Category Archives: What’s Happening

Ameliia's letter: The war in her words
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge News Now is featuring a series of stories about Ukrainian refugee families who are relocating to Canada. Some family names are not revealed throughout the series for their ...
Apr 12, 2022

E-scooter and e-bike program officially launches in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents and visitors to Lethbridge have a new way to zip around the city.Neuron Mobility has partnered with the City of Lethbridge to formally launch YQL's first shared e-scooter an...
Apr 08, 2022

Alberta crown prosecutors say strike is possible, could impact criminal proceedings
LETHBRIDGE, AB - An organization representing crown prosecutors in Alberta says there is a "crisis in the justice system" and that job action could happen in the near future.Dallas Sopko, President of...
Apr 07, 2022

$452B federal budget focused on affordability, innovation
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable for people and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity. Free...
Apr 07, 2022

Winston Churchill High’s Interact club hosting bottle drive for Ukraine this month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - High school students in Lethbridge are coming together to support Ukraine.They are the latest of many groups and organizations across the world that have been showing their support fo...
Apr 07, 2022

TransPod secures US$550M to build Calgary-Edmonton hyperloop
CALGARY, AB - A company planning to build an ultra-high-speed transportation system between Alberta's two largest cities has announced a major development.An agreement in principle has been reached wi...
Mar 29, 2022

CRTC approves broadcast component of Rogers-Shaw deal, with conditions
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.'s broadcasting services, subject to so...
Mar 24, 2022

Lethbridge Police joins forces with MADD to reduce impaired driving on local roads
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police in Lethbridge have teamed up with MADD for an awareness campaign aimed at getting impaired drivers off the roads.Officials are also encouraging the public to report suspect imp...
Mar 24, 2022

Alberta and Lethbridge record deadliest year for drug overdoses in 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta, the South Zone, and Lethbridge all recorded their deadliest year on record for drug overdoses in 2021.The province released data late Thursday, showing that 176 people died i...
Mar 18, 2022

Province allocating smallest amount of MSI funding to municipalities in at least a decade
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Government presented its first balanced budget in several years, but that did not come without a few sacrifices.Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver issued a letter to el...
Mar 17, 2022