Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Recall petition against MLA Nathan Neudorf ends, awaiting results
We are waiting to learn how many signatures were gathered in an effort to recall the MLA for Lethbridge-East. Elections Alberta confirms that Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, was the last day on which people co...
Feb 24, 2026 Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf speaking at an unrelated news event in Sept. 2025. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
New deal ratified for 2,500 Covenant Health nurses in Alberta
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) has announced that a new collective agreement has been ratified for thousands of healthcare workers.Approximately 89.2 per cent of Nursing Care workers...
Feb 24, 2026 St. Therese Villa in Lethbridge is among the facilities impacted by the newly ratified deal between AUPE and Covenant Health. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
LPS hosting fraud prevention events throughout March
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) hopes to equip the public with the tools to recognize, prevent and report fraud.Members of the Economic Crimes Unit will be hosting a series of community events for...
Feb 24, 2026 The Lethbridge Police Service station. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
WestJet discontinuing Lethbridge-Calgary, Medicine Hat-Calgary flights
Travellers in southern Alberta will need to find other ways of getting to the province's largest city. WestJet has announced that it will be discontinuing its year-round, non-stop scheduled air servic...
Feb 24, 2026 WestJet will cease providing service to the Lethbridge Airport as of June 24, 2026. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
New cancer radiation therapy machine in Lethbridge nearly complete
Cancer patients in southern Alberta will soon be able to get more advanced radiation therapy closer to home. Crews are finishing up work to install a new Linear Accelerator (LINAC) at the Jack Ady Can...
Feb 23, 2026 The new Linear Accelerator at Chinook Regional Hospital. (Image Credit: Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation.)
Dozens of employers expected at Lethbridge job fair Mar. 5
If you are looking for a new job or even to potentially change career paths, an event next week is the place to be.Teamworks Career Centre is hosting a job fair on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at the Leth...
Feb 23, 2026 Teamworks Career Centre will host a job fair at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre on Mar. 5, 2026. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
U of L professor named Fellow at Chemical Institute of Canada
The University of Lethbridge (U of L) is proud to announce that one of its faculty members has received a prestigious new appointment. Dr. Paul Hayes, who teaches chemistry at the University, has been...
Feb 23, 2026 Dr. Paul Hayes has been named a Fellow at the Chemical Institute of Canada. (Image Credit: University of Lethbridge)
Questions on separatism and health care have been brought to Premier and MLA Smith and MLA Wright
Premier and Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Danielle Smith and Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright held a town hall on Saturday, addressing questions on Alberta separatism, health-care restructuring, air a...
Feb 23, 2026 (Image Credit: Jett Schwaier/CHAT News)
Lethbridge Polytechnic to receive stable funding for addiction supports
An official with Lethbridge Polytechnic says he is excited to learn that funding for addiction recovery supports will be more stable going forward. The Alberta Government announced that it will provid...
Feb 20, 2026 File photo of Lethbridge Polytechnic sign. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
River Valley fire ban lifted in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is once again allowing the public to use approved fire pits in the coulees.It has lifted its fire ban for the River Valley, effective immediately.The municipality says recent pr...
Feb 20, 2026 A fire pit in the Lethbridge River Valley. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)