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Alberta Sugar Beet Growers president looks on the bright side of tough 2019 season

TABER, AB - The president of the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers is optimistic for the 2020 season.This comes after a tough 2019 harvest which saw crop loss due to rugged weather conditions. Rogers Sugar I...

Jan 09, 2020 Harvesting sugar beets (Photo: Alberta Sugar Beet Growers)

Lethbridge's real estate sector saw modest growth in 2019, likely to continue in 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors says 2019 was another solid year for the sector with modest gains all around.CEO Cathy Maxwell reports that 2,488 residential prope...

Jan 09, 2020 Home for sale sign. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)

Operation Red Nose provides over 860 safe rides home during the holiday season in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 25th installment of Operation Red Nose turned out some strong numbers.The program had volunteers provide safe rides home to citizens throughout the holiday season. Donations raise...

Jan 09, 2020 Volunteers of the Operation Red Nose campaign (Lethbridge News Now)

Piikani RCMP find stolen hay bales, then turn up cache of firearms, ammunition and drugs

BROCKET -- There was quite the haul for Piikani Nation RCMP on Monday (Jan. 6). Around 3:30 that afternoon, officers located hay bales that had been stolen from Pincher Creek, at a residence near Broc...

Jan 08, 2020 14 Firearms seized from Brocket area home -- Piikani RCMP

Lethbridge MMA fighter Jordan Mein signs with Bellator

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the city's top MMA fighters is heading back to the big leagues. Although Bellator has yet to make an official announcement, Mein announced on his Instagram page and his website...

Jan 08, 2020 Jordan Mein signs with Bellator MMA. (Supplied by Jordan Mein on Instagram)

Have your say on farmer-led research

LETHBRIDGE -- The provincial government is holding engagement sessions across the province and launching an online survey to gather feedback about the future of agricultural research in Alberta.Minist...

Jan 08, 2020 Irrigated farm field -- LNN

Man charged with stealing valuable ammonite fossil pleads not guilty

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trial date is expected to be set in late January for one of two men accused of stealing an ammonite fossil from a mine site last July. 26-year-old Logan Heavy Shields pleaded not gu...

Jan 08, 2020 Brian David Fyfe (left) and Logan Heavy Shields (right)

Collaboration & reporting crime leading to drug houses being shut down in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "It takes a community and that includes police officers, that includes SCAN, that includes municipal leadership to actually hear the residents' voices, but it also takes us as the res...

Jan 08, 2020 Lethbridge City Councillor Blaine Hyggen and Mallory Kristjanson with Connecting Our Community Lethbridge. (Supplied by Mallory Kristjanson)

MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets about to put skills to the test

MEDICINE HAT - An air of nervous excitement was palpable at Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS) headquarters on Tuesday (Jan 7) morning.Inside the station's boardroom sat a dozen fresh faces, who will ...

Jan 08, 2020 MHPS, Blood Tribe & Taber cadets - Scott Roblin

Crowsnest Pass left "chasing their tails" for provincial funding to fight mountain pine beetles

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - The mayor of the Crowsnest Pass says it's been a frustrating few months trying to secure a grant to deal with an infestation of mountain pine beetles (MPB) in the area.Last fall, ...

Jan 08, 2020 Trees impacted by Mountain Pine Beetles in the Hinton, AB area. (Supplied by Government of Alberta)