Lethbridge and Area

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...

Olivia Thorington 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...

Olivia Thorington 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

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