Lethbridge and Area

The Daily with LNN – September 14, 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...

Sep 14, 2020

Blue-green algae bloom advisory issued for Milk River Ridge Reservoir

COUNTY OF WARNER, AB - Residents of the County of Warner are being advised that blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) has been identified in the Milk River Ridge Reservoir.Alberta Health Services (AHS) say...

Sep 14, 2020

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