Category Archives: Post to Social
Police investigating after "high intensity" laser pointed at plane
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says a co-pilot was temporarily blinded this week.At approximately 3:15 am on Tuesday, June 23, a King Air 200 plane getting close to trying to land at...
Jun 24, 2020
LPS seize stolen vehicle, arrest three for drug trafficking
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended three people on a wide range of charges.As part of an investigation into drug trafficking activities, they found a man believed to be d...
Jun 24, 2020
Hurricanes GM on WHL's return-to-play plan
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Since the Western Hockey League (WHL) cancelled their season back in March, the WHL got to brainstorming ideas on the start of the 2020-21 season.After considerations from the league a...
Jun 24, 2020
WestJet announces more layoffs, organizational changes
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The CEO of WestJet has once again stated that, due to extraordinary circumstances, they have been left with no choice but to take extraordinary measures.Global travel and tourism indu...
Jun 24, 2020
Charges dropped against Alberta First Nations chief in violent arrest
EDMONTON - Charges against a First Nations Chief in Northern Alberta have been dropped at a hearing that followed the release of police dashcam video that showed an officer tackling and punching him. ...
Jun 24, 2020
Pandemic fines top $13 million, study says; punitive approach rapped
TORONTO - Authorities in some provinces ramped up often arbitrary law enforcement to help curtail the COVID-19 pandemic rather than rely on a purely public health approach, according to a report out W...
Jun 24, 2020
Canada gives $5 million for new wildfire research network
OTTAWA - The federal government is investing $5 million in national wildfire research to help fire-prevention experts get the knowledge they need to keep Canadian forests from burning. The Australian ...
Jun 24, 2020
Residential feedback sought on recreation and culture in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of Lethbridge are being asked what's important to them when it comes to creation and culture.As work on a new Recreation and Culture Master Plan begins, the City of Lethbrid...
Jun 24, 2020
Man sentenced to five years for impaired driving death near Coalhurst
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man has learned his fate almost exactly two years after an impaired driving collision.Douglas Wilbur Bagnall, 63, of Lethbridge, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causin...
Jun 24, 2020
Building inspections allowed to resume in private dwellings and commercial units
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of private dwellings and tenants of commercial and industrial units can once again have their building inspected.The City of Lethbridge says its Building Inspection unit wil...
Jun 24, 2020