Crime & Courts

Appeal dismissed in challenge to Alberta gay-straight alliance law

CALGARY - Opponents of Alberta's law allowing gay-straight alliances in schools were dealt another legal setback Monday after the province's highest court dismissed their appeal. In 2017, the Alberta ...

Andrew Snook Apr 29, 2019 The Canadian Presss

Sex assault, solicitation trial for elderly southern Alberta man begins in Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A four-day trial for a 75-year-old man on more than half a dozen charges began in Lethbridge Monday, April 29. The man can not be named because it may identify the alleged victim, who...

Apr 29, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse

Lethbridge man sentenced in connection with 2018 Taber home invasion case

TABER, AB - A Lethbridge man charged with numerous offences involving a home invasion and assault at a home in Taber in July 2018, has been sentenced. According to Taber Police, they were called to a ...

Apr 24, 2019 Taber Courthouse

Psychiatric assessment results are in, trial for April Irving could go ahead

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nearly two and a half months after a forensic assessment was ordered for April Dawn Irving, psychiatrists at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre have found that the 59-yea...

Olivia Thorington Apr 24, 2019 April Irving in 2015 - Photo: Lethbridge News Now

Raymond man convicted of historic sex crimes to be sentenced in June

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A 50-year-old man from Raymond, found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault, in relation to crimes that occurred in the early to mid-1980s, will ...

Apr 24, 2019

Three from Lethbridge facing drug trafficking charges in Medicine Hat

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Three people from Lethbridge are facing multiple charges in Medicine Hat following an investigation into alleged methamphetamine trafficking last week.According to a release from th...

Olivia Thorington Apr 23, 2019 Photo Credit: CHAT TV

Child from Hutterite colony accidentally shot with .22 caliber pistol

PINCHER CREEK, AB - An 11-year-old child has been transported to Calgary Children's Hospital, after being accidentally shot this morning. Pincher Creek RCMP say around 11:30 a.m. (April 22), they, alo...

Apr 22, 2019 RCMP

RCMP conclude gun complaint in the Crowsnest Pass

Bellevue, Alta - The firearm investigation which unfolded Thursday (Apr 18) evening in the Crowsnest Pass was concluded the same evening. RCMP with the assistance of the Emergency Response Team (ERT),...

Apr 18, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW.com

Trial re-scheduled for woman accused of passing counterfeit currency

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A trial scheduled for May 21, 2019 for 35- year-old Kristina Lucille Zinger has been re-scheduled.Zinger, who appeared in Lethbridge Provincial Court on Thursday, April 18 - in this i...

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Forensic assessment to continue for Douglas Bagnall

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A forensic assessment ordered March 1, 2019 for 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall will continue for the next 30 days.Appearing via CCTV from the Calgary Remand Centre, Bagnall, who is facin...

Apr 18, 2019 Lethbridge Courthouse, Lethbridge News NOW