Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area

Two confirmed dead in Taber motor collision on July 16
TABER, AB - Two people died in a motor vehicle collision on Friday, July 16, in Taber along Highway 36.Taber RCMP along with the MD of Taber Fire Department and Alberta Health Services responded to th...
Jul 20, 2021

Arrests made in Taber drug trafficking bust
TABER, AB - After first receiving word about a drug trafficking group in Taber, arrests have been made.With the assistance of ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team), Taber Police began a joint ...
Jul 19, 2021

The Daily with LNN – July 19, 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily with LNN is a podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been workin...
Jul 19, 2021

5 million COVID vaccine doses given in AB, two COVID deaths in South Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Monday's report on COVID-19.For the time being, LNN is only reporting COVID numbers once per week each Monday, so today's article will cover stati...
Jul 19, 2021

Province announces rural crime town halls, including a few in Southern Alberta
CARDSTON, AB - The Government of Alberta wants to hear from rural residents about their perspectives on crime.Justice Minister Kaycee Madu will be taking part in seven rural crime town halls this summ...
Jul 19, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP take part in burial of unknown Blackfoot Warrior
FORT MACLEOD, AB - RCMP says on July 22, 1979, someone found a human skull in the waters of the Old Man River west of the Monarch bridge at Highway 3A. The skull was then given to Fort Macleod RCMP wh...
Jul 19, 2021

Contractor selected for new high school/rec centre in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - A major update on a significant project in Coaldale.The Palliser School Division and the Town of Coaldale have announced that Ward Bros. Construction will be the construction management...
Jul 19, 2021

“Multi layer smoky mess” across Western Canada
EDMONTON, AB. -- Heat warnings have ended, but they've been replaced by special air quality statements covering much of western Canada.Smoke from western wildfires have created what Justin Shelley at ...
Jul 19, 2021

Province moving forward with 50-bed recovery community in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new recovery community will be built in Lethbridge.Built on the Government of Alberta land adjacent to Fresh Start Recovery Centre will give the centre a country-like setting that w...
Jul 18, 2021

Air quality warning across most of Alberta – Heat warning for the south-east
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Smoke from BC wildfires continues to cause air quality concerns across most of Alberta including the south and there is a Heat Warning for the South-east region. Air quality indexes...
Jul 18, 2021