What’s Happening

Drop’n Beats music program gives at-risk youth a safe place to collaborate

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The goal is to create an environment of collaboration.The non-profit Drop'n Beats program operates out of the McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association and is a rebrand o...

Aug 10, 2019 Casey Ling (left) and Jayme Firstrider in the Drop'n Beats studio (Lethbridge News Now)

Lethbridge, Coaldale, Pincher Creek athletes competing at Western Canada Summer Games this weekend

SWIFT CURRENT, SK - The 2019 Western Canada Summer Games are underway and more than 1,700 people from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the territories are joining are taking part.This includes 341...

Aug 09, 2019 The opening ceremony for the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. (Supplied by City of Swift Current)

Parking fines at Lethbridge College increase to $50 as of September 1st

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge City Council has given their thumbs up to a motion to make parking violations more expensive at Lethbridge College (LC).Currently, parking at LC without a permit or in an a...

Aug 08, 2019 One of the parking lots at Lethbridge College. (Supplied by Google Maps)

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)

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)

Town hall meeting being set up to discuss drug crisis in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Residents of Lethbridge will have an opportunity to ask questions to a panel of experts on the ever-evolving drug situation.The exact date and time has not been set, but council appro...

Aug 06, 2019 Lethbridge City Hall. (Lethbridge News Now)

Fire ban issued for Lethbridge's river valley

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Effective immediately, fires of all types are not allowed in the coulees in the City of Lethbridge's boundaries.This includes the use of fire pits and camp stoves in the river bottom....

Aug 06, 2019 The river valley in Lethbridge. (Lethbridge News Now)

Fire advisory issued for Lethbridge County

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - Officials are taking actions to ensure the rural areas surrounding Lethbridge are not effected by wildfires."Although this is not a Fire Ban, the County asks citizens to take e...

Aug 02, 2019 Lethbridge County office. (Lethbridge News Now)

Missing Claresholm woman believed to be in Whistler, B.C.

Claresholm, AB - Alberta RCMP are providing an update on a missing person's case from last month.29-year-old Christine Newman was last seen in Claresholm on July 8th and was reported missing on July 1...

Aug 02, 2019 Missing person report from Christine Jeanette Newman. (Supplied by Alberta RCMP)

Lethbridge Corn Maze now open, honours 75th anniversary of Juno Beach D-Day

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Corn Maze owner and operator Theo Slingerland says he felt truly inspired to come up with this year's design.He and his family took a trip to Holland this spring, and while...

Aug 02, 2019 The 2019 design of the Lethbridge Corn Maze. (Supplied by Theo Slingerland)