Lethbridge and Area

$500 million solar energy project coming to Vulcan

VULCAN COUNTY, AB - Canada's largest solar energy project is on its way to Vulcan County.Greengate Power Corporation has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to build and operate it...

Aug 28, 2019 A rendered image of the Travers Solar project (Photo courtesy Greengate Power)

Man accused of sexually assaulting three SCS workers denied bail

LETHBRIDGE, AB - 35-year-old Trevor Plaited Hair appeared in Lethbridge Provincial Court Tuesday to answer to three charges of sexual assault, one count of assault, one count of uttering death threats...

Aug 28, 2019

Doctors disagree on cause of Ezekiel Stephan's death

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dr. Anny Sauvigeau returned to the stand Tuesday to continue her testimony into the death of the 19-month-old in March of 2012.At the time, she was the Chief Medical Examiner with Alb...

Aug 27, 2019 David (right) and Collet (left) Stephan. (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge police charge two city men in relation to a bike 'chop shop'

LETHBRIDGE -- The discovery of a bike "chop shop" has resulted in charges against two city men. An ongoing investigation into bicycle thefts across Lethbridge lead police to seek a search warrant for ...

Aug 27, 2019 LPS Station -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Person who allegedly "helped to orchestrate" paintball shooting at SCS could be main witness in trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Crown Prosecutor in the case for 29-year-old Jesse John James Bulman wants to see a no-contact order between Bulman and a woman believed to be involved removed.Bulman is accused o...

Aug 27, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Bees set up shop at Waste and Recycling Centre with new partnership

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Something's buzzing at Lethbridge's Waste and Recycling Centre.The City has partnered with ECCO Recycling to have 10 beehives stationed at the facility, with bees producing fresh hone...

Aug 27, 2019 Robert McBain displays a honeycomb at the Lethbridge Waste and Recycling Centre on Aug. 27, 2019, with the other beehives on display (Lethbridge News Now)

Parole board recommends new criminal charge against Randall Hopley

VANCOUVER -- A 54-year old man convicted of abducting a young boy from his home in Sparwood, B.C. in 2011, is facing another criminal charge after a parole board recommended the charge for failing to ...

Aug 26, 2019 Randall Hopley -- Vancouver Police photo

Firefighters respond to basement fire in north Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Just after midnight on Sunday, August 25th, 15 personnel from Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services were called to a basement fire on the 200 block of 18th Street North.Crews were ab...

Aug 26, 2019 Lethbridge fire truck. (Lethbridge News Now)

Stephan trial could wrap up this week

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The case of the death of 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan from March 2012 resumed this week and could be near its conclusion.Justice Terry Clackson said Monday that he wants to finish the...

Aug 26, 2019 Collet (left) and David (right) Stephan. (Lethbridge News Now)

Woman charged in robbery and arson: Police search for two male accomplices

LETHBRIDGE -- A 27-year-old Lethbridge woman faces charges in connection with an armed robbery and two arsons. An arrest warrant has also been issued for a 32-year-old man for his role in the robbery....

Aug 26, 2019 James Patrick Williams - released by LPS