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U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Feb. 7-9, 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - With some teams prepping for the playoffs, others are looking to wrap their regular seasons on a high note. Here's a preview of some of the weekend sports action out of Lethbridge Col...

Feb 07, 2020

Kraft Hockeyville nomination & rally period closes Sunday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The nomination window for the Kraft Hockeyville competition is quickly coming to a close.Community members are able to nominate their local arena and others can then rally behind it. ...

Feb 07, 2020 (Supplied by Kraft Hockeyville)

$17,600 in drugs and cash confiscated in Lethbridge arrest

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge man is facing several charges after being apprehended by police on Tuesday, February 4.Following a brief investigation by Lethbridge Police Service's (LPS) Crime Suppress...

Feb 06, 2020 Items confiscated from the Feb. 4 arrest. (Supplied by Lethbridge Police Service)

Whooping cough outbreak declared over in southern Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of southern Alberta can breathe a sigh of relief.Alberta Health Services (AHS) has officially ended the outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) that was declared on October 1...

Feb 06, 2020 The Lethbridge Community Health clinic. (Lethbridge News Now)

Liberal Education Dean offers perspective on the approach in post-secondary institutions

LETHBRIDGE, AB- Dean Shelly Wismath from the University of Lethbridge's Liberal Education department offered her thoughts on what Alberta universities have done with the liberal concept. "The Liberal ...

Feb 06, 2020 U-of-L Liberal Education Dean Shelley Wismatch - LNN

Messages of love from Lakeview students bring joy to struggling couple

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As students in Alex Funk's Grade 2 elementary school class worked on creating their plasticine hearts Thursday afternoon, they had no idea that just across the school field from them,...

Feb 06, 2020 A poster near Lakeview Elementary School in Lethbridge asks people to take the cards created by Grade 2 students

Prison Needle Exchange Program coming to Bowden, union rep voices concerns

INNISFAIL, AB - The Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) is headed to Bowden Institution in the Innisfail area next month, and not everyone is happy about it.The program has needles provided to inmat...

Feb 06, 2020 Bowden Institution (Photo courtesy rdnewsNOW)

Students encouraged to apply for Education Minister's Youth Council

LETHBRIDGE, AB - 40 youths from across Alberta will be able to speak directly with the province's Minister of Education and advise her on policy decisions.Applications are now being accepted for the Y...

Feb 06, 2020 The 2018 Education Minister's Youth Council. (RD News Now)

Fair Deal Panel in Fort Macleod Thursday

FORT MACLEOD, AB - Residents of Fort Macleod can have their say on what a fair deal looks like for Alberta.The Fair Deal Panel has already made numerous stops across the province, including one in Let...

Feb 06, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Evangelical Free Church donates $50,000 to Lethbridge Food Bank

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of Lethbridge's churches is making a significant donation to one of the local food bank's programs following a successful fundraising campaign.Their Annual Advent Conspiracy Campa...

Feb 06, 2020 Lethbridge Food Bank. (Lethbridge News Now)