Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

LPS & Police Commission hosting town hall meeting April 19
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Key officials with the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) want to meet face-to-face with members of the community.A town hall meeting has been scheduled for later this month with both LP...
Apr 12, 2022

Groundbreaking ceremony for innovative waste facility in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - Coaldale will soon have a new way of processing waste and recycling.A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday morning for startup company 2Point0's new facility in Coaldale.Partner Tyl...
Apr 12, 2022

City of Lethbridge donating surplus items to Ukraine
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is sending some of its surplus supplies to aid first responders in Ukraine.City officials showed off one of the five batches of equipment they are planning to s...
Apr 11, 2022

Lethbridge musician named Alberta's #1 rising country star
LETHBRIDGE, AB -- Lethbridge musician Shaela Miller has been named Alberta's #1 rising country music star.Miller won the title, along with more than $100,000 in the Project WILD contest sponsored by r...
Apr 11, 2022

Man charged with conspiracy to murder at Coutts border going directly to trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade protest in southern Alberta wants to go directly to trial.A lawyer for Christopher Lysak has told a Lethb...
Apr 11, 2022

Medicine Hat man sentenced to life in prison for murder of common-law partner
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for killing his common-law partner with a box cutter last October.Timothy Faulkner was ...
Apr 11, 2022

Piikani man pleads not guilty in connection to death of teenager
PIIKANI NATION, AB - A four-week trial has been set for a man accused in the death of a youth in Southern Alberta.In Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench on Monday, April 11, 2022, Dustin Big Bull, 39, o...
Apr 11, 2022

Construction to start on upgraded playground in Monarch later this spring
MONARCH, AB - The playground in Monarch is receiving upgrades this year, with the design inspired by ideas from residents in the hamlet.In January 2022, Lethbridge County asked Monarch residents to vi...
Apr 10, 2022

Alberta RCMP advising motorists to slow down on the roads
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta RCMP is warning motorists against speeding.As the weather gets warmer and roads become clearer, Mounties say speeding is still prohibited despite more ideal driving condit...
Apr 09, 2022

Lethbridge man arrested after "Nazi" scratched onto 19 vehicles, including police cruiser
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a man in connection to a string of vandalism.Between Wednesday, April 6, and Thursday, April 7, 2022, police received reports that 19 v...
Apr 08, 2022