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Province hosting "telephone town hall" on Jan. 28 to get input on 2020 budget

LETHBRIDGE, AB - You can let the Government of Alberta know what their next provincial budget should look like.Finance Minister Travis Toews will be hosting two telephone town halls in the final week ...

Jan 23, 2020 Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)

Councillor, community advocate and mayor react to Premier Jason Kenney's comments on SCS

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge city councillor and a community advocate are applauding comments made recently by Premier Jason Kenney regarding supervised consumption sites in Alberta, while Mayor Chri...

Jan 23, 2020 Lethbridge Councillor Blaine Hyggen and Community Advocate Mallory Kristjanson

Hurricanes down Warriors 7-1

MOOSE JAW -- Another reversal of fortunes for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. After losing to the Medicine Hat Tigers 6-2 on Saturday (Jan 19) night, The Hurricanes pulled out a 7-1 win against the Warrior...

Jan 22, 2020 Hurricane 7 - Warriors 1

Father found guilty of sexual assault and incest

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A jury of seven women and five men took just three -and -a -half hours to find a 54-year-old Raymond area man guilty of sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touch...

Jan 22, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse

A mainstay of the Greeting Card industry to close its stores

LETHBRIDGE -- It's self-styled as "Canada's #1 greeting card company". A Carlton Cards store manager has confirmed Carlton and Papyrus will be closing all of its stores in North American. That include...

Jan 22, 2020 Carlton Card location - photo courtesy Park Place Mall website

Information needed on illegal shooting of bull moose near Nanton

NANTON, AB - High River Fish and Wildlife Officers are asking for your help in finding a person responsible for shooting a bull moose.They say the carcass was found on November 24, 2019, by the inters...

Jan 22, 2020 The bull moose. (Supplied by Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)

Community weighs in on potential Indigenous Cultural Centre in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of groups weighed in on what they think of an Indigenous Cultural Centre possibly being built in Lethbridge, the merits of it, and what programs and services it could offer.Out...

Jan 22, 2020 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Charges updated in fatal November Highway 3 collision

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man charged in a fatal Highway 3 collision has had those charges replaced.RCMP say that 36-year-old Wesley Brian Phillips, of Lethbridge, was originally charged with refusal to prov...

Jan 22, 2020 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge

Lethbridge Squash Association offers successful junior squash program

LETHBRIDGE -- It was a sport that had a significant following in the early 80's and some may think it quietly faded into the background. But, that is not the case. Lethbridge Squash Association (LSA) ...

Jan 22, 2020 Robert Baird with Squash students -- LNN

City approves two lakes for public outdoor skating

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two Lethbridge lakes have been deemed safe to skate on this week.On Monday, the City of Lethbridge stated that lake ice at Chinook Lake and Henderson Lake was thick enough to meet the...

Jan 22, 2020 Henderson Lake is one of two lakes currently approved by the city for public use (Lethbridge News Now)