Lethbridge news

• Proposed park looks to address green space deficiency in Saddle Ridge

  28-02-2019 23:56
  Ward 5 councillor George Chahal has put forward a notice of motion to create a park in a northeast neighbourhood where green space is currently at a premium. The proposed location for the park, which is expected to be between 1,100 and 1,400 square metres (12,000 and 15,000 square feet), would be on a plot of land on a dead-end road that currently houses an abandoned dirt pit.  The spot is at the east end of 89 Avenue Northeast, behind the homes along Saddlebrook Way, and near several acrea
  
  Read more

• Songs of Hope Society announces fundraising concert for cancer research - Global News

  28-02-2019 23:46
  Songs of Hope Society announces fundraising concert for cancer research  Global NewsHoping their music can help those affected by cancer, the Songs of Hope Society has announced it will host a fundraising concert this April.
  
  Read more

• Grieving family of Humboldt Bronco victim work to drive up number of Canadian organ donors

  28-02-2019 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Logan Boulet died in hospital a day after the bus crash. His parents say they knew organ donation was something their son believed in and offered his organs before doctors could even ask.
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge’s Chinook tourism visitor centre closing its doors - Global News

  28-02-2019 23:01
  Lethbridge’s Chinook tourism visitor centre closing its doors  Global NewsThe Chinook Country Tourist Association lost about 40 per cent of its revenue after city council pulled funding and placed the money in Tourism Lethbridge's ...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• U.S. offers $1 million reward in hunt for bin Laden's son

  28-02-2019 22:57
  WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government is offering US$1 million for help tracking down the son of the late terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. A State Department notice Thursday says the reward will be paid for help locating Hamza bin Laden in any country as part of its "rewards for justice" program. The announcement says bin Laden's son has emerged as a leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group. His father was killed in a U.S. military raid in Pakistan in May 2011. Hamza bin Laden was named a "specially
  
  Read more

• Edmonton woman attacked in Vietnam, called ‘dirty American’

  28-02-2019 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton woman who was just three days into her six-week trip to Asia said she was attacked by a group of men in Vietnam who mistook her for an American.
  
  Read more

• AHS warns of potential tuberculosis exposure at high school in Calgary zone

  28-02-2019 22:10
  Alberta Health Services officials say 53 people at a high school in the Calgary zone were potentially exposed to tuberculosis. Letters were mailed on Thursday to those who were potentially exposed to the infectious disease at the school on an undisclosed date that occured in recent months. The notifications include details regarding tuberculosis screening and assessment. According to AHS, there is no risk to the general public and the name of the high school and information pertaining to the ide
  
  Read more

• Grieving family of Humboldt victim works to drive up number of Canadian organ donors

  28-02-2019 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  On April 7, the day Logan passed away, the Boulet family is launching Green Shirt Day in conjunction with the Canadian Transplant Association and Live On Canada. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• STEM education, high-speed internet access essential for success of First Nations communities

  28-02-2019 21:26
  The future economic successes of Indigenous communities and businesses hinge on cooperative efforts from the government, the private sector, and the communities themselves to adopt emerging technologies according to a recently released report. The findings of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and Tata Consultancy Services’ ‘Digital Directions: Towards skill development and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the new economy' were presented Thursday at the 2019 Forwar
  
  Read more

• Quebec brewers sent cease and desist from Kellogg’s over Froot Loop beer

  28-02-2019 20:59
  A Quebec brewery’s popular Fruit Loops beer will no longer be sold after the company received a letter from the makers of the popular cereal. Kellogg Canada sent Quebec brewer Farnham Ale & Lager a cease and desist letter telling them to stop making heir Froot Loop IPA. Rather than being upsetting news to the brewer, located about an hour outside of Montreal, it was something they had been expecting for almost a month. “We had a smile when we received it,” Farnham co-owner
  
  Read more

• Spring Concert Taking Place to Support Cancer Research at University of Lethbridge

  28-02-2019 20:32
  
  
  Through the Songs for Hope Society and the CancerBlast concert, music may soon have the power to heal.
  
