Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

LPS arrests impaired driver, issues dozens of tickets during long weekend blitz
Members of the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) were kept busy over the May long weekend.Officers conducted a traffic enforcement blitz and issued 36 tickets, removed one impaired driver from the road ...
May 22, 2025

Lethbridge's Not4Sale fundraising to support victims of human trafficking
A local non-profit is asking for your support as it works to help the survivors of human trafficking.Not4Sale is a Lethbridge-based organization that has safe homes in Mexico and Kenya.Executive Direc...
May 22, 2025

Southern Alberta MPs named to Conservative shadow cabinet
Two local Members of Parliament are set to continue playing prominent roles within the Conservative Party of Canada.Leader Pierre Poilievre has announced his leadership team and shadow cabinet, saying...
May 21, 2025

MS Walk set for Sunday in Lethbridge
Residents of Lethbridge can help support Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an event this coming weekend.For the 10th year in a row, the MS Walk, sponsored by Jayman BUILT, is set for Su...
May 21, 2025

Design funding approved for Coalhurst High School modernization
The Government of Alberta is continuing to advance a school modernization project in Coalhurst.Although exact dollar amounts were not specified, they are moving along the modernization of Coalhurst Hi...
May 21, 2025

Three charged in assault, robbery, unlawful confinement in Lethbridge
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) put three people behind bars following an allegedly violent incident.At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025, police responded to a home on the 1000 bloc...
May 21, 2025

Former U of L President named CEO of Alberta Innovates
A provincial research funding group has put a local man at the head of its table.Alberta Innovates has named Dr. Mike Mahon as its permanent Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He has been...
May 21, 2025

More measles cases confirmed in southern Alberta communities
Alberta Health Services (AHS) advises the public of newly confirmed measles cases in the South Zone.They say the infected people were in public places in Lethbridge, Pincher Creek, Medicine Hat and Bl...
May 21, 2025

Former Lethbridge Hurricane Harrison Meneghin signed by Tampa Bay Lightning
Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Harrison Meneghin has put pen to paper on a three-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.Meneghin was the MVP of the 2025 WHL Playoffs, helping backstop ...
May 20, 2025

Lethbridge youth charged in alleged airsoft shooting
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a minor after an alleged shooting caused damage to vehicles.Around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, police say a 17-year-old boy in a red hoodie shot ...
May 20, 2025