Lethbridge and Area

Operation Red Nose provides over 860 safe rides home during the holiday season in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 25th installment of Operation Red Nose turned out some strong numbers.The program had volunteers provide safe rides home to citizens throughout the holiday season. Donations raise...

Jan 09, 2020 Volunteers of the Operation Red Nose campaign (Lethbridge News Now)

Piikani RCMP find stolen hay bales, then turn up cache of firearms, ammunition and drugs

BROCKET -- There was quite the haul for Piikani Nation RCMP on Monday (Jan. 6). Around 3:30 that afternoon, officers located hay bales that had been stolen from Pincher Creek, at a residence near Broc...

Jan 08, 2020 14 Firearms seized from Brocket area home -- Piikani RCMP

Lethbridge MMA fighter Jordan Mein signs with Bellator

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the city's top MMA fighters is heading back to the big leagues. Although Bellator has yet to make an official announcement, Mein announced on his Instagram page and his website...

Jan 08, 2020 Jordan Mein signs with Bellator MMA. (Supplied by Jordan Mein on Instagram)

Man charged with stealing valuable ammonite fossil pleads not guilty

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trial date is expected to be set in late January for one of two men accused of stealing an ammonite fossil from a mine site last July. 26-year-old Logan Heavy Shields pleaded not gu...

Jan 08, 2020 Brian David Fyfe (left) and Logan Heavy Shields (right)

Collaboration & reporting crime leading to drug houses being shut down in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "It takes a community and that includes police officers, that includes SCAN, that includes municipal leadership to actually hear the residents' voices, but it also takes us as the res...

Jan 08, 2020 Lethbridge City Councillor Blaine Hyggen and Mallory Kristjanson with Connecting Our Community Lethbridge. (Supplied by Mallory Kristjanson)

MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets about to put skills to the test

MEDICINE HAT - An air of nervous excitement was palpable at Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS) headquarters on Tuesday (Jan 7) morning.Inside the station's boardroom sat a dozen fresh faces, who will ...

Jan 08, 2020 MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets - Scott Roblin

Teen charged in north Lethbridge swarming attack pleads not guilty

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Styra was sentenced August 31 2020, on the following charges: Charge 1. Aggravated Assault. (480.0 days jail, 2.0 years probation after release, Lifetime firearm prohibition.)...

Olivia Thorington Jan 08, 2020 A Facebook photo of Alexander Roxby Styra

Crowsnest Pass left "chasing their tails" for provincial funding to fight mountain pine beetles

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The mayor of the Crowsnest Pass says it's been a frustrating few months trying to secure a grant to deal with an infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB) in the area.Last fall, ...

Jan 08, 2020 Trees impacted by Mountain Pine Beetles in the Hinton, AB area. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Fisheries management open house coming to Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government wants to hear your thoughts on angling in Alberta.Lethbridge is one of 11 stopovers for a government tour on fisheries management.Beginning next week, open h...

Jan 08, 2020 (Pexels photo)

Banff, Writing-On-Stone among the "Best Places to Travel in Canada for 2020"

BANFF, AB - Vacay.ca has named two popular tourist destinations in Alberta as being among the 20 best places to go in the country.According to the website, the list "endeavours to spotlight destinatio...

Jan 08, 2020 Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. (Supplied by Vacay.ca)