Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
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)
Foothills election candidates meet in Bellevue Thursday
BELLEVUE, AB - The Chambers of Commerce in the Crowsnest Pass and Crowsnest Consolidated High School are hosting all three of the riding's candidates in this month's federal election. One of those in ...
Oct 03, 2019 Top row: Bridget Lacy (Green), John Barlow (Conservative). Bottom row: Gregory Hession (PPC).
University of Lethbridge Neuropsychologist qualified as expert in Twigg and Scout manslaughter trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The methods by which police officers interrogate individuals with poor cognitive function, and whether those individuals are capable of understanding their rights, was the crux of a v...
Oct 02, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Mother walks from Piikani Nation to Calgary in honour of her two daughters
Piikani Nation, AB - A Piikani mother and activist for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, embarked on her second annual two day walk to Calgary Wednesday morning (Oct. 2), to join the annual Siste...
Oct 02, 2019 Mother and Activist Stephanie English - Photo: Courtesy Piikani Nation News
CIBC Run for the Cure aims to raise $60K in Lethbridge this Sunday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The weather is warming up and so are the runners in this year's local CIBC Run for the Cure event.This will be the 25th year CIBC has partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) ...
Oct 02, 2019 CIBC Run for the Cure. (Supplied by Canadian Cancer Society)
Renos complete on BILD Lethbridge contest winner’s home
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Katie Taylor now has her dream kitchen.The local teacher was the recipient of a $20,000 renovation as part of BILD Lethbridge's Home Renovation Giveaway. Taylor was surprised to learn...
Oct 02, 2019 A before (left) and after photo of the kitchen (Photo courtesy Bridget Mearns, BILD Lethbridge)