Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Trial date confirmed for 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 ...
May 13, 2019 RCMP Logo
Fort Whoop-Up gets an explosive start to the season
LETHBRIDGE -- The Fort Whoop-Up summer season began with booms and bangs that reverberated along the coulees Saturday (May 11) afternoon. The historic centre invited the South Alberta Horse Artillery ...
May 12, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
New owner found for downtown Canada Post building
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A historic building in downtown Lethbridge has been sold. The J.D. Higinbotham building, known locally as the Canada Post building, has been purchased by the Sumus Property Group. The...
May 10, 2019
April Irving released from custody
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 59-year-old woman facing 14 charges including cruelty to animals and causing or permitting them to be in distress, has been released from jail on a $1,000 no-cash surety.April Dawn ...
May 10, 2019 April Dawn Irving
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society receiving $350,000 in federal funding to strengthen economic security and prosperity of Indigenous women
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government has announced new funding in Southern Alberta that's designed to make sure Indigenous women continue to hold important places as leaders in their families and c...
May 10, 2019 Photo Credit: Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society
Unemployment numbers up in Lethbridge area
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest employment numbers are starting to roll in from Statistics Canada. In the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area, the unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent from 6.1 per cent in Marc...
May 10, 2019
Innovative Lethbridge College program receives final approval
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has announced that a new program has received official, final approval from the government. The Architectural Animation Technology program was announced last month ...
May 09, 2019
LPS looking into report of suspicious men on the north side
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service is investigating a report about two suspicious men who offered a 10-year-old girl a ride to school earlier this week. Police say the girl was waiting for...
May 08, 2019
Supreme Court of Canada overturns second degree murder conviction of Addison Wakefield
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) has ruled that the 2015 second degree murder conviction of Addison Nickoles Wakefield is not valid, and instead, has returned a verdict of manslaugh...
May 08, 2019 George Span's home north Lethbridge
Police seeking public’s help to identify pair of subjects
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are asking for the public's help to identify two unknown men who were brandishing knives during an argument downtown. According to police, the incident took place on...
May 08, 2019 Photo Credit: LPS