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Youth not employed or in school face poorer mental, physical health: study

OTTAWA - A new study is offering what it calls a rare look at the health and psychological impacts endured by Canadian youth who are not working, training or studying. The Statistics Canada research s...

Olivia Thorington Nov 05, 2019

First responders strained from drug crisis, ARCHES says SCS has not impacted crime

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council heard from several community experts on opioid use, and how various groups are responding to it. This includes presentations from Lethbridge Police Service (LP...

Andrew Snook Nov 04, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Proposed seed royalty changes on hold

Prairie farm groups have released results of their seed royalty survey, and they say producers do not support the two seed royalty models under consideration by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and th...

Nov 04, 2019 Grain harvest -- Glenn Miller

Second trial underway for Raymond man facing historical sex assault charges

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second trial got underway Monday, Nov. 4, in Court of Queen's Bench, involving a 51-year-old Raymond man, charged with a series of historical sexual assaults dating back between 198...

Nov 04, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Local company fined for workplace accident

REGINA -- A southern Alberta company has been fined 60-thousand dollars for a workplace accident in Saskatchewan that seriously injured a worker.Varsteel Limited of Lethbridge pleaded guilty in a Regi...

Nov 04, 2019 VarSteel - Photo credit to Var Steel Lethbridge web site

Elizabeth May resigns as Green party leader

OTTAWA -- Elizabeth May says she is no longer the leader of the federal Green party. May told a news conference today on Parliament Hill that she's stepping down as leader effective immediately, and a...

Nov 04, 2019 Elizabeth May -- The Canadian Press

MADD and Lethbridge Police launch "Project Red Ribbon" for impaired driving awareness

LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: This story now includes stats from Lethbridge Police on impaired driving.With another holiday season just around the corner, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Lethbridge & Are...

Nov 04, 2019 President of MADD Lethbridge & Area Anita Huchala launching Project Red Ribbon. (Lethbridge News Now)

WATCH: Lethbridge's recycling: from curbside pickup to shipping

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The city's curbside recycling program is now almost six months old, and besides occasionally watching the recycling truck pick up the blue bins and methodically emptying them - not ma...

Nov 03, 2019 Recycling material at the MRF

Screening of "We Will Stand Up" in Lethbridge to highlight injustices against Indigenous peoples

LETHBRIDGE, AB - In partnership with Amnesty International Lethbridge, the National Film Board is hosting a screening of the documentary npawistamsowin: We Will Stand Up in Lethbridge.It follows the s...

Nov 03, 2019 Graphic art for nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. (Supplied by National Film Board)

Okuliar does it again – another Hat Trick during a 5-2 win in Brandon

BRANDON -- After an 8-2 win in Winnipeg the night before the Hurricanes were riding a high on their way into Brandon Saturday (Nov 2).The first power play of the game materialized at the eight-minute ...

Nov 02, 2019 Hurricanes jersey