  Read more

• GreenFeedSystem studies correlation between cattle feed consumption and greenhouse has emissions

  28-02-2019 20:26
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Exhibition Park is filled to the brim with vendors and agriculture enthusiasts for the 2019 Ag Expo.
  The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research and Development Centre has a booth set up. On display is the GreenFeedSystem, a creation from South Dakota-based C-Lock Inc.
  ...
  Read More
  
  Read more

• Saskatchewan man charged with threatening prime minister in phone call

  28-02-2019 20:23
  REGINA - Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a man after he allegedly threatened to shoot the prime minister and blow up Parliament buildings. Mounties say the comments were made in a phone call to a federal government agency on Feb. 12. The call was then reported to officers in Nipawin, Sask. A 52-year-old man from Nipawin was arrested this week and charged with the offence of uttering threats against Parliament. David Petersen is to appear in Nipawin provincial court on March 6. RCMP say Petersen h
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge man pleads guilty to charges in relation to January RCMP cruiser ramming incident - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2019 20:21
  Lethbridge man pleads guilty to charges in relation to January RCMP cruiser ramming incident  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - A Lethbridge man, who was facing 13 charges relating to ramming an RCMP vehicle and a subsequent crime spree in Coaldale on Jan. 14 - will ...
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge man pleads guilty to charges in relation to January RCMP cruiser ramming incident

  28-02-2019 20:21
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A Lethbridge man, who was facing 13 charges relating to ramming an RCMP vehicle and a subsequent crime spree in Coaldale on Jan. 14 - will spend more than a year in jail, after pleading guilty to several offences in Lethbridge Provincial Court Tuesday, Feb. 26.
  ...
  Read More
  
  Read more

• 3 passengers drowned after Cessna door design slowed exit in NWT plane crash: TSB

  28-02-2019 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board is issuing a warning over the doors on a small Cessna float plane after three people drowned on a sightseeing flight last summer.
  
  Read more

• Chinook Country Tourist Association to dissolve

  28-02-2019 19:30
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Chinook Country Tourist Association has announced it will be dissolving due to depleted financial resources and no positive outcomes moving forward.
  The decision to dissolve the organization was originally made on Feb. 19 at the Board Meeting of the Association.
  Since the loss of funding from the City of Lethbridge for providing Visitor Services at the Visitor Information Centre last April, the organization looked for other sources o
  
  Read more

• Green Party accuses Alberta government of misleading Canadians in Trans Mountain campaign

  28-02-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Green Party leader Elizabeth May is calling out the Alberta government for what she calls is misleading messaging in the province's "Keep Canada Working" advertising campaign.
  
  Read more

• Appeal dismissed for Calgary parents convicted in teen son’s death

  28-02-2019 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  Emil and Rodica Radita challenged their first-degree murder convictions two years ago in the death of 15-year-old Alexandru.
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge's Dupont Rink Wins Ladies Bonspiel - CochraneNow.com

  28-02-2019 18:48
  Lethbridge's Dupont Rink Wins Ladies Bonspiel  CochraneNow.comThe Nanette Dupont Rink, of Lethbridge, came out on top in last weekend's Ladies Bonspiel of the Cochrane Curling Club. Dupont, along with third Samantha ...
  
  Read more

• Speaker grants opposition request for emergency debate on SNC-Lavalin scandal

  28-02-2019 18:41
  OTTAWA – MPs will hold an emergency debate this evening in the aftermath of former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony before the House Justice Committee yesterday. Wilson-Raybould said she faced high-level "veiled threats" and political interference in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen raised the request for the “urgent” debate that she said is required as the result of what was heard yesterday.Watch: Jody Wilson-Ra
  
  Read more

• MPs hold emergency debate on SNC-Lavalin scandal

  28-02-2019 18:41
  OTTAWA – MPs are holding an emergency debate Thursday evening in the aftermath of former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony before the House Justice Committee. Wilson-Raybould said she faced high-level "veiled threats" and political interference in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen raised the request for the “urgent” debate that she said is required as the result of what was heard yesterday.Watch: Jody Wilson-Raybou
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Man Gets Jail Time for Crime Spree

  28-02-2019 18:41
  A Lethbridge man pleading guilty to a number of charges on Wednesday (Feb. 27) in relation to a crime spree from the beginning of this year.
  
  Read more

• Chinook Country Tourist Association Being Dissolved, Visitor Centre Closing

  28-02-2019 18:20
  As of the end of March, the the Chinook Country Tourist Association will be shutting down and the organization dissolved.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley calls for major amendments to Bill C-69 in Senate address

  28-02-2019 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it makes no sense for Ottawa to have spent $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline while it is pushing legislation she says will prevent most future energy projects from being built.
  
