Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

Brooks driver caught going over double speed limit
A peace officer in Brooks says they marked a vehicle travelling significantly faster than the speed limit on Thursday, May 22.The officer alleges they observed a car travelling eastbound on Cassils Ro...
May 26, 2025

RCMP in Coaldale & Picture Butte to be equipped with body cams
More local police officers are getting body-worn cameras.The Coaldale RCMP, which also serves Picture Butte, will equip its members starting in June 2025.The initiative is part of a nationwide rollout...
May 26, 2025

Lethbridge man wins two national racquetball championships
A local man is returning home with some major hardware.Lethbridge's Coby Iwaasa competed in the Canadian National Racquetball Championships in Burlington, Ontario, on Saturday, May 24, 2025.He, alongs...
May 26, 2025

90% of Alberta's measles cases are in South Zone, standing advisory issued
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is warning of a "widespread" potential exposure risk to measles across all communities in the South Zone.The health agency has issued a standing measles exposure advisory...
May 26, 2025

Southern Alberta farmers ahead of the curve for seeding
A new provincial report shows that farmers in the south region have made more progress on spring seeding than everywhere else in Alberta. As of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, it says 86.7 per cent of all crop...
May 25, 2025

Big Truck Petting Zoo runs Saturday in Lethbridge
A fan-favourite event for families across the Lethbridge area, the Big Truck Petting Zoo is making its return The City of Lethbridge will have dozens of large vehicles on display, including excavators...
May 24, 2025

Drugs, stolen property seized in downtown Lethbridge
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says its ongoing targeted enforcement project is delivering results. On Wednesday, May 21, uniformed and covert members of the LPS Downtown Policing Unit, Crime Sup...
May 23, 2025

City of Lethbridge asks residents to conserve water as reservoir remains low
Although we are not in as bad of a situation as we were last year, the City of Lethbridge is still asking the public to reduce their water usage whenever possible.Three reservoirs in the region feed t...
May 23, 2025

Alberta, Ottawa spending $7 million to fund six new urban wildfire teams
Alberta's public safety minister says provincial and federal funding will create six teams of urban wildfire crews across the province.Mike Ellis says having six more teams means Alberta will have eig...
May 23, 2025

Medicine Hat Tigers open 105th Memorial Cup against hosting Oceanic
One week removed from claiming their sixth WHL championship in franchise history, the Medicine Hat Tigers now aim to add another trophy to the mantle, the Memorial Cup.The Tigers defeated the Lethbrid...
May 23, 2025