Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Paul Martin congratulates grads, talks Indigenous education, environment at U of L Fall Convoction
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge awarded more than 270 degrees, diplomas and certificates at its Fall 2019 Convocation ceremony Saturday, Oct 19. Among those receiving a degree was former...
Oct 19, 2019 University of Lethbridge Fall Convocation (Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge Special Olympian takes part in ‘Rock the Rink’ tour
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge teen got quite the thrill at the ENMAX Centre Thursday night.The 'Rock the Rink' tour stopped by the Lethbridge venue, and 13-year-old Moriah Van't Land was in attendance...
Oct 19, 2019 Moriah (far right, in blue) with the pros during their final bow on October 17, 2019 (Photo courtesy Tanya Whipple)
Advance voting up 60% in southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Election Canada is reporting a significant increase in voter turnout in the advance polls across southern Alberta.For this article, LNN is considering southern Alberta to consist of f...
Oct 18, 2019 Elections Canada sign outside of their office in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)
Business of the Year award winners announced in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - 13 of the city's top businesses and entrepreneurs were formally recognized at the 2019 Business of the Year Awards gala.Over 80 nominees were considered.The winners are as follows:Bus...
Oct 18, 2019 The award ceremony for the 2019 Business of the Year awards. (Supplied by Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce)
Two men charged in connection with alleged hotel robbery
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged two men in connection with a robbery at a the Superlodge Hotel on Wednesday night and a search warrant executed on a home in south Lethbridge Thursday m...
Oct 18, 2019 Lethbridge Police execute a search warrant on a home in south Lethbridge Thursday
New Lethbridge fire recruits "tested by fire"
LETHBRIDGE -- Lethbridge's newest batch of fire recruits are mid-way through their training course and got hands on training in fire "cells", Thursday (Oct 17) afternoon. The group of seven recruits w...
Oct 17, 2019 Fire training - dousing a bedroom cell with water-- LNN
Lethbridge's Ron Sakamoto inducted into Order of Alberta Excellence
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The highest honour the Government of Alberta can bestow upon its citizens is being given Thursday afternoon to a resident of Lethbridge.Ron Sakamoto has spent much of his life as a mu...
Oct 17, 2019 Ron Sakamoto. (Supplied by Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
Lethbridge Police: Cannabis legalization hasn't had a huge impact on impaired driving
LETHBRIDGE, AB - As of October 17th, 2019, it was exactly one year ago that non-medical cannabis became legalized in Canada.Sgt. Rod Pastoor with Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says, when legalizatio...
Oct 17, 2019 Sgt. Rod Pastoor. (Lethbridge News Now)
CP Holiday Train in Lethbridge December 10, with performance from Terri Clark
LETHBRIDGE, AB - All aboard the CP Holiday Train!The Canadian Pacific Railway initiative will bring a train, decked out in holiday lights and decorations, across the country. One of the communities be...
Oct 17, 2019 The CP Holiday Train will be in Lethbridge on December 10, 2019 (Photo: Canadian Pacific Holiday Train on Facebook)
LPS executes search warrant at south side residence
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE 2:30 p.m. - Lethbridge Police are releasing more information about a search warrant executed at a home in the Six Mile Coulee area of the city early this morning. Police say th...
Oct 17, 2019 Officer on scene of a residence along 43 Street South (Lethbridge News Now)