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$95,000 drug seizure results in charges against Lethbridge man

LETHBRIDGE -- A 22-year-old city man faces drug charges after $95,000 worth of methamphetamine, carfentanil and cocaine was seized from a west side home last week. A short term investigation into drug...

Sep 11, 2019 LPS Cruiser -- LNN

Record numbers for Environment Lethbridge's Reuse Rendezvous

LETHBRIDGE, AB - This past weekend's Reuse Rendezvous was a great success.The Environment Lethbridge-lead event took place from Sept. 6 to 8 and had households place items to give away on their front ...

Sep 11, 2019 Just under 500 households registered for this past weekend's Reuse Rendezvous (Photo courtesy Environment Lethbridge)

UPDATE: Foremost water quality advisory rescinded

FOREMOST, AB - UPDATE (4:35 pm) The water quality advisory has been rescinded. Original Story: The Village of Foremost has issued a water quality advisory for the entire community, which is being broa...

Olivia Thorington Sep 10, 2019 Alberta Emergency Alert logo.

Options for Coaldale pool range from $0 to $25-million

COALDALE, AB - The Town of Coaldale has identified seven possible options for how to proceed with the future of swimming in the community.In early July, a "critical failure" was found in the current o...

Sep 10, 2019 The Coaldale Outdoor Pool. (Lethbridge News Now)

OH & S charges against Triple M Housing subsidiaries withdrawn, but remain against parent company

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge Housing company facing dozens of charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to its parent company and its 11 subsidiaries, will have the charges against the sub...

Sep 10, 2019 Triple M Housing in the Sherring Industrial Park, north Lethbridge

Trudeau to call election Wednesday with morning visit to Rideau Hall

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to call the next federal election Wednesday morning.He's to visit Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. local time to ask Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament.By ...

Sep 10, 2019 Justin Trudeau -- The Canadian Press

Reconciliation Week in Lethbridge promoting Indigenous languages September 15-20

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Oki to Lethbridge News Now!Oki, pronounced OH-KEE, is the Blackfoot word for "greetings" or "welcome", explains the City of Lethbridge's Indigenous Relations Advisor Perry Stein.Stein...

Sep 10, 2019 The Reconciliation Walk from Reconciliation Week in 2017. (Lethbridge News Now)

New website launched by Environment Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There's a new website in town.Environment Lethbridge has launched a new site to help residents reduce food waste and save money.The website, wasteless.ca/food, has information, tips a...

Sep 10, 2019 Environment Lethbridge Logo (Environment Lethbridge on Facebook)

Alberta opens public submissions for environmentalist foreign funding inquiry

EDMONTON -- The Alberta government has started a website to allow people to submit information to its inquiry into foreign funding of environmental groups.Inquiry commissioner Steve Allan says he is a...

Sep 10, 2019 Jason Kenney outside the Legislature - The Canadian Press

Second man charged in Lethbridge hockey tournament assault

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A second man has been charged in connection with an altercation at a youth hockey tournament over the weekend.On Sunday, video footage was captured of a referee being accosted by a gr...

Sep 10, 2019 A screenshot from the video captured by Dean Millard (@DuckMillard on Twitter)