Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge County roads impacted by improper irrigation

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The County office is reminding farmers of the importance of proper irrigation practices after several incidents were reported about end guns spraying water onto road surfaces and into...

Jul 17, 2019 Lethbridge County office. (Lethbridge News Now)

Blood Tribe Police Service Constable charged with sexual assault

STAND OFF, AB - A member of the Blood Tribe Police Service has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault.A release Wednesday morning noted that 10-year Constable Bradley Chief Body w...

Jul 17, 2019

Coaldale man facing robbery and resisting arrest charges

COALDALE -- A weekend robbery at a rural residence outside of Coaldale resulted in the arrest of a 37-year old Coaldale man on Tuesday (July 16). Coaldale RCMP spent the afternoon searching for the su...

Jul 17, 2019 RCMP Patch

Provincial outbreak of syphilis declared by Chief Medical Health Officer

EDMONTON, AB - The province's Chief Medical Officer of Health has declared a provincial outbreak of syphilis, after 1,536 cases were reported in 2018; an increase of nearly tenfold since 2014. There h...

Jul 16, 2019

Lethbridge Chamber: Intox/detox facilities & supportive housing will help local economy

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Chamber of Commerce is advocating for millions of dollars in funding to be re-secured to help curb the city's drug crisis.Lethbridge News Now reported last week that the new UCP g...

Jul 16, 2019 Cyndi Vos, the Executive Officer at the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. (Lethbridge News Now)

Large quantities of Meth and carfentanil seized by Lethbridge Police

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged with several drug related offences, after Lethbridge Police seized nearly $84,000 worth of methamphetamine, carfentanil and crack cocai...

Jul 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle (Lethbridge News NOW)

Opioid related deaths down province-wide, but continue to climb in South Zone

LETHBRIDGE, AB - While the number of fentanyl and carfentanil-related deaths appear to be decreasing in areas like Calgary and Edmonton, that is not the case in the South Health Zone, which includes L...

Jul 16, 2019 Needle debris in Lethbridge near Stafford Bridge

Interfaith Food Bank celebrates 30-year anniversary

LETHBRIDGE, AB - For 30 years, the Interfaith Food Bank Society has been helping the less fortunate in Lethbridge. Starting off as the Catholic Charities Food Bank, the group moved from a church basem...

Jul 16, 2019 Interfaith Food Bank celebrated its 30th anniversary on Tuesday (Lethbridge News Now)

Town of Coaldale borrowing $3.1-million to rebuild 8th Street Industrial Ring Road

COALDALE, AB - Construction on a major industrial road in the community should begin in the next couple of weeks.By connecting with 11th Ave and Range Road 203, the municipality wrote in their 2019-20...

Jul 16, 2019 A map showing the construction areas. (Supplied by Google Maps / Town of Coaldale)

Lethbridge Hurricanes sign forward Oliver Okuliar

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hailing from Trencin, Slovakia, Okuliar was the Hurricanes' only pick in this year's CHL Import Draft.The 19-year-old played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season, reco...

Olivia Thorington Jul 15, 2019 Oliver Okuliar. (Supplied by Lethbridge Hurricanes)