Lethbridge and Area

Police investigating armed robbery at north Lethbridge gas station

LETHBRIDGE, AB - At approximately 4:50 am on Friday, August 16th, police say a masked man and woman entered the Circle K/Esso gas station on Bluefox Boulevard North.While the man stayed at the entranc...

Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)

Tentative new trial dates set for Fort Macleod RCMP Officer charged with assault

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The case against Fort Macleod RCMP officer, Troy William Heystek, who was scheduled for trial on Dec 7, 2020, has been resolved with a peace bond. The bond stipulates several ...

Olivia Thorington Aug 16, 2019 New trial dates have been tentatively scheduled for Cst. Troy Heystek

Questions remain of how police can handle phone searches with new digital auto insurance system

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Earlier this week, the Government of Alberta announced a new system where drivers can have their car insurance information digitally on their mobile devices rather than uses the stand...

Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Ammonite theft suspect released from custody

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of two men charged in connection with the theft of a valuable ammonite fossil - July 16, has been released from custody. 26-year old Logan Heavy Shields was released into the cust...

Aug 16, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Pedestrian suffers minor injuries after being hit by Lethbridge Police vehicle

LETHBRIDGE, AB - At approximately 10:45 pm on Wednesday, August 14th, a police officer was doing patrols on the west side and exited the parking lot of the University Drive Alliance Church.As the mark...

Aug 15, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Man accused of selling horses for processing receives fine, restitution order

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 78-year-old man charged in connection with the sale of two horses that were slaughtered at a Fort Macleod facility in April 2018, has pleaded guilty in Lethbridge Provincial Court t...

Aug 15, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)

New security measures and cannabis policies announced for Whoop-Up Days

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Organizers of next week's Whoop-Up Days festival are implementing a bevy of new policies they believe will help to keep the event safe for all attendees.Exhibition Park COO Mike Warke...

Aug 15, 2019 One of the new entrances to Whoop-Up Days at Exhibition Park. (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge's first electric vehicle fast charger launches at Park Place Mall

LETHBRIDGE -- The Peaks to Prairies Electric Vehicle Charging Network celebrated the launch of Lethbridge's first Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) Wednesday.It's owned and operated by ATCO and is lo...

Aug 15, 2019 Asanga Gunatillaka (ATCO) and Councillor Jeff Carlson (City of Lethbridge)

University of Lethbridge gets funding for state-of-the-art lab rat housing

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canada Foundation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund has provided $90,000 to the University of Lethbridge to help provide essential rat housing infrastructure in the new Science and Aca...

Aug 14, 2019 U of L's New Science and Academic Building (Lethbridge News NOW)

Green Party names Stephnie Watson its candidate for Lethbridge this fall

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Green Party of Canada has their representative for this fall's federal election.Watson runs Sherlock & Watson Scientific, a Lethbridge-based company that provides accessible s...

Aug 14, 2019 Stephnie Watson, the Green Party candidate for Lethbridge. (Supplied by Stephnie Watson)