Paramedics/Fire

West side residential fire causes significant smoke damage

LETHBRIDGE - A noon hour call to 911 alerted the Lethbridge fire department to heavy smoke coming from a home on the west side on Friday (Feb 14).Multiple stations responded to a home on Peigan Court ...

Feb 15, 2020 Lethbridge fire truck -- LNN

Alberta firefighters want input on Building Code review

RED DEER -- Alberta's professional fire fighters are urging the province to hit the pause button on allowing 12-storey wood frame structures, at least until the current National Building Code review i...

Feb 01, 2020 Fire truck file photo -- LNN

RCMP investigating sudden death and Cardston motel fire

CARDSTON - Shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, RCMP and Cardston County Fire and Emergency Services (CCFES) received a numerous 911 calls about a fire at a motel in the town.When they arrived on ...

Dec 26, 2019 RCMP Patch -- LNN

RCMP spend Sunday morning investigating fatal collision at Fort Macleod

FORT MACLEOD -- A single vehicle crash around 2:40 Sunday (Dec 15) morning on Highway-3 within Fort Macleod, required a traffic detour around the incident for almost eight hours. RCMP needed the time ...

Dec 15, 2019 RCMP patch - LNN

Police investigating early morning south side assault

LETHBRIDGE -- Around 1:00-am Saturday (Dec 14) morning, Police were called to an apartment complex in the 3500-block of Sylvan Road south, on a report of blood being found outside and inside the build...

Dec 15, 2019 LPS cruiser - LNN

Big rig collision ties-up traffic on Lethbridge’s eastern edge Friday night

LETHBRIDGE -- City Police are continuing an investigation into a collision on Crowsnest Trail Friday (Dec 6) night.Officers responded to the intersection at 43 street and Crowsnest Trail just before 9...

Dec 07, 2019 LPS cruiser - LNN

Multi vehicle collision on icy Highway-3

COALDALE -- Coaldale Fire and emergency services and RCMP had to deal with a stretch of highway carnage on Sunday (Dec 1). Not once, but twice.Shortly after 7:00-pm, a multi-vehicle collision near the...

Dec 01, 2019 Hwy-3 Crash - truck and cargo trailer destroyed - LNN

Fatal collision at Highway-3 and Coalhurst intersection

(UPDATE) COALHURST -- Mounties have released more information on a fatal collision Monday night.Coaldale RCMP responded to Highway 3 at the intersection leading into Coalhurst at around 7:15 p.m. They...

Nov 25, 2019 Coalhurst collision fatal - Photo credit to Quinn Campbell, Global Lethbridge

RCMP ask for information related to fatal Nobleford house fire

Nobleford - RCMP and the Coaldale Fire Department are investigating a fatal residential fire in Nobleford.Around 10:20 on Saturday (Nov 23) morning, a passer-by noticed smoke coming from a house on Mi...

Nov 23, 2019 RCMP uniform insignia

New Lethbridge fire recruits "tested by fire"

LETHBRIDGE -- Lethbridge's newest batch of fire recruits are mid-way through their training course and got hands on training in fire "cells", Thursday (Oct 17) afternoon. The group of seven recruits w...

Oct 17, 2019 Fire training - dousing a bedroom cell with water-- LNN