Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
AHS hopes to target contact tracing in schools
EDMONTON, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released the updated report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past three days. The total number of cases increased by 105 on Sept. 11, 173 on Sept...
Sep 14, 2020
Where's the beef? Brooks RCMP searching for stolen $230,000 shipment
BROOKS, AB - Officials are looking for a large shipment of beef that was recently stolen out of the JBS meatpacking plant in Brooks.On August 30, 2020, a transport truck that was subcontracted to haul...
Sep 14, 2020
VIDEO: New K-9 officer introduced while another retires
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge Police's K-9 unit has said goodbye to one of their veteran dogs and hello to one of their newest recruits.Police service dog Zap has received his badge to officially graduat...
Sep 14, 2020
Police charge two men after hotel drug bust
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two men have been charged in connection with drug trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine.Lethbridge Police say on September 10, following a short-term investigation by the Priority C...
Sep 14, 2020
UPDATE: West Lethbridge McDonald’s reopens after employee reports presumed positive COVID-19 test
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: The McDonald's at 5 Mauretania Road W. has reopened to the public. Staff told Lethbridge News Now that the location was reopened Monday morning (Sept. 14) at approximately 7:4...
Sep 13, 2020
Three in hospital following Highway 3 collision
FORT MACLEOD, AB - Three people are in hospital following a collision on Highway 3 Saturday afternoon, September 12.Fort Macleod RCMP say they received a report of a car travelling eastbound in the we...
Sep 13, 2020
Lethbridge food banks hosting joint fundraiser
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Lethbridge Food Bank and the Interfaith Food Bank have partnered with some local radio stations to host "Feed Lethbridge", a city-wide dinner party on September 25, 2020, from 6-9 pm.T...
Sep 13, 2020
Schweitzer remains optimistic for Alberta’s economic future
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Unemployment numbers released earlier this month showed improvement in Alberta.The jobless rate for the province during the month of August was 11.8 percent. That was a drop from the ...
Sep 13, 2020
Crews respond to two-vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Monarch
FORT MACLEOD, AB - RCMP has released more details on this collision, with three people having been sent to hospital. More details here: Three in hospital following Highway 3 collision-----------------...
Sep 12, 2020
Are you missing $900,000? The Unclaimed Property Registry might have it
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's the highest amount of money the registry has ever held for an individual Albertan.The Unclaimed Property Registry, also known as the "shelter for abandoned money," is looking for...
Sep 12, 2020