Category Archives: Lethbridge

U of L's new Science and Academic Building to officially open on September 13th and 14th
LETHBRIDGE, AB - It's been nearly a decade in the making but come this fall the Destination Project at the University of Lethbridge will open to the public officially. The U of L, in partnership with ...
May 15, 2019

"The Watch" - Building relationships as the eyes and ears of downtown Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A round of applause erupts in Galt Gardens as former Lethbridge Police Inspector Jeff Cove sings a short "Happy Birthday," to a woman sitting at a picnic table with several others on ...
May 15, 2019 "The Watch" volunteers Jeff Cove & Ashis Khadka

Volunteers needed for Target Hunger
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Volunteers are needed for an annual campaign to help the less fortunate. Target Hunger is coming up in June. Volunteers deliver and pick up yellow bags to households across Lethbridge...
May 15, 2019 Members of the 2019 Target Hunger committee (Photo courtesy Target Hunger on Twitter @targethungeryql)

LPS investigating robbery at north side Gas King
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local police are investigating an armed robbery at a north side gas station that happened last week. According to police, they responded to a robbery at Gas King along the 900 block o...
May 14, 2019 Photo Credit: LPS

Large sinkhole reported on city’s north end
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents along the 1800 block of 7 Avenue North in Lethbridge are dealing with a loss of water after a water service leak created a sinkhole in the middle of the street. The City's W...
May 14, 2019 The sinkhole reported along the 1800 block of 7 Avenue North (Lethbridge News Now)

First downtown development takes advantage of new tax incentive
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the incentives put in place by Lethbridge City Council to bring new development and investment to the downtown core saw its first approval granted at Monday's regular meeting o...
May 14, 2019

City Council to advocate to the province for a made in Alberta solution to mortgage stress test
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government may have had good intentions when the mortgage stress test was first unveiled in late 2017, but since it's implementation the policy is being viewed as the numb...
May 13, 2019

Efforts continue to rebuild infrastructure in Waterton Lakes National Park after 2017 Kenow fire
WATERTON LAKES N.P. - More than a year-and-a-half after the 2017 Kenow Fire tore through Waterton Lakes National Park and surrounding areas destroying not only parkland but also infrastructure, effort...
May 13, 2019 Waterton Lakes NP

Fort Whoop-Up gets an explosive start to the season
LETHBRIDGE -- The Fort Whoop-Up summer season began with booms and bangs that reverberated along the coulees Saturday (May 11) afternoon. The historic centre invited the South Alberta Horse Artillery ...
May 12, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW

48-month sentence for Lethbridge man who pleaded guilty to 16 charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 28-year-old Lethbridge man will head to a federal penitentiary after he was sentenced to four years behind bars for a multitude of provincial and federal offences. Logan Drake plead...
May 10, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse