Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

What’s Happening in Lethbridge this weekend: August 2, 2024
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There's plenty to do as the calendar flips to August, and LethbridgeNewsNow has the details.Food Truck Fridays - Every FridayGet your favourite Food Truck meals just outside Nikka Yuk...
Aug 02, 2024

Large collection of high-end jewelry stolen from Lethbridge home
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police are investigating a theft in the downtown core involving several valuable items.Sometime between July 6 and 10, 2024, the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says a home on the 600...
Aug 02, 2024

The Lethbridge Corn Maze celebrates its 25th anniversary
The Lethbridge Corn Maze opened for its 25th season on July 26.The owner of the corn maze, Theo Slingerland, says he chose his favourite maze design they've done in past years for the occasion - a spi...
Aug 02, 2024

Two from Lethbridge sentenced for failing to provide necessaries of life to infant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Prison sentences have been handed down in connection to the treatment of a newborn in Lethbridge.In July, a 33-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man each received sentences on differen...
Aug 02, 2024

Jurors ask about pipe bomb while discussing verdict in Coutts murder-conspiracy trial
Jurors deliberating the case of two men accused of conspiring to commit murder at the Coutts, Alta., blockade returned to court briefly Thursday to ask the judge about a pipe bomb.One of the accused, ...
Aug 02, 2024

Lethbridge Police looking for man wanted on outstanding warrants
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service is looking for a man wanted on outstanding warrants.Jarrett Bruce Healy, 34, is wanted on warrants for unlawful confinement, possessing weapons dangerous...
Aug 01, 2024

Heat warning back in effect for most of southern Alberta
High temperatures are back across most of the region. Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for several communities including Lethbridge, Taber, Medicine Hat, Cardston, Milk River, Claresholm, ...
Aug 01, 2024

Fate of two Alberta men charged with murder-conspiracy at Coutts in the hands of jury
The jury in the conspiracy to commit murder trial of two men related to the border protest in Coutts, Alta., will continue its deliberations into their guilt or innocence today.The five-man, seven-wom...
Aug 01, 2024

Medicine Hat Tigers declare intent to bid for 2026 Memorial Cup
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Tigers have declared an intention to bid for the right to host the 2026 Memorial Cup.Such a declaration kickstarts a process that will see the franchise try to brin...
Jul 31, 2024

Murder-conspiracy trial tied to Coutts, Alta., COVID-19 blockade set to go to jury
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A jury is set to begin deliberating today the fate of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the Coutts, Alta., blockade in 2022.The panel has been hearing testimony for seve...
Jul 31, 2024