Category Archives: Lethbridge Area

East Kootenay Lamb Creek blaze growing - 400+ properties under evacuation order
CRANBROOK, B.C. – Over 400 properties in the East Kootenay region remain under evacuation orders due to several wildfires. The majority of the affected properties are in the north and south Moyi...
Sep 04, 2017

Evacuations and back-country restrictions increase in East Kootenays
CRANBROOK – The extreme fire hazard in the East Kootenays, coupled with changing weather conditions, continues to restrict back-country recreation, as well as forcing further evacuations. Those ...
Sep 04, 2017

Perry Luchia recognized for achievements in aviation
LETHBRIDGE – A Noble Central School grad was inducted into Palliser's Wall of Fame this week. Perry Luchia's career took him to soaring heights, but it was his Nobleford roots that nourished tha...
Sep 03, 2017

Palliser Schools celebrate the past and the future
VULCAN – A new school year brings with it many changes, and Palliser Regional Schools is certainly no exception. Staff at Wednesday's (Aug 30) Opening Day Celebration, however, were reminded to ...
Sep 03, 2017

Wildfires heat up the East Kootenay and prompt evacuations of several communities
LETHBRIDGE, AB / CRANBROOK, B.C. – With a thick pall of smoke covering south-west Alberta and making breathing difficult, it brings to mind the massive grass fires the region, and the city of Le...
Sep 02, 2017

Environment Canada issues special air quality statement for Lethbridge and surrounding areas
LETHBRIDGE – Air quality in Lethbridge and surrounding areas declined significantly Saturday evening, as smoke from B.C. forest fires began affecting the region around 7 p.m. according to Enviro...
Sep 02, 2017

Birds of prey released into the wild with help from Alberta’s Environment Minister
LETHBRIDGE – Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and her sons Finn Davies, 8, and Hudson Davies, 6, released six birds into the wild Friday morning at west Lethbridge’s Cottonwood Park. ...
Sep 01, 2017

Pertussis booster clinics for children in higher risk age bracket wrap up
LETHBRIDGE – Children between the ages of 10 and 12 have been getting Pertussis, or whooping cough in some cases, even if they have been already immunized. That’s why many parents in the S...
Aug 31, 2017

Local MPs added to Federal Conservative shadow cabinet
LETHBRIDGE - A pair of local Members of Parliament have been appointed to the Conservative shadow cabinet, by party leader Andrew Scheer. Lethbridge M.P. Rachael Harder will be the Official Opposition...
Aug 30, 2017

Teen drowns in lake near Brooks
BROOKS – A 16-year-old boy is dead after drowning south of Brooks Tuesday afternoon. According to a news release from the RCMP, EMS, the Brooks Fire Department and the Brooks RCMP were called to...
Aug 30, 2017