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Alberta’s top court reserves decision on appeal of triple murderer
CALGARY -- A lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a couple and their grandson has argued that a judge should never have allowed evidence taken from her client's farm because police shouldn't have ...
May 11, 2019 Bill Graveland - The Canadian Press

Qinetiq receives $51 million contract from armed forces; work to be completed in Medicine Hat
Photo by Bob SchneiderMEDICINE HAT, AB - A company that helps design target systems for military customers around the world has been awarded a significant contract from the Canadian Armed Forces, and ...
May 11, 2019 Photo by Bob Schneider

Red Deer Public Schools leading the call for stronger vaping laws
RED DEER -- Momentum is growing amongst Alberta school boards lobbying to push for stronger vaping regulations in the province.School board trustees from Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) Zone ...
May 11, 2019

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

RCMP in Pincher Creek looking for the public's help to identify suspects in rural B&E
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Pincher Creek RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects involved in an early morning break and enter. According to police, a home located on the Summerview Feedlot...
May 10, 2019 Truck caught on security footage

New owner found for downtown Canada Post building
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A historic building in downtown Lethbridge has been sold. The J.D. Higinbotham building, known locally as the Canada Post building, has been purchased by the Sumus Property Group. The...
May 10, 2019

April Irving released from custody
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 59-year-old woman facing 14 charges including cruelty to animals and causing or permitting them to be in distress, has been released from jail on a $1,000 no-cash surety.April Dawn ...
May 10, 2019 April Dawn Irving

Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society receiving $350,000 in federal funding to strengthen economic security and prosperity of Indigenous women
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government has announced new funding in Southern Alberta that's designed to make sure Indigenous women continue to hold important places as leaders in their families and c...
May 10, 2019 Photo Credit: Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society

Unemployment numbers up in Lethbridge area
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest employment numbers are starting to roll in from Statistics Canada. In the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area, the unemployment rate rose to 6.4 per cent from 6.1 per cent in Marc...
May 10, 2019

Local high school students get crash course in police work at Youth Police Academy
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 5th Annual Youth Police Academy on Thursday, May 9, gave 20 area high school students who expressed an interest in policing and applied to take part in the program an up-close loo...
May 09, 2019