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Fisheries management open house coming to Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government wants to hear your thoughts on angling in Alberta.Lethbridge is one of 11 stopovers for a government tour on fisheries management.Beginning next week, open h...

Jan 08, 2020 (Pexels photo)

Banff, Writing-On-Stone among the "Best Places to Travel in Canada for 2020"

BANFF, AB - Vacay.ca has named two popular tourist destinations in Alberta as being among the 20 best places to go in the country.According to the website, the list "endeavours to spotlight destinatio...

Jan 08, 2020 Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park. (Supplied by Vacay.ca)

29-year-old charged in connection with stabbing near SCS released on bail

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year-old Lethbridge man, charged in connection with an alleged stabbing outside of the Supervised Consumption Site last September, has been released on $100-dollars cash bail. Na...

Jan 07, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Calgary

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before the two headed into their meeting in...

Olivia Thorington Jan 07, 2020 ason Kenney and Chrystia Freeland in Calgary -- The Canadian Press

$500k donation to help preserve Crowsnest Pass wildlife corridor

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - CP is donating half a million dollars to the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) to support a "critical wildlife corridor" near the B.C.-Alberta border.Called the Jim Prentice Wild...

Jan 07, 2020 The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor. (Supplied by Brent Calver)

Dozens caught driving impaired in holiday-season check stops in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service was kept busy at the end of 2019, conducting three sessions of check stops throughout the city.They were held on December 20th, 28th, and 31st at various loc...

Jan 07, 2020 LPS pulls over a driver during a check stop in late 2019. (Lethbridge News Now)

Trial delayed for Lethbridge man already serving Federal prison time for 2018 west side shooting

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second trial for a Lethbridge man already serving time in a federal prison has been delayed because a key witness can not testify at this time. 34-year-old Robert John Sheppard was ...

Jan 07, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse

Alberta’s climate the focus of website curated by U of L professors

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you've ever wanted to see exactly how Alberta's climate has changed over the years, two University of Lethbridge professors have you covered.Doctor Stefan Kienzle of the Department...

Jan 07, 2020 Doctor Stefan Kienzle (Photo supplied by the University of Lethbridge)

Woman sentenced in armed robbery of north Lethbridge gas station

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A woman from Lethbridge will spend two years and one day in prison.Tila Bailey Scout, 27, was charged in connection to an armed robbery at the Circle K/Esso gas station on the 300 blo...

Jan 07, 2020 Lethbridge courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Matthew David Keeler from Okotoks reported missing

OKOTOKS, AB - Okotoks RCMP are asking for your help in finding a missing man.26-year-old Matthew David Keeler was last heard from on November 29th, 2019 from Calgary.It is believed that he may be in t...

Jan 07, 2020 Matthew David Keeler. Supplied by Okotoks RCMP)