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City celebrates grand opening of new Park ‘n’ Ride Transit Terminal

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The wheels on the bus go round and round.The City of Lethbridge celebrated the official grand opening of the new Regional Park 'n' Ride Transit Terminal. The new facility is located i...

Sep 06, 2019 The new Park 'n' Ride Transit Terminal in downtown Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

Ghostbusters crew returning to Fort Macleod Saturday for re-shooting

FORT MACLEOD, AB - After spending six days in the community in August, some members of the Ghostbusters 2020 production team are coming back to re-shoot parts of their scene.The Town of Fort Macleod h...

Olivia Thorington Sep 06, 2019 An image from the Ghostbusters 2020 trailer. (Supplied by Sony Pictures Entertainment)

29-year-old SCS paintball suspect to remain behind bars

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 29-year old man charged with three counts of possession of a dangerous weapon, one count of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, and one count of mischief in relation to ...

Sep 06, 2019 A suspect vehicle allegedly connected to a paintball shooting at the SCS - Photo Courtesy: Lethbridge Police

Three city residents charged after high risk incident

LETHBRIDGE -- The investigation continues but, two men and a woman, all from Lethbridge, face a string of charges after both the Priority Crime Unit and the Critical Incident Response Team seized 13 f...

Sep 06, 2019 LPS cruiser --LNN

Cottonwood Park set to temporarily close for improvement work

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Effective Monday, September 9, Lethbridge's Cottonwood Park will be closed.The move is only temporary, however, as crews will be working on improvements around the space.Improvements ...

Sep 06, 2019 Cottonwood Park Map (City of Lethbridge)

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat’s unemployment rate rises in August

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The jobless rate went up in the Lethbridge area last month.In August, the unemployment rate for the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region was listed at 7.1 per cent, up from 6.4 per...

Sep 06, 2019

Canada sees gains in part-time, youth employment as wage growth slows

OTTAWA - Canada's economy posted a job surge last month of 81,100 net new positions, the bulk of which were part time, in the services sector and picked up by young people.Statistics Canada says that ...

Sep 06, 2019 The Canadian Press

‘Simply spectacular’: Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital promises new chapter for health care in Saskatchewan

It truly is a made in Saskatchewan vision come to life.Nearly five years after a historic groundbreaking, the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital is open and many say it will usher in a new, state-of-the...

Sep 06, 2019 An example of a pediatric intensive care room. It has space for families to stay with their children overnight. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Man convicted of beating partner, keeping her in RV for two days, sentenced in Lethbridge Provincial Court

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 53-year-old man who has five prior domestic assault convictions involving three different partners, and a criminal record dating back to 1980, has been convicted again of multiple o...

Sep 05, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Future of HALO Air Ambulance Program "bleak", officials call for funding

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - A group of mayors and reeves from Southern Alberta will be asking the provincial government to fund the HALO Air Ambulance program.A helicopter based out of Medicine Hat is use...

Sep 05, 2019 HALO Air Ambulance. (Supplied by HALO Rescue)