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RCMP believe bodies of B.C. murder suspects found
WINNIPEG - RCMP say the bodies believed to be two British Columbia murder suspects have been found in northern Manitoba.They say the bodies were found this morning in dense brush near the shoreline of...
Aug 07, 2019 Murder suspects Kam Mcleod, 19 and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18 (Photo Credit: Canadian Press)
Charges laid after north Lethbridge stand off Tuesday night
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 30-year-old man from St. John New Brunswick, is facing several charges after a lengthy stand off took place in a townhouse on the city's north side Tuesday evening (Aug. 6). Police ...
Aug 07, 2019 Officers respond to high risk incident in Highland Park with guns drawn (Photo Credit: Brandyn Montgomery, LNN)
Tuesday's damaging winds equivalent to an EF1 tornado according to Environment Canada
BARNWELL, AB - Environment Canada says Tuesday night's destructive storm formed in the Foothills northwest of Calgary, then tracked hundreds of kilometres southeast until it savagely hit the Vulcan an...
Aug 07, 2019 Storm Damage in Barnwell (Photo Courtesy: Megan Wilson)
Johnson Fresh Farms feels the effects of Tuesday night storm
TABER, AB - Johnson Fresh Farms lost about 90 percent of its crops Tuesday night.Much like Molnar's Taber Corn, Johnson was hit hard by the southern Alberta storm."About the same stuff that hit them h...
Aug 07, 2019 The damaged crops (Photo courtesy James Johnson)
Lethbridge man charged with possession of cocaine in Taber
TABER, AB - A man from Lethbridge has been charged in connection with a cocaine bust. Taber Police Service said that on August 2, suspicious activity was reported in a residential area. Officers respo...
Aug 07, 2019
UPDATE: Crops wiped out at Molnar’s Taber Corn following Tuesday night storm
BARNWELL, AB - Hail the size of golf balls wiped out nearly all of Molnar's Taber Corn, a farm that includes a lot more than just corn.Most significant, says Owner James Molnar, is anywhere from 480,0...
Aug 07, 2019 A squash, decimated by hail, at the Molnar Taber Corn farm. (Lethbridge News Now)
Three southern resident killer whales declared dead plunging population to 73
VANCOUVER - Three southern resident killer whales have been declared dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73. The dead killer whales are a 42-two-year-old matriarch k...
Aug 07, 2019
Town hall meeting being set up to discuss drug crisis in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of Lethbridge will have an opportunity to ask questions to a panel of experts on the ever-evolving drug situation.The exact date and time has not been set, but council appro...
Aug 06, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)
Stephan trial hears arguments to determine admissibility of medical examiner's testimony
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Calling Dr. Bamidele Adeagbo's testimony flippant and arrogant; at times defensive, rude, and unintelligible - Stephan Defense lawyer Ingrid Hess told Justice Terry Clackson those qua...
Aug 06, 2019 David and Collet Stephan
Alberta cuts MLA pay by five per cent, and 10 per cent for Premier Jason Kenney
EDMONTON -- Alberta politicians are taking a five per cent pay cut, and Premier Jason Kenney will now be taking home 10 per cent less.The decision was made unanimously by an all-party committee that s...
Aug 06, 2019 Albert Legislature -- LNN