Lethbridge and Area

New truck shown off for Lethbridge's Community Peace Officers

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service unveiled their brand new truck that will be used by its brand new crop of law enforcement personnel.Sgt. Mike Williamson says, in addition to the Dodge Ram t...

Oct 08, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service's new Community Peace Officer vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

11 cases of whooping cough confirmed in Lethbridge & Raymond in the last week

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Update: Doctor worried about whooping cough cases, but no community outbreak declaredOriginal Story:Alberta Health Services (AHS) is urging parents to get themselves and their childre...

Oct 08, 2019 Alberta Health Services logo.

Cargill completes $20-million rail capacity project in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A project more than five years in the making, will allow Cargill to now have a significantly-higher capacity to ship crops out to the west coast.Regional Manager Allan Facchinutti say...

Oct 08, 2019 One of the new rail cars at Cargill's facility in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Triple M Housing pleads not guilty to OH&S charges

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge housing company, facing 13 charges under the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act, pleaded not guilty to the charges in Lethbridge Provincial Court Tuesday, Oct....

Oct 08, 2019 Triple M Housing

Sgt. Williamson heading up Lethbridge's downtown policing unit

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service will have a new person in charge of their downtown police officers.Sgt. Mike Williamson explains that this will not represent a significant shift in law enfo...

Oct 08, 2019 Sgt. Mike Williamson showing off LPS' new Community Peace Officer truck. (Lethbridge News Now)

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 ...

Olivia Thorington 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