Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Alberta Winter Games underway, over 100 from Lethbridge area competing
Alberta's top young athletes are in the northern Lakeland Region for a high-level competition.The Alberta Winter Games got underway on Friday, Feb. 13, and continue until Monday, Feb. 16.Craig Copelan...
Feb 13, 2026 The opening ceremonies at the 2026 Alberta Winter Games were held on Feb. 13, 2026. (Image Credit: Alberta Winter Games)
Coaldale woman reported missing
The RCMP is asking for your help in locating a missing person. They say Nikita North Peigan Starzyk, 33, was last seen in Coaldale on the evening of Jan. 28, 2026. She was heading to Calgary. Starzyk ...
Feb 13, 2026 Nikita North Peigan Starzyk, 33, of Coaldale, has been reported missing. (Image Credit: Coaldale RCMP)
Two EV chargers added to Helen Schuler Nature Centre
The City of Lethbridge has expanded its electric vehicle (EV) charging network.It has installed two charging stations at the northern end of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre's parking lot. They are FLO...
Feb 13, 2026 The new FLO Level 2 EV charging stations at Helen Schuler Nature Centre. (Image Credit: City of Lethbridge)
Father of Taber school shooting victim talks grieving and forgiveness
The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. Retired reverend Dale Lang lost his 17-year...
Feb 13, 2026 Rev. Dale Lang, holds a framed portrait of his son Jason in his Taber, Alta., home, on April 23, 2009. Student Jason Lang was gunned down at W.R. Myers High School in Taber, on April 28, 1999. (Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
One person hospitalized following south Lethbridge fire
A house fire on the south side remains under investigation.Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) was called to the 2600 block of Scenic Drive South at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb....
Feb 13, 2026 A residential fire on the south side resulted in one person being taken to hospital. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge Polytechnic discontinues Coulee Fest
Coulee Fest is officially a thing of the past.Lethbridge Polytechnic debuted the event in 2017 as part of its 60th anniversary celebration.After nine years, however, the post-secondary institution has...
Feb 13, 2026 File photo of the 2022 Coulee Fest. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
Border officers seize one tonne drugs at Coutts
A trio of major drug seizures was recently made at a southern Alberta border crossing. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says its officers seized a combined 1,010 kilograms of cocaine, methamph...
Feb 13, 2026 Drugs seized at the Coutts border crossing between three seaches in late 2025. (Image Credit: Canada Border Services Agency)
Emergency repairs to rail crossing at 5 Ave North in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is warning of a traffic disruption on the north side.They say emergency repairs are being made at the rail crossing on the 3200 block of 5 Avenue North.Crews are replacing a rai...
Feb 13, 2026 The location of the emergency rail repairs in Lethbridge, along 5 Avenue North. (Image Credit: Google Maps)
'Complexity teams' to support southern Alberta school divisions
The Alberta Government has announced funding to support complexity in school classrooms. They say that average class sizes are largely within "acceptable ranges," but composition and complexity are gr...
Feb 12, 2026 West Coulee Station Elementary School in Lethbridge. (Image Credit: Lethbridge News Now)
$10M grant for Coaldale company to build first-of-its kind carbon capture facility
A business in Coaldale has received a major injection of funding that will allow it to turn cow manure into energy.Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Corp. will receive $10 million from the Alb...
Feb 12, 2026 The announcement of $10 million in funding for the project at Kasko Cattle Co. (Image Credit: Debra Hadden)