Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge Firefighters save dog stuck on Oldman River ice shelf

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A farm family's Collie is tired, but safe after Lethbridge Firefighters, Lethbridge Animal Control and RCMP officers rescued it from an ice shelf this morning (Friday).According to Pl...

Nov 08, 2019 Lethbridge Fire officials safely rescue a cold and tired Collie Photo Courtesy: Officer Skylar Plourde

Skating rink, horse carriages, "local Black Friday" part of first-ever Heart of the Holidays in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Heart of the Holidays events will soon be getting underway in downtown Lethbridge.It is an opportunity to lift up holiday spirits in the community through a variety of activities....

Nov 08, 2019 Festival Plaza on 6th Street South, where the Heart of our Holidays will take place. (Lethbridge News Now)

Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden earns tourism award, announce annual Winter Light Festival

LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's a time to celebrate at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, and for many reasons. The local tourist attraction has received the 2019 Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For Awar...

Olivia Thorington Nov 08, 2019 Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge has been named one of the Top Ten North American Gardens Worth Travelling For (Lethbridge News Now)

17.29% in AHS' South Zone have received flu shots

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its first weekly update on the 2019/2020 influenza season.As of Friday, November 8th, 52,998 people in the South Zone have been immunized against ...

Nov 08, 2019 Influenza clinic in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Granum residents vote to dissolve town and become part of M.D. of Willow Creek

GRANUM, AB - The Town of Granum will soon be no more.Residents voted to dissolve the municipal government and become part of the Municipal District of Willow Creek.The results of the vote will be incl...

Nov 08, 2019

Unemployment rate down in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The numbers are looking good for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region.The unemployment rate was at 6.4 percent in October, down from 7.6 percent in September 2019.Taking a look...

Nov 08, 2019 (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Celebrating the efforts of Indigenous veterans

LETHBRIDGE, AB - November 8 marks a special day across the nation. It's National Aboriginal Veterans Day (NAVD), celebrating the many contributions of Indigenous soldiers during the First and Second W...

Olivia Thorington Nov 08, 2019 November 8 marks National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Photo: The Canadian Press)

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