Lethbridge and Area

Province funding new schools in Coaldale & Lethbridge, modernization at Milk River

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta is funding three school projects in Southern Alberta.Budget 2021 includes $268-million for 14 school capital projects."We are building world-class schools in...

Mar 10, 2021

Fort Macleod RCMP investigate theft of Indigenous regalia

FORT MACLEOD, AB. -- RCMP are asking the public for information on a break-in and robbery at F-M Storage in Fort Macleod. A storage unit was broken into on the weekend of February 19 to the 21 and num...

Mar 10, 2021

LPS Chief defends integrity of service during MLA spying investigation

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet minister.Chief Shahi...

Mar 10, 2021

Complaint over Lethbridge judge's comments about medical expert's accent moving ahead

CALGARY - A complaint over comments an Alberta judge made about a Nigerian-born medical examiner's accent is now before a member of the Canadian Judicial Council's conduct committee.Dr. Bamidele Adeag...

Mar 10, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Winston Churchill High School

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge School Division is announcing an outbreak of COVID-19 at a local high school.Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed a fifth case at Winston Churchill High School.P...

Mar 10, 2021

Taber’s Brayden Peters named WHL Goaltender of the Week

CALGARY, AB - A Taber-born goalie has been recognized for his hard work on the ice.Brayden Peters of the Calgary Hitmen has been named the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Goaltender of the Week for the ...

Mar 10, 2021

City Council looks to create a "more diverse and inclusive workforce"

LETHBRIDGE, AB- At Lethbridge's City Council meeting Tuesday, councillors voted unanimously to direct the City Manager to look at creating a municipal workforce that looks at its hiring practices and ...

Mar 09, 2021

No guarantee of third trial for Stephans; law professor

CALGARY - A Calgary law professor says there is no guarantee the Crown will move ahead with a third trial for a Southern Alberta couple first convicted and then found not guilty in their ill son's dea...

Mar 09, 2021

South Zone sees 31 new COVID cases, two deaths

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.255 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the...

Mar 09, 2021

April 7 recognized as Green Shirt Day in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge City Council has passed the motion to recognize April 7th as "Green Shirt Day" in Lethbridge in honour of Logan Boulet and to remember the Humbolt Broncos bus crash."This is...

Mar 09, 2021