Lethbridge and Area

Southern Alberta First Nations get grants to create chartered surgery proposals

STANDOFF, AB - Two First Nations in the region are each receiving $50,000 to help advance one of the UCP government's key healthcare initiatives.The Blood Tribe and Siksika Nation will use their fundi...

Nov 06, 2020

Alberta eliminates $40/day fee for residential addiction treatment

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta hopes to make it easier for those suffering from substance addiction to seek help.They are removing the typical $40 per day user fee for residential addictio...

Nov 06, 2020

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat’s unemployment rate up slightly in October

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers have been released.In October, the jobless rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region was 8.7 percent. That's up ever-so-slightly from 8.6 pe...

Nov 06, 2020

Education and the importance of families in Canada’s armed forces

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Many adults know about the importance of Remembrance Day, but a volunteer with the Lethbridge Legion is spreading that message of importance to younger generations.Retired Warrant Off...

Nov 06, 2020

Nikka Yuko plans for socially distanced Winter Light Festival

LETHBRIDGE, AB- For the fifth year in a row, Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens will be holding their Winter Light Festival.In normal (non-COVID) years, Nikka Yuko would have up to 1000 people in the gardens...

Nov 06, 2020

The Daily with LNN – November 5, 2020

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...

Nov 05, 2020

Hinshaw concerned as more Albertans going out while symptomatic with COVID

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Due to errors with a recent system update on Alberta Health Services' part, detailed COVID-19 numbers will likely not be available today, but the province's Chief Medical Officer of H...

Nov 05, 2020

Alberta Sheriffs shut down Lethbridge drug house

LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Lethbridge Crime Suppression Team(CST) and the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit have shut down a drug house in North Lethbridge.The house will be closed for 90 days...

Nov 05, 2020

Pronghorns Athletics temporarily suspends all activities due to COVID-19 case

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge's sports teams are taking a break after a member of Pronghorn Athletics tested positive for COVID-19."Out of an abundance of caution and care for the enti...

Nov 05, 2020

Highway 810 north of Glenwood closed due to truck fire

GLENWOOD, AB - Travellers will not be able to head north of Glenwood via Highway 810 for the time being.Cardston RCMP says crews arrived on scene shortly before 1:00 pm on Thursday, November 5 near th...

Nov 05, 2020