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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

Current level of City Hall spending “unsustainable,” says City Manager

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The first of two City Operational Performance Reviews was released to the public Monday, Nov. 18 by Lethbridge's new City Manager Bramwell Strain. It shows -among other things - that ...

Nov 18, 2019 City Manager Bramwell Strain

Operation Red Nose campaign to begin its 25th year in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge's "Operation Red Nose" will once again begin its holiday campaign November 29. Last year, the service provided just over 1,100 rides.Over the last 24 year...

Nov 18, 2019 Operation Red Nose Volunteers 2019

Christmas Tree Festival auction on Wednesday raising money for hospital renovations

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Why spend countless hours decorating your own tree when you can have a beautiful pre-made one that also supports upgrades to local healthcare?The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation ...

Nov 18, 2019 Dozens of decorated Christmas Trees for the 27th annual Christmas Tree Festival. (Lethbridge News Now)

One year on, Federal government says most oil-and-gas bailout money has been issued

OTTAWA -- Canada's $1.6-billion bailout for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway, but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what.Almost $1 billion of the package ...

Nov 18, 2019 Oil Sand -- The Canadian Press