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Italy to host 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Italy will host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. International Olympic Committee members voted for the Milan-Cortina bid over a Stockholm-based entry fr...

Jun 24, 2019 Olympic Rings

Minister's Youth Council recruiting Albertan teens

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The provincial government is looking for 32 students from across Alberta to join their Youth Council.Students between the ages of 14-19 will be part of the Council for 10 months durin...

Jun 24, 2019 The Alberta Legislature in Edmonton. (Lethbridge News Now)

New sentencing date to be set in August for Addison Wakefield

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new sentencing date for a man formerly convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old George Span of Lethbridge, will be set in late August. In early May, The Supreme...

Jun 24, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse (Lethbridge News NOW)

Hurricanes’ home opener set for September 20

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The WHL has announced the 2019-2020 season home openers for teams across the league Monday morning.The Lethbridge Hurricanes' Dairy Queen home opener is scheduled for Friday, Septembe...

Olivia Thorington Jun 24, 2019 The Lethbridge Hurricanes will play Medicine Hat in their home opener September 20, 2019 (Photo courtesy the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Twitter @WHLHurricanes)

Who you gonna call? Lethbridge rattlesnake wrangler keeps serpents, citizens safe

LETHBRDGE -- One rattlesnake got caught in freshly laid tar under someone's stairs. Others typically get twisted and trapped in garden netting.Ryan Heavy Head comes to the rescue of both the vipers an...

Jun 24, 2019 Ryan Heavy Head at work in a park - LethbridgeNewsNOW

TD Bank Employees in Lethbridge Thwart $145,000 Fraud Attempt

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A man from Calgary has been charged with attempting fraud after he allegedly provided fake documents that would have seen $145,000 taken out of someone else's bank account.Lethbridge ...

Jun 24, 2019 Lethbridge Police Service vehicle. (Lethbridge News Now)

Two Palliser schools celebrate first graduates

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - Sometimes there's sacrifice required in being a frontrunner. Set to become the lone member of Huntsville School's Class of 2019, Nathan Reimer will gladly accept that.This week...

Jun 24, 2019 The Class of 2019 at John Davidson School, Pancho Wieler, at left, and Peter Neustaeter (Photo courtesy Craig Albrecht)

David Saint-Jacques faces long recovery after return to Earth, doctor says

MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will return to Earth on Monday following a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Raffi Kuyumjian, the doctor for the Canadian Spac...

Olivia Thorington Jun 23, 2019

Blanket Exercise a first for Hutterite colony schools

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY: It was a lesson which brought together two seemingly distinct cultures. In the end, however, they learned perhaps they're not so dissimilar.Albion Ridge Hutterite Colony School rece...

Jun 23, 2019 Teacher Katie Lindsay rearranges blankets her students stand on as part of the Blanket Exercise at Albion Ridge Hutterite Colony School

Lethbridge teen reflects on Miss Alberta World title, prepares for Miss World Canada pageant

LETHBRIDGE, AB - For Ashton Wesley, it was all about believing in herself. The 19-year-old Lethbridge native, then 18, was crowned Miss Alberta World in February. The Calgary event was the first pagea...

Olivia Thorington Jun 23, 2019 Lethbridge's Ashton Wesley is headed to the Miss World Canada event in Toronto July 21-27 (Photo credit: La Di Da Lane Photography)