Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Lethbridge College receives large donation from Corus Entertainment
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has received a significant gift from Corus Entertainment.The company has donated $52,000 to the school. It will help support the creation of a new active-learning n...
Oct 08, 2019 (L to R) Mike Kelly, Corus Entertainment National Director, Station Operations; Troy Reeb, Corus Entertainment Executive Vice President, Broadcast Networks; Dr. Paula Burns, Lethbridge College President and CEO (Photo supplied by Lethbridge College)
City proposes starting curbside compost collection in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is one step closer to potentially starting to collect residential food and yard waste.Council heard several presentations Monday afternoon from the city's waste...
Oct 07, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)
Councillors vote to implement Municipal Housing Strategy plan
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has voted unanimously to approve the implementation of the city's first Municipal Housing Strategy. The plan, with 51 recommended actions, will include identif...
Oct 07, 2019 Martin Thomsen presents the Municipal Housing Strategy to City Council Monday
S.C.A.R. ready to keep residents updated
MD OF TABER, AB - There's a new notification system available in the MD of Taber. It's called the South Central Alberta Regional Notification System, also known as S.C.A.R. and is a joint partnership ...
Oct 07, 2019 S.C.A.R is available now (Photo: scarnotify.ca)
5,118 students enrolled at Holy Spirit Catholic Schools
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Catholic school district in Lethbridge and the surrounding area has released their enrollment count for the start of the 2019-2020 school year.The numbers were provided by Rhonda ...
Oct 07, 2019
Construction work to cause delays on Crowsnest Trail this week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The work has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10 due to snowfall in the forecast. ---------- Commuters are advised of delays on Crowsnest Trail this we...
Oct 07, 2019
All candidates forums being held in Lethbridge & Coaldale this week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The people of Lethbridge and Coaldale will have the chance to hear from every local candidate in this month's federal election. It is an opportunity to learn about each candidate's pl...
Oct 06, 2019 Shown left to right - Top Row: Amy Bronson (Liberal), Rachael Harder (Conservative), Shandi Bleiken (NDP). Bottom Row: Grant Hepworth (PPC), Marc Slingerland (CHP), Stephnie Watson (Green).
LPS and K-9 unit track and arrest armed B-and-E suspect
LETHBRIDGE -- Police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Fairmont Rd South around 5:00 Saturday (Oct 5) morning, after receiving a report of a man breaking into a home and being caught by the...
Oct 05, 2019 Video surveillance of attempted B-and-E - credit Brianna Lamane
Man with several allegedly-stolen guns arrested near Vulcan
VULCAN, AB - Vulcan RCMP made an arrest in Kirkcaldy, approximately nine km south of Vulcan, on Wednesday, October 2nd.After receiving information about several break and enters in the area, officers ...
Oct 04, 2019 RCMP sign. (Lethbridge News Now)
Association of Nigerian doctors calls Alberta judge’s comments racist
EDMONTON -- An Alberta judge's comments about an expert witness at the trial of parents who were accused in their son's death were "prejudiced, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant," says a letter by...
Oct 04, 2019 Collet and David Stephan outside Lethbridge courthouse -- LNN