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Pedestrian suffers minor injuries after being hit by Lethbridge Police vehicle

LETHBRIDGE, AB - At approximately 10:45 pm on Wednesday, August 14th, a police officer was doing patrols on the west side and exited the parking lot of the University Drive Alliance Church.As the mark...

Aug 15, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Man accused of selling horses for processing receives fine, restitution order

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 78-year-old man charged in connection with the sale of two horses that were slaughtered at a Fort Macleod facility in April 2018, has pleaded guilty in Lethbridge Provincial Court t...

Aug 15, 2019 Wayne Bernard Jubb leaving the Lethbridge Courthouse Thursday (Lethbridge News NOW)

Panel announced to review Alberta's minimum wage

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Labour and Immigration Minister Jason Copping says an independent panel of experts will review the impacts of the province's minimum wage on the economy.It will consist of nine people...

Aug 15, 2019 Alberta legislature. (Lethbridge News Now)

Crews continue to make discoveries at Dinosaur Provincial Park

Dinosaur Provincial Park, AB - Every year, thousands of tourists pass through Dinosaur Provincial Park.75 million years ago, it was over 50 different species of dinosaurs passing though those same bad...

Aug 15, 2019 Royal Tyrrell Museum crews working at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Photo by Ross Lavigne)

Men twice as likely to smoke pot as women, Statistics Canada says

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadian men are almost twice as likely to use pot as women.New data from the National Cannabis Survey today shows 16 per cent of Canadians over 15 years old report usi...

Aug 15, 2019 Men and pot smoking -- The Canadian Press

New security measures and cannabis policies announced for Whoop-Up Days

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Organizers of next week's Whoop-Up Days festival are implementing a bevy of new policies they believe will help to keep the event safe for all attendees.Exhibition Park COO Mike Warke...

Aug 15, 2019 One of the new entrances to Whoop-Up Days at Exhibition Park. (Lethbridge News Now)

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)