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Updates and tips from Lethbridge's emergency & city departments following #Snowmaggedon
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Weather Network reports that Lethbridge got more than 60 cm of snow over the weekend as of Monday morning, leaving its mark on residents, city staff, and infrastructure.More detai...
Sep 30, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Relief from storm in sight, but be prepared for colder nights
LETHBRIDGE, AB - This weekend, many parts of Southern Alberta were battered by a winter-like storm.Some areas received upwards of 70 centimetres of snow. Fortunately, relief is in sight. Environment C...
Sep 30, 2019 An image of downtown Lethbridge on Monday morning, Sept. 30 2019 (Lethbridge News Now)

Winter storm watch ended across southern Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The winter storm watch that Environment Canada issued last week has been rescinded.It previously covered all of southern Alberta, but as of 10:30 am on Monday, there are no weather al...
Sep 30, 2019 Damage from this weekend's snowfall in downtown Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Report from Quebec inquiry on Indigenous treatment to be released
VAL D'OR, Que. - A Quebec inquiry into relations between Indigenous communities and public services in the province will submit its final report today. The Viens Commission, presided over by retired Q...
Sep 30, 2019

Snow-Day for numerous school districts, U-of-L and College
LETHBRIDGE -- A Travel Advisory has been issued for Southern Alberta. Residents are being told to avoid all travel from the BC border to the Saskatchewan border along Highway-3 and along all roads sou...
Sep 29, 2019 Buses not running

‘What a role model:’ Paralyzed Bronco makes Adidas ad, hall of fame nominee list
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An ad shows a serious Ryan Straschnitzki taping up his hockey stick and pulling on an Adidas jersey before he slides away on an ice sled."As a kid I always dreamed of playing for Team...
Sep 29, 2019 Ryan Straschnitzki on the ice -- The Canadian Press

14-year-old LCI student offers potential solutions to help mitigate bike thefts
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dressed in a crisp, white shirt, tie, slacks, and polished shoes, 14-year-old Grade 9 LCI student Nathan Sherwood carried his solid steel U-shaped bike lock to a podium, as he address...
Sep 29, 2019 LCI student Nathan Sherwood brings the lock cut off his 4th bike

Charges pending in fatal Crowsnest Pass collision
PINCHER CREEK -- Pincher Creek - A head-on collision in the Crowsnest Pass Friday (Sept 27) night claimed the life of a woman.Around 8:50 on Highway-3, one kilometre west of Cowley. a pickup truck and...
Sep 28, 2019 RCMP cruiser - LNN

Alberta Premier Kenney says restraint coming - Not Klein-era budget cuts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there will be spending restraint in the upcoming budget but it won't resemble the fiscal bloodletting of the early 1990s.His first budget will put the brak...
Sep 28, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press

Author famously known as Lemony Snicket coming to Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The author behind the popular A Series of Unfortunate Events book series is coming to Lethbridge this Wednesday.Daniel Handler, commonly known by his pseudonym Lemony Snicket will be ...
Sep 28, 2019 Daniel Handler a.k.a. Lemony Snicket is coming to Lethbridge (Photo courtesy Lethbridge Public Library)