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UPDATE: Missing person found
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Lethbridge Police Service said Purcella Marie Old Shoes has been found. ---------- Lethbridge Police are on the lookout for a missing woman. LPS says that 36-year-old Purcella...
Jul 11, 2019 Photo provided by the Lethbridge Police Service

Premiers to focus on Quebec over pipelines, religious symbols at conference
SASKATOON - Canada's premiers are meeting in Saskatoon on the final day of their annual gathering with Quebec expected to be at the centre of talks. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is trying to w...
Jul 11, 2019

Bigger than a Zamboni and a lot more complicated
LETHBRIDGE -- It was a sight to behold at the Enmax Centre on Wednesday. An arena that normally houses a sheet of ice and only occasionally sees a piece of equipment bigger than a Zamboni, was transfo...
Jul 11, 2019 Tractors and students at Combine College -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Province planning to extend grazing leases for ranchers
EDMONTON -- The provincial government has announced plans to grant extended grazing leases for certain ranchers.Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks, announced Tuesday that the provincial go...
Jul 10, 2019 Grazing cattle -- LethbridgeNwwsNOW

Province seeks feedback on greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan
CALGARY - The Alberta government is seeking feedback on its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from big industrial players.The province's environment, energy and agriculture ministers are meeting wi...
Jul 10, 2019 Refinery site -- The Canadian Press

Lethbridge police investigating assault at Galt Gardens
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Around 3:51 pm on Monday, July 8th, Emergency Medical Services responded to a call at the southwest corner of Galt Gardens.A 42-year-old woman was assaulted and suffered head injuries...
Jul 10, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service station. (Lethbridge News Now)

Amid a standoff with China, Ottawa announces financial support for the beef industry
CALGARY -- Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced in Calgary on Wednesday (July 10) that $8.3 million will be used for six projects that will help support Canada's world-class bee...
Jul 10, 2019 Southern Alberta Feedlot -- LethbridgeNewsNOW

Man with knife arrested in Taber after allegedly making threats
TABER, AB - In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 7th, Taber Police Service was called out for help.A taxi driver told them that the man they were giving a ride to had a knife and was threatening...
Jul 10, 2019 Taber Police Service vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Provincial funding for $11.2-million rehabilitative housing project in Lethbridge "under review"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Any change in provincial governments inevitably means that all previously-promised cheques are no longer a guarantee.Back in December 2018, the Alberta NDP announced $1.6-million for ...
Jul 10, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

City of Lethbridge to propose becoming prototype for provincial drug strategy
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Mayor Chris Spearman is set to speak with officials from Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions in a closed meeting Wednesday. The topic of discussion will center around t...
Jul 10, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)