Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

COVID numbers remain low in Alberta on Friday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.Starting on the week of Monday, March 21, COVID-19 data, including cases...
Mar 18, 2022

Medicine Hat man pleads guilty to second-degree murder
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his common-law partner last fall.Timothy Faulkner was charged in the death of Corinne Sc...
Mar 18, 2022

City removing "odorous material" from Wastewater Treatment Plant
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Those accessing the areas near Lethbridge's Wastewater Treatment Plant might be able to unplug their noses soon.The city says the annual spring sludge haul is underway at the facility...
Mar 18, 2022

Alberta Sheriffs stop Red Deer drug operation
RED DEER, AB - A Red Deer drug house has been shut down.After an investigation into a residential property, the Alberta Sheriffs have put a stop to drug activity they say was "terrorizing" a neighbour...
Mar 18, 2022

Temporary road closure in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge advises that a portion of 6th Avenue South will be closed for a couple of days.Effective immediately, the inside lanes of 6 Avenue South between 13 Street and 1...
Mar 18, 2022

Lethbridge man pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and stolen property charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Officials in Lethbridge Provincial Court will now work on setting up a trial for a local man.Carter Dylan Rains, 30, of Lethbridge, is one of five people arrested by RCMP on October 2...
Mar 18, 2022

Alberta and Lethbridge record deadliest year for drug overdoses in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta, the South Zone, and Lethbridge all recorded their deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in 2021.The province released data late Thursday, showing that 176 people died i...
Mar 18, 2022

Downwards trend continues Thursday for COVID hospitalizations
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.Starting on the week of Monday, March 21, COVID-19 data, including cas...
Mar 17, 2022

LPS charges youth with firearm offences
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A youth was charged following an alleged incident at the SLP Skate Park Wednesday.Lethbridge Police attended to the scene after a firearms complaint was filed around 7:30 pm on March ...
Mar 17, 2022

Province allocating smallest amount of MSI funding to municipalities in at least a decade
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government presented its first balanced budget in several years, but that did not come without a few sacrifices.Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver issued a letter to el...
Mar 17, 2022