Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Peace and tranquility: Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden opens for the season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of Lethbridge's most famous landmarks opens today, May 3.Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is now open for residents and visitors to the city. The Winter Light Festival wrap-up season wa...
May 03, 2019 Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden opens for the season Friday, May 3 (Lethbridge News Now)
Former Stirling School Secretary pleads guilty to theft over $5,000
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A former secretary at the Stirling pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 School pleaded guilty on Thursday May 2, to stealing nearly $90,000 in total in both school bank deposits, and charges ...
May 02, 2019 Stirling School Photo Courtesy: Google Maps
Coyote kills dog in Coaldale, deputy fire chief promotes safety
COALDALE, AB - A resident in Coaldale dealt with a serious incident last week. According to the Town, a dog was killed by a coyote. The Town's Deputy Fire Chief of Public Safety Clayton Rutberg said o...
May 02, 2019
Mom, ex-boyfriend both testify for Crown in sex assault trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Day three of a sexual assault trial in Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge, involving a 75-year-old man and a now 19-year-old young woman, saw the woman's mother and ex-boyfriend tes...
May 01, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Author visits Lethbridge to talk School District 51 reading project
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Over the last few weeks, students at all School District 51 institutions have taken part in a historic project.The reading challenge, known as One District One Book, saw learners all ...
May 01, 2019 Katherine Applegate at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (Lethbridge News Now)
Pincher Creek RCMP initiate multi detachment pursuit of B-and-E suspects
PINCHER CREEK -- Charges are pending in a property theft case that involved four RCMP detachments and the Piikani Police.Just after 10:00 Tuesday (April 30) morning, Pincher Creek RCMP responded to a ...
Apr 30, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Defense in sex assault trial pokes holes in woman's testimony of paid sex, death threats
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 19-year-old woman who testified on Monday, April 29, that she was paid for sex dozens of times by a 75-year-old man, was cross examined by the defense on Tuesday about her version o...
Apr 30, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse
Police seeking armed robbery suspect
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge are investigating two armed robberies. On April 28, Lethbridge Police Service said that at around 11:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of an armed robbery a...
Apr 30, 2019 A photo of the suspect (Lethbridge Police Service)
Weekend stolen vehicle incidents result in a dozen charges for Southern Alberta pair
LETHBRIDGE -- An 18-year-old Lethbridge woman and 20-year-old Coaldale man have been charged in connection with a series of incidents involving a stolen vehicle. On the afternoon of April 25, 2019 pol...
Apr 30, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Sex assault, solicitation trial for elderly southern Alberta man begins in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A four-day trial for a 75-year-old man on more than half a dozen charges began in Lethbridge Monday, April 29. The man can not be named because it may identify the alleged victim, who...
Apr 29, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse