 Lethbridge Police Station -- LNN

Two fatalities in Highway 22 collision
CROWNEST PASS, AB - Two people have died following a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 22. Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to the three-vehicle collision at around 4:50 p.m. Monday afternoon on Highway...
Nov 05, 2019 Lethbridge News Now file image of an RCMP sign

POWs: Inside Lethbridge and southern Alberta’s Prisoner of War camps
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Not too many people may know this, but many years ago, Lethbridge and southern Alberta was host to prisoner of war (POW) camps. Glenn Miller, a retired Warrant Officer who works with ...
Nov 05, 2019 A ship in a bottle made by a POW who was held in Lethbridge (Photo courtesy Glenn Miller)

First responders strained from drug crisis, ARCHES says SCS has not impacted crime
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council heard from several community experts on opioid use, and how various groups are responding to it. This includes presentations from Lethbridge Police Service (LP...
Nov 04, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Second trial underway for Raymond man facing historical sex assault charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second trial got underway Monday, Nov. 4, in Court of Queen's Bench, involving a 51-year-old Raymond man, charged with a series of historical sexual assaults dating back between 198...
Nov 04, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Local company fined for workplace accident
REGINA -- A southern Alberta company has been fined 60-thousand dollars for a workplace accident in Saskatchewan that seriously injured a worker.Varsteel Limited of Lethbridge pleaded guilty in a Regi...
Nov 04, 2019 VarSteel - Photo credit to Var Steel Lethbridge web site

MADD and Lethbridge Police launch "Project Red Ribbon" for impaired driving awareness
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: This story now includes stats from Lethbridge Police on impaired driving.With another holiday season just around the corner, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Lethbridge & Are...
Nov 04, 2019 President of MADD Lethbridge & Area Anita Huchala launching Project Red Ribbon. (Lethbridge News Now)

WATCH: Lethbridge's recycling: from curbside pickup to shipping
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The city's curbside recycling program is now almost six months old, and besides occasionally watching the recycling truck pick up the blue bins and methodically emptying them - not ma...
Nov 03, 2019 Recycling material at the MRF