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Clocks go back one hour this weekend

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of southern Alberta are being reminded that daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 3rd at 2:00 am.This means that the time will shift back one hour.Most smart device...

Nov 01, 2019 Clock being changed. (Supplied by Canadian Press)

Piece of Lethbridge history dismantled

LETHBRIDGE -- A piece of Southern Alberta technological history slipped quietly to its demise last Saturday (Oct 26). It was once the tallest structure just north-east of Lethbridge and became a lifel...

Nov 01, 2019 CJLH-Global tower outside Lethbridge in the 1950's (L) and later in the 1970's

U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: Nov. 1-3, 2019

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Fresh off success from their soccer and cross-country teams, Lethbridge College Kodiaks athletes are feeling motivated. Meanwhile, the U of L's swimming club and basketball teams are ...

Nov 01, 2019

Blood Tribe man arrested on charges of B&E, assault, uttering threats, weapons

STANDOFF, AB - Blood Tribe Police were called to a rural home in the southeast area of the reserve at 3:15 pm on Wednesday, October 30th.Police learned that 35-year-old Sean Scout reportedly broke int...

Oct 31, 2019 Blood Tribe Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Construction on University Drive twinning project to come to an end for 2019

LETHBRIDGE, AB - City construction crews are hopeful that work on the University Drive Twinning project will wrap up for the year, by the end of next week. The area is being twinned from north of Stad...

Oct 31, 2019 University Drive Project

Operating spending in Lethbridge grew by 2.5 times the rate of population growth in 2007-2017

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) shows real operating spending growth over the last decade in Lethbridge being "quite unsustainable".Yet, acc...

Oct 31, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta easing curtailment limits as long as operators ship more crude by rail

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government will work with oil companies on a program that will allow them to produce more - as long as they agree to ship more of their crude by rail.Industry approached the go...

Oct 31, 2019 Oil transport cars -- The Canadian Press

Lethbridge to lose up to $930,000 annually from traffic ticket and provincial building changes

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge could lose nearly one million dollars every year thanks to two changes made by the provincial government.Premier Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party ...

Oct 31, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Encana moves headquarters from Calgary to U.S., changes name to Ovintiv

CALGARY -- Encana Corp., one of Canada's oldest and largest energy companies, is moving its corporate headquarters from Calgary to the United States to bolster its access to deep-pocketed investors.Th...

Oct 31, 2019 Encana logo

Man charged in connection with Lethbridge carjackings makes brief court appearance

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The man arrested in connection with a series of crimes that left many Lethbridge citizens on edge for the better part of a week, made a brief court appearance Thursday morning (Oct. 3...

Oct 31, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse