Lethbridge and Area

UCP Government extending NDP exemption for farm trucks, school buses says Ag Minister

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen offered some brief comments Thursday (Oct. 3) while in Lethbridge, on the province's decision to review regulations that relax the requi...

Oct 04, 2019 Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen - Photo: Courtesy Province of Alberta

Lethbridge College students honour missing and murdered Indigenous women

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Today is Sisters in Spirit Day.It's a time to recognize and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Students at Lethbridge College organized a special event at the ins...

Oct 04, 2019 Kerri-Ann Medicine Shield (right) with her sister Selena as the film "Spirit of the Bluebird" plays during the event on Oct. 4, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

Case of whooping cough confirmed at Raymond Elementary

RAYMOND, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) has notified parents in Raymond about a confirmed case of pertussis (whooping cough) at the town's primary school on Thursday, October 3rd.They are asking t...

Oct 04, 2019

Collision between Granum and Nobleford results in one death

NOBLEFORD, AB - UPDATE (1:50 pm): Highway 519 has re-opened to single-lane alternating traffic.Fort Macleod RCMP are on scene of a fatal collision early Friday morning.According to Sgt. Bryan Mucha, t...

Oct 04, 2019 RCMP logo patch. (Lethbridge News Now)

Scientist finds fossil evidence of sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Scientists have found fossil evidence from the last ice age of a sabre-toothed cat in southern Alberta - the northern-most record of the predator.A study by the Royal Ontario Mus...

Oct 04, 2019 Credit: Royal Ontario Museum- Danielle Dufault

Macleans: University of Lethbridge is Canada's 5th best university

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge once again ranks highly in national surveys.Macleans ranked 19 universities across the country on a wide range of factors, naming the U of L the fifth-bes...

Oct 04, 2019 University of Lethbridge sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

$430-million-dollar Cavendish potato processing facility now officially open

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As the clich goes, the official opening of the Cavendish plant in Lethbridge was no small potatoes. Premier Jason Kenney, Provincial Agriculture Minister Devin Dreeshen, Mayor Chris S...

Oct 03, 2019 Dignitaries including Cavendish President Robert Irving, Premier Jason Kenney and Mayor Chris Spearman cut ribbon to the new facility

Former MLA: Albertans being gouged by "rigged" utility system

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Joe Anglin made a presentation at the Royal Canadian Legion in Lethbridge on Thursday to talk about how and why Albertans are paying so much for their utilities, despite much of this ...

Oct 03, 2019 Transmission lines in southern Alberta. (Lethbridge News Now)

Community Foundation celebrates 2019 Vital Signs Report launch

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 2019 Vital Signs Report has been released. In short, Vital Signs takes a look at issues affecting the well-being of the community. The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and South...

Oct 03, 2019 Charleen Davidson presenting the 2019 Vital Signs Report on Oct. 3, 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

Feral cat program to continue after 54 identified, spayed/neutered in Crowsnest Pass

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The Mayor of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass says feral cats are such a big issue in the community that they had to take action.Back in the spring, they commissioned members of...

Oct 03, 2019 Stock image of a feral cat. (Supplied by Pixabay)