Lethbridge and Area

Two Lethbridge groups team-up for evening meal program

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Streets Alive Mission and the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen are teaming up.The partnership between the two charities will have Streets Alive Mission's evening meal program relocate to the S...

Sep 04, 2019 Volunteers at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen (Lethbridge News Now)

City looking into potentially fining business owners for fights breaking out

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has instructed the City Manager Bramwell Strain to look into how penalties could be restructured for street fighting.Currently, those who are caught fighting i...

Sep 03, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Second degree murder charges reduced to manslaughter during Twigg, Scout trial

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Moments after Simon Danny Scout and Rylan James Twigg were arraigned on second-degree murder charges in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday (Sept. 3), the Crown announced it w...

Sep 03, 2019 The home where Lethbridge Police say Kenrick First Rider was killed

Lethbridge hosting review meetings for supervised consumption sites this week

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A committee of eight people will be in Lethbridge this week for two meetings regarding supervised consumption services in Alberta.The group consists of psychiatrists, addictions and r...

Sep 03, 2019 Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site. (Lethbridge News Now)

Art exhibit takes a look at your backyard critters

LETHBRIDGE, AB - What animals visit your backyard?That's what University of Lethbridge graduate student Leila Armstrong is studying. Armstrong is working towards her PhD in Evolution and Behaviour and...

Sep 03, 2019 One of the photos from Backyard Wilderness (Photo courtesy Leila Armstrong)

Lethbridge residents can expect a call for survey on organics collection

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Polling organization Ipsos is conducting a study on the community's perceptions of organics waste collection.Starting on Tuesday, September 3rd, residents may receive a call from Ipso...

Sep 03, 2019 Curbside compost, recycling, and garbage bins. (Supplied by Town of Coaldale)

Kate Andrews Fire Academy makes its debut

COALDALE -- A new school year always brings with it a certain air of excitement. For many of those involved in the Kate Andrews Fire Academy, however, the anticipation may be greater than usual.The co...

Sep 02, 2019 Coaldale Fire Chief Kevin McKeown shows students around the fire hall as part of an orientation for the Kate Andrews Fire Academy program.

Evacuation order lifted following train derailment near Barons

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY - ***Up-Date as of 4:00-pm -- The evacuation order has been rescinded for the area of Highway 23 west to Range Road 23-5, Highway 23 east to Range Road 23-2, as well as Township Road...

Olivia Thorington Sep 02, 2019 Derailment scene -- Brandyn Montgomery for LethbridgeNewsNOW

New project brings Virtual Reality to Lethbridge College program

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An interactive project out of Lethbridge College is set to offer students a realistic experience like no other.The school has announced that as part of a one-year study, 360-degree vi...

Sep 02, 2019 Dave Maze (left) with George Gallant and actors for the video production (Photo courtesy Lethbridge College)

New changes announced for blood donation processes in Canada

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Canadian Blood Services (CBS) will be making a series of changes that it says will "reduce blood donor screening and rest time for repeat donors, resulting in a shorter donation time ...

Sep 01, 2019 Canadian Blood Services in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)