Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
City of Lethbridge offering free transit on October 21st election day
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Getting to your polling station for the federal election is no longer an issue. On Monday, October 21st, which is the general voting day, all city buses will be operating for free. "D...
Oct 11, 2019 City of Lethbridge transit bus. (Lethbridge News Now)
AUMA votes to support two of four Lethbridge resolutions
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is batting .500 after two of its four resolutions were passed at the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention in Edmonton (Sept.25-27).The AUM...
Oct 11, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall
Officials in Pincher Creek searching for clues after deer shot and abandoned
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting an antlered mule deer and leaving it on the side of the road.It was found in the ditch off...
Oct 11, 2019 A photo of the deer found near Pincher Creek. (Supplied by Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)
Thursday house fire in north Lethbridge likely caused by appliance or extension cord
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services has provided updates on their investigation to a major house fire.Investigator Marc Royer says they received a call from dispatch just before 3:...
Oct 11, 2019 House fire on Lettice Perry Road North as of Thursday morning. (Lethbridge News Now)
TSB deploys investigator to train derailment west of Barnwell
BARNWELL, AB - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent out an investigator to the site of a CP Rail train derailment near Lethbridge.The incident was first reported shortly after 6:00...
Oct 11, 2019 An image from the derailment site (Photo: M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service - Station 4 & 7 Taber / Barnwell on Facebook)
Jobless rate up last month in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers have been released by Statistics Canada.Alberta's jobless rate for the month of September was listed at 6.6 percent. That's a decrease from August, whe...
Oct 11, 2019 The Canadian Press
Lethbridge association eyeing how federal election could impact home sales
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors is optimistic about home sales in the city, but is looking at what could lie ahead in the future. As of September 30th, CEO Cathy M...
Oct 11, 2019 Lethbridge and District Association of REALTORS. (Lethbridge News Now)
Judge reserves decision in Lethbridge Pro-Life court case against the City over anti-abortion ads
LETHBRIDGE, AB - How freedom of speech as protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms can or should be balanced, with the rights of the City of Lethbridge to act in the public good is the subject ...
Oct 10, 2019 LPL ad displayed on a transit bench in the spring of 2018
Lethbridge Conservative candidate denounces anti-Trudeau election signs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The city's candidate with the Conservative Party of Canada is decrying a series of signs that encourage people to vote for the Conservatives this month. Rachael Harder, who is the rid...
Oct 10, 2019 An unofficial anti-Justin Trudeau election sign. (Supplied by Rachael Harder, MP on Facebook)
27 of Lethbridge's "Community Heroes" recognized at city hall ceremony
LETHBRIDGE, AB - For the 13th time, the City of Lethbridge, Fire and Emergency Services, and Lethbridge Police Service honoured those who went out of their way to make a difference.The last Community ...
Oct 10, 2019 The 27 Community Heroes Awards recipients. (Lethbridge News Now)