Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
$5.3 million to bolster substance addictions programs in Alberta
CALGARY, AB - 10 organizations across the province will be better equipped to help people suffering from substance addiction.The federal government has announced nearly $40 million in grants to 73 pro...
Jul 20, 2022
Ceremonial opening held for new Waterton Lakes Visitor Centre
WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, AB - The ceremonial opening of a new visitor centre took place at Waterton Lakes National Park on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.The new facility in Waterton was funded through t...
Jul 20, 2022
Families suffered "tremendous loss" in southeastern Alberta storm
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The heavy rain and strong winds came and went quickly in southeastern Alberta on Monday, July 18, 2022, leaving plenty of destruction behind. Environment Canada says it was not a ...
Jul 20, 2022
UPDATE: Extreme weather whips through Medicine Hat area, homes destroyed
MEDICINE HAT - Update 5:30 am Tuesday, July 19, 2022. The job of picking up the pieces after the violent weather on Monday, July 18, 2022, continues this morning in Cypress County, Redcliff, and Medic...
Jul 19, 2022
Residents advised of short-term road closures for Tuesday, July 19 in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is advising commuters of several short-term road closures.Beginning Tuesday, July 19, 2022, northbound Stafford Drive North, over the Canadian Pacific Railway b...
Jul 19, 2022
Vulcan RCMP investigating fatal two-vehicle collision
CHAMPION, AB - The Vulcan RCMP is investigating a fatal collision that occurred over the weekend.On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 5:25 p.m., Mounties responded to a two-vehicle crash between a pickup tru...
Jul 19, 2022
Southern Alberta man charged with manslaughter
FORT MACLEOD, AB - The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes unit has charged a Southern Alberta man with manslaughter. On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at around 1:00 a.m., Fort Macleod RCMP responded to an assault in...
Jul 19, 2022
Lethbridge Police respond to reports of cougar sighting
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) responded to multiple reports of a cougar sighting on Saturday, July 16, 2022.Police first received calls about the animal around 10 p.m. on Saturd...
Jul 18, 2022
Tornado touches down, heavy hail in Southeastern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Communities in Southeastern Alberta are experiencing significant weather.At 1:57 pm on Monday, July 18, 2022, Alberta Emergency Alert reported that a tornado touched down in the are...
Jul 18, 2022
Yegor Klavdiev not returning to the Hurricanes this season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes are losing Yegor Klavdiev for the 2022-2023 season after he opted to begin his professional career in Belarus.Klavdiev, 19, was first selected by the Hurrica...
Jul 18, 2022