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Lethbridge woman charged with drug trafficking offences
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) estimates that around $11,000 worth of illicit drugs were confiscated during a recent arrest.On Thursday, May 5, 2022, members of the Crime Suppres...
May 06, 2022

Mother’s Day flowers program returns to Mountain View Cemetery on Sunday
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the City of Lethbridge Mother's Day flowers program will be returning to the Mountain View Cemetery.Mother's Day this year is Sunday, May ...
May 06, 2022

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate drops to 5.1% in April
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region saw a drop last month. In April, the rate was 5.1 per cent, down from 5.5 per cent in March.The highest jobless ra...
May 06, 2022

Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off its horse racing season this weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Rocky Mountain Turf Club (RMTC) is kicking off another season of horse racing this Saturday, May 7, 2022. The RMTC has been hosting racing events since 1996. Prior to that, the Le...
May 05, 2022

Two arrested by LPS on drug trafficking, counterfeit cash charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two people have been apprehended on charges related to the drug trade.On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, members of the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) of the Alberta Sheriffs rep...
May 05, 2022

Lethbridge man arrested on drug trafficking charges
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a man facing multiple charges related to the drug trade.Officers attended a home on the 500 block of 12 Street North on May 4, 2022...
May 05, 2022

Alberta allows physicians, other healthcare workers to prescribe Paxlovid for COVID
EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government says it is making a pill to treat COVID-19 more accessible by allowing doctors and other healthcare workers to prescribe the drug.Health Minister Jason Copping sa...
May 05, 2022

Coaldale and Lethbridge hockey players named to NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings
COALDALE, AB - Two local hockey players have been named to the National Hockey League's (NHL) Central Scouting Final Rankings ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft.The NHL Central Scouting process provides eval...
May 05, 2022

GDP up 5.1% in Alberta in 2021, slightly outpacing national average
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Stats Canada is reporting a "rapid recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impacts.The annual real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada last year increased by 4.8%.Nationall...
May 05, 2022

Five Conservative leadership hopefuls square off in debate tonight in Ottawa
OTTAWA, ON - Five out of the six candidates vying for Tory leadership will appear on stage Thursday night, May 5, for a debate before a room of conservative faithful. It's not an official leadership d...
May 05, 2022