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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

Unemployment rate down after country adds 54,000 jobs in September, StatCan says

OTTAWA - The national statistics office says Canada's unemployment rate nudged down to 5.5 per cent in September as the economy added 54,000 net new jobs, driven by gains in full-time work. Statistics...

Olivia Thorington Oct 11, 2019 The Canadian Press

Judge reserves decision in Lethbridge Pro-Life court case against the City over anti-abortion ads

LETHBRIDGE, AB - How freedom of speech as protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms can or should be balanced, with the rights of the City of Lethbridge to act in the public good is the subject ...

Oct 10, 2019 LPL ad displayed on a transit bench in the spring of 2018

27 of Lethbridge's "Community Heroes" recognized at city hall ceremony

LETHBRIDGE, AB - For the 13th time, the City of Lethbridge, Fire and Emergency Services, and Lethbridge Police Service honoured those who went out of their way to make a difference.The last Community ...

Oct 10, 2019 The 27 Community Heroes Awards recipients. (Lethbridge News Now)