Lethbridge and Area

Police caution against vigilantism following paintball shooting at SCS

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police say they know that many people are passionate about issues relating to the Supervised Consumption Site (SCS) on either side, but are asking that people not take matt...

Aug 26, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)

Canadian government invests $4.2 million into Southern Alberta’s rail infrastructure

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The federal government has made a significant infrastructure investment in Southern Alberta.Minister of Natural Resources Canada and MP for Edmonton Mill Woods announced this mornin...

Aug 26, 2019 The Fort Mile Rail line (Photo: Forty Mile Rail Inc. at 40mr.ca)

Lethbridge man charged following weekend assaults outside SCS

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police have arrested and charged a man with assault and weapons offences following an incident over the weekend outside the Supervised Consumption Site.Shortly after midnight on Aug. ...

Aug 26, 2019 Picture of White Dodge outside of SCS early Sat. Aug. 24 (Photo Courtesy LPS)

Two Medicine Hat residents in hospital after Taber police attempt vehicle stop

TABER -- After witnessing a vehicle swerving along a lane around 4:18 Sunday (Aug 25) morning, a Taber police officer suspected an impaired driver and began following a truck on Highway-36, southwest ...

Aug 25, 2019 Taber Police vehicle -- LNN

LPS investigating incident outside of SCS early Saturday morning as mayor condemns violence

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are investigating an incident involving someone or some people shooting paintball guns early Saturday (Aug. 24) morning at those outside of the city's Supervised Con...

Aug 24, 2019 Picture of White Dodge outside of SCS early Sat. Aug. 24 (Photo Courtesy LPS)

Lethbridge College to embark on four-year potato irrigation study

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A nearly $400,000 grant from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership will allow researchers at Lethbridge College to embark upon a four-year study to determine how watering and irrigati...

Aug 24, 2019 Dr. Willemijn Appels and her team (Photo Credit: Rob Olson Photgraphy via Lethbridge College)

Blood Tribe Police Charge man with cocaine possession, breach of conditions

MOSES LAKE, AB - Blood Tribe Police say a man is in custody after a search warrant and investigation on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at a home in Moses Lake turned up drugs and drug paraphernalia. Police have a...

Aug 23, 2019 Blood Tribe Police

Electric vehicle chargers unveiled at ATB Centre

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Four Level-2 charging stations are now available at the Cor Van Raay YMCA on the west side.They can charge an electric vehicle in approximately four-to-six hours at a cost of $2/hour....

Aug 23, 2019 The four electric vehicle charging stations at the ATB Centre. (Supplied by City of Lethbridge)

Ottawa man charged in connection with assault on Lethbridge senior found fit to stand trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Ottawa resident Adam Hall Hobkirk-Onate, the 21-year-old man charged in connection with a brutal assault on a 75-year old Lethbridge senior back in May, has been fit to stand trial. A...

Aug 23, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Report: Lethbridge more well-suited for refugees in short term than Edmonton

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new study from the University of Alberta claims that, at least in the short term, Syrian refugees were more satisfied with settlement services and their community when they went to ...

Aug 23, 2019 Refugees arriving in Lethbridge in 2016 - Photo credit to Deidra Friesen