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Lethbridge's first electric vehicle fast charger launches at Park Place Mall

LETHBRIDGE -- The Peaks to Prairies Electric Vehicle Charging Network celebrated the launch of Lethbridge's first Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) Wednesday.It's owned and operated by ATCO and is lo...

Aug 15, 2019 Asanga Gunatillaka (ATCO) and Councillor Jeff Carlson (City of Lethbridge)

Alberta, Saskatchewan say they have no plans to put anti-carbon tax stickers on pumps

EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta and Saskatchewan say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps.Ontario's P...

Aug 15, 2019 Jason Kenney -- The Canadian Press

University of Lethbridge gets funding for state-of-the-art lab rat housing

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Canada Foundation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund has provided $90,000 to the University of Lethbridge to help provide essential rat housing infrastructure in the new Science and Aca...

Aug 14, 2019 U of L's New Science and Academic Building (Lethbridge News NOW)

Green Party names Stephnie Watson its candidate for Lethbridge this fall

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Green Party of Canada has their representative for this fall's federal election.Watson runs Sherlock & Watson Scientific, a Lethbridge-based company that provides accessible s...

Aug 14, 2019 Stephnie Watson, the Green Party candidate for Lethbridge. (Supplied by Stephnie Watson)

Funding request made to twin sections of Highway 3 between Taber and Medicine Hat

TABER, AB - The Highway 3 Twinning Development Association is asking the province for $3.2-million to complete engineering for two sections of the road.If approved, this would cover Taber to Burdett a...

Aug 14, 2019 Highway 3 direction sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Prospect of U.S.-China trade deal creates access worries for Canadian farmers

OTTAWA - China's move to stop buying several Canadian agricultural products has punished some farmers, and now industry leaders are worrying about the prospect of a broader threat - an eventual U.S.-C...

Aug 14, 2019 Canola oil products -- The Canadian Press

Cops inspiring kids in Lethbridge to become the next generation of law enforcement

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Several kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Lethbridge got to take part in the week-long Kids 'n Cops program.It sees police officers take the children through a variety of activit...

Aug 14, 2019 Kids getting to ride a Lethbridge Police motorcycle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Fort Macleod child killed in two vehicle collision near Creston

CRESTON -- RCMP continue to investigate a head-on crash that claimed the life of a child Monday (Aug 12) evening west of Creston. Around 10:00-pm, an east-bound SUV crossed the centre line and collide...

Aug 14, 2019 RCMP vehicle - LNN

Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, Can...

Aug 14, 2019 Justin Trudeau - The Canadian Press

Lethbridge Police hoping to return stolen property to rightful owners

LETHBRIDGE, AB - On June 13th, 2019, officers were alerted to suspicious activity at a room in the Superlodge hotel and a truck in the parking lot, and upon further investigation, found a "significant...

Aug 14, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)