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Alberta incorporates energy war room as Canadian Energy Centre, work starts soon

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room is now a legal entity with a new name, a new managing director and a plan to be running by Christmas.Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the Canadian Energy Centre i...

Oct 12, 2019 Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage - The Canadian Press

STARS honours Lethbridge resident, its first-ever VIP

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge resident has been celebrated by STARS Air Ambulance.Earlier this year, the first of STARS' new fleet of helicopters landed in Calgary. On-board were a number of special g...

Oct 12, 2019 VIP Kelly Waldron poses for a photo next to the C-GKLY call letters that were assigned in her honour. Photo shot on Thursday, April 18, 2019 during a public unveiling event (Photo by Lyle Aspinall, courtesy STARS)

Hurricanes drop 4-2 decision in Prince Albert

PRINCE ALBERT -- The Lethbridge Hurricanes began a four-game eastern road trip with a loss in Prince Albert Friday night. The Raiders offered up strong defense. The Canes' Dylan Cozens, who had nine p...

Oct 11, 2019 Hurricanes jersey

Slow harvests could be a mental health concern for some area farmers

ALBERTA -- A lot of rain this summer and now the snow has made for a stressful harvest season and it's bad news for farmers who rely on quality crops for income. Alberta Agriculture says harvest progr...

Oct 11, 2019 Harvesting behind schedule - causing stress

AUMA votes to support two of four Lethbridge resolutions

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is batting .500 after two of its four resolutions were passed at the recent Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Convention in Edmonton (Sept.25-27).The AUM...

Oct 11, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall

Officials in Pincher Creek searching for clues after deer shot and abandoned

PINCHER CREEK, AB - Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement are looking for whoever is responsible for shooting an antlered mule deer and leaving it on the side of the road.It was found in the ditch off...

Oct 11, 2019 A photo of the deer found near Pincher Creek. (Supplied by Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement)

Thursday house fire in north Lethbridge likely caused by appliance or extension cord

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services has provided updates on their investigation to a major house fire.Investigator Marc Royer says they received a call from dispatch just before 3:...

Oct 11, 2019 House fire on Lettice Perry Road North as of Thursday morning. (Lethbridge News Now)

TSB deploys investigator to train derailment west of Barnwell

BARNWELL, AB - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent out an investigator to the site of a CP Rail train derailment near Lethbridge.The incident was first reported shortly after 6:00...

Oct 11, 2019 An image from the derailment site (Photo: M.D. of Taber Regional Fire Service - Station 4 & 7 Taber / Barnwell on Facebook)

Jobless rate up last month in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers have been released by Statistics Canada.Alberta's jobless rate for the month of September was listed at 6.6 percent. That's a decrease from August, whe...

Oct 11, 2019 The Canadian Press

U of L and Lethbridge College Thanksgiving Weekend Sports Preview: Oct. 11-13, 2019

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Here's what the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns and Lethbridge College Kodiaks are up to over the Thanksgiving long weekend.LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE KODIAKSThe men's basketball team has...

Oct 11, 2019