Crime & Courts

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is banning a range of assault-style guns, with an order that takes effect immediately.The cabinet order he describes doesn't forbid o...

May 01, 2020

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is banning a range of assault-style guns, with an order that takes effect immediately.The cabinet order he describes doesn't forbid o...

May 01, 2020

Feds to ban gun used in Montreal massacre, other assault-style rifles

OTTAWA - The federal government is poised to ban a variety of assault-style rifles, including the type used in the 1989 Montreal Massacre. During the fall election campaign, the Liberals said gun...

Apr 30, 2020

City man charged with drug trafficking offences

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A 49-year-old man is facing drug trafficking offences, after methamphetamine, cocaine and carfentanil were seized following a report of a suspicious vehicle. Around 7:04 Saturday (A...

Apr 27, 2020 LPS headquarters -- LNN

LPS investigating single vehicle incident in the coulees

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- A large contingent of police and emergency personnel were called out to the coulees on the city's south side, near the airport, on Thursday (Apr 23) night, to investigate a single v...

Apr 23, 2020 Tow truck prepares to pull truck out of ditch - LNN

Brooks RCMP crack down on self-quarantine non-compliance

BROOKS, AB. -- RCMP are giving no leeway to those who snub Public Health orders regarding self-quarantine. On Wednesday (Apr 22), officers investigated a complaint about a man loitering around homes a...

Apr 23, 2020 RCMP cruiser -- LNN

Weekend traffic stop in Claresholm results in drug charges

CLARESHOLM, AB. - An RCMP traffic stop on Sunday (April 12) afternoon produced charges against an 18-year old.Around 5:45 pm, RCMP conducted a traffic stop on 8th Street west in Claresholm. The driver...

Apr 16, 2020 RCMP patch

Fatal pedestrian collision claims life of child

LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Lethbridge police continue to investigate a fatal pedestrian collision, which happened around 3:30 on Monday (Apr 13) at the intersection of Whoop Up Drive and Aquitania Boulevard W...

Apr 13, 2020 LPS cruiser -- LNN

Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads

The number COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada's criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of peo...

Apr 09, 2020

Public help needed to identify Vauxhall armed bank robbery suspect

VAUXHALL, AB. - Taber RCMP need your help to identify an armed bank robber. Around 12:30-pm on Wednesday (April 8), RCMP responded to the report of an armed robbery at a bank in the area of 2 avenue n...

Apr 08, 2020 Vauxhall bank robbery -- RCMP released video surveillance