Category Archives: What’s Happening
Lethbridge's Kristie Kruger to chair Alberta Real Estate Association
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There will be a new face at the helm of Alberta's real estate industry and she resides in Lethbridge.Kristie Kruger, a realtor with Royal LePage, will take over as the chair of the Al...
Nov 26, 2019 Kristie Kruger. (Supplied by Kristie Kruger on Facebook)
New environmentally friendly "Vodkow" now available in Alberta
ALMONTE, ON - A new vodka is on shelves across Alberta and it's promoting an environmentally friendly way to make alcohol.It's called Vodkow and comes from Dairy Distillery in the community of Almonte...
Nov 25, 2019 Dairy Distillery Founder/CEO Omid McDonald (Photo: Mark Holleron)
School boards in Lethbridge dig deep into reserves to prevent layoffs
LETHBRIDGE, AB - No teachers are being laid off in Lethbridge, at least for now.Both the Lethbridge School Division and Holy Spirit Catholic Separate Division are pulling millions of dollars out of th...
Nov 22, 2019 Lethbridge Collegiate Institute. (Lethbridge News Now)
Lethbridge's Tevi Legge named "Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I still haven't come to the realization that it's happened. I think you see some of the names that've been honoured in the past and I see myself as a regular person and I don't see m...
Nov 22, 2019 Tevi Legge. (Supplied by @TeviLegge on Twitter)
Whooping cough infections slowing in Southern Alberta, but the fight is not over
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has confirmed 59 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the South Zone as of November 21st.An outbreak of the disease was declared on October 16th when 42 w...
Nov 21, 2019 Lethbridge Community Health Centre. (Lethbridge News Now)
Jim Carr named Canada's "Special Representative" for the Prairies
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named the members of his new caucus Wednesday morning, November 20th.Jim Carr, an MP in Winnipeg, will be given a new role that will have him work closel...
Nov 20, 2019 Jim Carr, Canada's new Special Representative for the Prairies. (Supplied by The Canadian Press)
Childcare students take part in empathy-building "poverty simulation" in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I think one of the things for the younger students that come into the Child and Youth Care program is, sometimes, they don't have a lot of experience with the different agencies that...
Nov 20, 2019 Students in the poverty simulations try to sell items to a pawn shop to make ends meet. (Lethbridge News Now)
Should Alberta ditch bi-annual time changes? Province launches survey
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Daylight saving time has been a time-honoured tradition in Alberta for the last half-century, but the government wants to know if this should be a thing of the past.Governments across...
Nov 20, 2019 (Supplied by Government of Alberta)
Dozens of groups sign on to Lethbridge Diversity & Inclusion Charter
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Governments, businesses, and organizations across the city are showing their formal commitment to ensuring everyone can feel safe, welcome, and included.The Lethbridge Diversity and I...
Nov 14, 2019 Viccor Iyilade Jr. (left) and Jerry Firth (right) sign the Lethbridge Diversity & inclusion Charter. (Lethbridge News Now)
Funding announced for school construction, upgrades to Interfaith Food Bank and Lethbridge Courthouse
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its 2019-2020 capital plan, which makes a few investments into Lethbridge.LNN is in the process of reaching out to each of the impacted organiza...
Nov 14, 2019 The High Level Bridge in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)