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Lethbridge's yard waste sites collect 1.89-million kg this year, to close Nov. 30

LETHBRIDGE, AB - At the end of this month, residents will no longer be able to access the yard waste collection sites that are available at the city's three recycling centers.Since the beginning of th...

Nov 20, 2019 Yard waste collection site in Lethbridge. (Supplied by City of Lethbridge)

Childcare students take part in empathy-building "poverty simulation" in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I think one of the things for the younger students that come into the Child and Youth Care program is, sometimes, they don't have a lot of experience with the different agencies that...

Nov 20, 2019 Students in the poverty simulations try to sell items to a pawn shop to make ends meet. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta Opposition N-D-P leader gets the boot from the legislature's chamber

EDMONTON -- Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has been kicked out of the legislature chamber after she refused to apologize for comments about the United Conservative government's plan to fi...

Nov 20, 2019 NDP Leader Rachel Notley kicked out of Legislature -- The Canadian Presss

Should Alberta ditch bi-annual time changes? Province launches survey

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Daylight saving time has been a time-honoured tradition in Alberta for the last half-century, but the government wants to know if this should be a thing of the past.Governments across...

Nov 20, 2019 (Supplied by Government of Alberta)

Lethbridge College announces six Kodiaks Hall of Fame inductees

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Six people and groups who have been instrumental to collegiate sports and athletics in the city are being honoured by Lethbridge College (LC).This weekend will mark the second-ever gr...

Nov 19, 2019 Shown left to right: Mary Wall, Lori Pierson (Hart), George Gemer (on behalf of his wife Carole from the '62-'63 women's basketball team), Shirley Peterson, Diane Wocknitz, Gary Bowie. (Lethbridge News Now)

RCMP confirm one death in collision with cattle liner between Brocket and Pincher Creek

BROCKET, AB - Pikani RCMP and Pincher Creek RCMP were called to a serious collision between a car and a cattle liner on Highway 3 around 15 km east of Brocket at approximately 9:00 am on Tuesday, Nove...

Nov 19, 2019 RCMP sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge ranks 15th overall on Maclean's Magazine's "Canada's Most Dangerous Places 2020" list

LETHBRIDGE, AB - *This story has been corrected to include information on ALL crime, as opposed to simply the "violent crime" category. Out of 237 small, medium and large cities across the country, ac...

Nov 19, 2019 Picture of two guns seized by police

Thousands of CN Rail employees on strike amid contract talks

OTTAWA -- The federal government has urged Canadian National Railway Co. and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to continue negotiating as the roughly 3,200 conductors, train-persons and yard worker...

Nov 19, 2019 CN train -- photo credit to CN Rail

Lethbridge man injured in pedestrian collision north of the city

COALDALE -- Coaldale and Picture Butte RCMP and the Coalhurst Fire Department were call to a pedestrian collision along Highway 25 near township road 92, around 7:00-m Monday (Nov 18) evening. The 43 ...

Nov 19, 2019 RCMP uniform patch

Alberta government firing election commissioner who was investigating leadership

EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is firing the province's election commissioner, but says it's not because he is investigating the party and has fined it more than $200,000.Finance ...

Nov 19, 2019 Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews