Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge Chamber presents Business Awards
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Some of the city's very best businesses were honoured at the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Business Awards.They were presented at an event on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at th...
Oct 11, 2024

Lethbridge unemployment rate rises as less people look for work
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A southern Alberta city had a slight increase in its unemployment rate last month.Statistics Canada has released its Labour Force Survey for September 2024.It says the unemployment ra...
Oct 11, 2024

Lethbridge Conservative Association donates turkeys to local food banks
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Conservative Association is doing their part to help families this thanksgiving. They have donated 13 fresh turkeys to support families in need to the Interfaith Food B...
Oct 11, 2024

Exhibition's budget deficit shrinking, thanks in part to successful Whoop-Up Days
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Officials say things are starting to look better for Lethbridge & District Exhibition (Exhibition).They made their October report to the city's Economic Standing Policy Committee ...
Oct 10, 2024

Crown plans to downgrade murder charge for suspect in southern Alberta shooting
The Crown will be downgrading the murder charge for one of two men arrested after a deadly roadside shooting near Calgary in August. Thirty-five-year-old Arthur Wayne Penner was originally charged wit...
Oct 10, 2024

Lockdowns at south Lethbridge schools lifted
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says there was determined to be no threat at a group of south side schools. At approximately 9:40 a.m. on Thursday, October 10, 2024, police receiv...
Oct 10, 2024

Newest Hurricane Shane Smith excited for team debut
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new face will be making his Lethbridge Hurricanes debut on Friday, October 11, 2024.Shane Smith, who the Hurricanes acquired on Saturday, October 5 from the Medicine Hat Tigers, wil...
Oct 10, 2024

Snow Angels program returning to Coalhurst
COALHURST, AB - The Town of Coalhurst and Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) are looking to help deal with potential snow this winter.On October 10, 2024, the Town announced that the Snow An...
Oct 10, 2024

ASIRT says no criminality in Medicine Hat man’s August 2023 death
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a man's death after he was arrested by the Medicine Hat Police Service last year was not criminal.ASIRT, the provincial body charged with investigating ...
Oct 10, 2024

Lethbridge artists & supporters honoured
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of local artists and supporters of the arts have been given awards.The Mayor's Luncheon for Business and the Arts was held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.The event celebrated ...
Oct 10, 2024