Crime & Courts

Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...

Jul 22, 2019

Alberta judge denies B.C.’s bid to block ‘Turn Off the Taps’ bill

CALGARY -- A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia's attempt to block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil shipments to the coast.In a decision released Friday on the so-...

Jul 20, 2019 Jason Kenney and John Horgan -- The Canadian Press

Lethbridge Police investigate report of sexual assault

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police are investigating, after a 51-year-old woman reported that she was sexually assaulted in a north side alley Thursday evening.Police say around 10 p.m., the woman was...

Jul 19, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle (Lethbridge News NOW)

Man charged in fatal hit and run pleads not guilty

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 31-year-old man charged with failing to stop or remain at the scene of a collision causing death, has pleaded not guilty in Lethbridge Provincial Court. The plea was entered for Mic...

Jul 19, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

CALGARY - The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer. The teen from the Stoney Nakoda First ...

Jul 18, 2019

Interviews with family of highway shooting victim heard in Calgary court

CALGARY - The trial of an Alberta youth accused of firing a gun at a German tourist on a highway west of Calgary is having to rely on police interviews done with the family after he was shot...

Jul 17, 2019

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in prison

NEW YORK - The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or t...

Jul 17, 2019

Coaldale man facing robbery and resisting arrest charges

COALDALE -- A weekend robbery at a rural residence outside of Coaldale resulted in the arrest of a 37-year old Coaldale man on Tuesday (July 16). Coaldale RCMP spent the afternoon searching for the su...

Jul 17, 2019 RCMP Patch

Large quantities of Meth and carfentanil seized by Lethbridge Police

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged with several drug related offences, after Lethbridge Police seized nearly $84,000 worth of methamphetamine, carfentanil and crack cocai...

Jul 16, 2019 Lethbridge Police vehicle (Lethbridge News NOW)

Reduced number of infractions during Street Machine weekend

LETHBRIDGE -- While thousands of attendees had a positive experience during the ever-popular Street Machine weekend, it turns out most who attended were also well-behaved.Lethbridge Police and Alberta...

Jul 15, 2019 Vehicle display at Street Machine weekend -- LethbridgeNwsNOW