Category Archives: Lethbridge
Food Banks Canada releases Hunger Count 2018
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge saw well over 5,000 visits a year ago. Food Banks Canada has released its Hunger Count 2018. The report looks at food bank use across th...
Feb 05, 2019
City of Lethbridge received information about urban drilling in October, but Mayor and council were left in the dark
LETHBRIDGE – It’s been a whirlwind 24 hours when it comes to urban drilling in Lethbridge. No Drilling Lethbridge, a small volunteer group of local residents opposed to oil drilling and fr...
Feb 04, 2019
Standoff woman charged after hitting officer with vehicle while escaping custody
LETHBRIDGE — A 28 year old Standoff woman has been charged after she used a vehicle to strike an officer while escaping custody. The incident happened around 2:30 Sunday (Feb 3) afternoon, as of...
Feb 04, 2019
Provost family hopes 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall remains behind bars
LETHBRIDGE – About 25 members of the Provost family attended Lethbridge Provincial Court Monday, Feb.4 to find out whether 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall would be granted bail. Bagnall is now facin...
Feb 04, 2019
Galko Homes Master Builder wins 2018 Builder of the Year award, Ramton Homes wins Custom Builder of the Year
LETHBRIDGE – About 250 of the city's most talented and influential home building industry contractors, tradespeople, sales people, dignitaries and others, gathered for the 20th annual Building I...
Feb 03, 2019
Polar Plunge participants brave freezing temperatures in and out of the water - for Special Olympics
LETHBRIDGE – It was so chilly Saturday morning in Lethbridge, that the steam rising from a frozen over Henderson Lake almost-just almost- made the water look more inviting than standing on the s...
Feb 02, 2019
Charles Weaselhead elected 14th chancellor of the University of Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – The University of Lethbridge Senate has elected Charles Weaselhead as the University’s 14th chancellor – and for the first time in the institution’s 52-year histor...
Feb 01, 2019
New research hoping to improve health outcomes for the Indigenous population
LETHBRIDGE - A three-year research project has been launched by Alberta Health Services (AHS) designed to better assist Indigenous people to navigate the health system in order to improve patient outc...
Jan 31, 2019
Immunizations up, influenza infection and hospitalization rates in South Health Zone down significantly
LETHBRIDGE – More people in the south health zone are getting immunized against this year’s flu strains, and that may be part of what accounts for comparatively low infection, hospitalizat...
Jan 31, 2019
Program reductions and pool closure date at YMCA Stafford Branch announced
LETHBRIDGE - With construction on the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the ATB Centre moving steadily along, the decommissioning plan for the downtown Stafford branch has been revealed. Officials at the branch ou...
Jan 31, 2019