Post to Social

Lethbridge Bulls kick off playoff action Thursday at home

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The 2019 Western Canadian Baseball League Playoffs are just starting.In the first round of the West Division, the Bulls are matched up with the Medicine Hat Mavericks.Game 1 starts at...

Aug 08, 2019 Spitz Stadium. (Supplied by Lethbridge Bulls)

Ghostbusters starts filming in Fort Macleod Thursday

FORT MACLEOD, AB - The day has finally come when the cast and crew of the new Ghostbusters 2020 movie arrive in Southern Alberta.They will be working on shooting a single action scene.Their first day ...

Olivia Thorington Aug 08, 2019 Welcome to Fort Macleod sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Premier Kenney says results of panel on Alberta finances coming in September

EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney says his government will unveil in early September the findings of a blue-ribbon panel doing a deep dive into Alberta's fiscal situation.Kenney says he expects the pan...

Aug 07, 2019 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press

New granting program in Lethbridge to aid in restoring historic buildings

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Business and building owners in Lethbridge's downtown, warehouse district, or along 13th Street North will soon be able to apply for a new stream of funding.Formally called the Adapti...

Aug 07, 2019 Downtown Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge County Council approves nearly $300,000 for First Responders Radio Communication System equipment

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - The Towns of Coaldale, Picture Butte, Coalhurst and Nobleford - along with the Village of Barons, will each share a portion of $289,467.70 to purchase new specialized radios fo...

Aug 07, 2019 Lethbridge County Building (Lethbridge News NOW)

ASPCA doesn't want a repeat of last year's horse neglect cases

EDMONTON -- Horse owners in Alberta are being urged to have enough high-quality hay stockpiled by summer's end to get their animals through next winter.The Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelt...

Aug 07, 2019 Horses on the range - LNN

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)