  Read more

• Court expected to rule on appeals from Calgary couple convicted in death of diabetic son

  28-02-2019 17:08
  The Court of Appeal is expected to rule on a challenge from a Calgary couple who filed appeals after they were convicted in the death of their 15-year-old son from untreated diabetes and starvation in 2013. Emil and Rodica Radita were convicted two years ago of first-degree murder in the death of their son Alexandru and were sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. The teen died in May 2013 from complications associated with neglect, starvation and unmanaged diabetes af
  
  Read more

• Court dismisses appeals from Calgary couple convicted in death of diabetic son

  28-02-2019 17:08
  The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge from a Calgary couple who filed appeals after they were convicted in the death of their 15-year-old son from untreated diabetes and starvation in 2013. Emil and Rodica Radita were convicted two years ago of first-degree murder in the death of their son Alexandru and were sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. The teen died in May 2013 from complications associated with neglect, starvation and unmanaged diabetes after his p
  
  Read more

• Trudeau announces Canada will be partner in NASA-led Lunar Gateway project

  28-02-2019 16:40
  LONGUEUIL, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada will be "going to the moon" as a partner in a NASA-led project. NASA is embarking on the creation of its new Lunar Gateway, a space station it plans to send into orbit around the moon starting in 2022. The plan calls for a sustainable lunar architecture that would allow people and equipment to go back and forth to the moon regularly, NASA says. It is also described as a first step toward deeper space exploration, including
  
  Read more

• Victoria's Secret owner plans store closures in U.S., Canada

  28-02-2019 16:32
  Dozens of Victoria’s Secret stores, including some in Canada, are being earmarked for closure as owner L Brands looks to shore up poor financial performance at the lingerie chain. The announcement came amid the release of L Brands’ fourth-quarter results, which showed that adjusted operating income at Victoria’s Secret’s North American operations fell by 35 per cent in the quarter and was down by 45 per cent for the 2018 fiscal year as expenses rose while sales remained f
  
  Read more

• Premier Notley speaks to Senate committee on Bill C-69

  28-02-2019 15:24
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is in Ottawa to speak to a Senate committee studying proposed legislation that would change the way major energy projects are approved. Bill C-69 proposes changes to the way environmental assessments on large natural resources projects are handled, which includes pipelines and mining. Notley has said that she is concerned the changes would impact the province’s right to manage its resources as it would put energy projects through more lengthy reviews. The Prem
  
  Read more

• Rare set of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

  28-02-2019 14:36
  A pair of Australian twins had researchers scratching their heads when it was discovered they were neither identical nor fraternal, but semi-identical siblings. In a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, scientists detail how they identified the set of semi-identical or sesquizygotic twins, only the second known pair in existence, during the mother’s pregnancy in 2014. At first, the fetal medicine team at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital believed the 28-y
  
  Read more

• Edmonton family 'shaken' after discovering bomb under vehicle

  28-02-2019 13:59
  Police in Alberta are investigating after an Edmonton family found a homemade pipe bomb under one of their vehicles.Read more at CTV EdmontonPolice were called to the Edmonton home Tuesday evening, after a man discovered something sitting under his sister’s SUV when he arrived home from work. “He grabbed it not really knowing what it was and kind of playing around with it in his hands,” said the homeowner, who spoke to CTV Edmonton under the condition of anonymity. “It wa
  
  Read more

• Hyundai, Kia recalls more than 500K vehicles as engine fire risk spreads

  28-02-2019 13:53
  DETROIT -- Hyundai and Kia have added more than a half-million vehicles to 3 1/2-year string of U.S. recalls for engine failures and fires. Three recalls released Thursday by the government add new problems and vehicles to the Korean automakers' list of safety woes, which have brought hundreds of complaints about fires from across the nation. The companies have now recalled nearly 2.4 million vehicles for fire and engine failure problems since September of 2015, and they are under investigation
  
  Read more

• Australia suffers hottest summer on record, little relief in sight

  28-02-2019 13:28
  Australia suffered its hottest summer on record from December through February and forecasts show the southern autumn will continue to be drier and warmer than average, the government said Thursday. "After a record hot December and January, it won't come as a surprise that this summer will be our warmest on record," said Andrew Watkins, manager of long-range forecasting at the Bureau of Meteorology. Although the final figures won't be available until Friday, the bureau said it was already clear
  
  Read more

• CIBC, TD Q1 earnings fall short amid market volatility

  28-02-2019 12:40
  TORONTO -- The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Toronto-Dominion Bank delivered first-quarter profits that fell short of expectations, as both lenders saw a decline in capital markets' earnings and recorded a hefty charge related to their partnership with Air Canada's new loyalty program. Both CIBC and TD hiked their dividend Thursday as their latest results capped off a relatively tough earnings season for Canada's biggest lenders. CIBC reported $1.18 billion in net income for the quarter
  
  Read more

• CIBC hikes dividend as first-quarter profits drop 11 per cent

  28-02-2019 12:40
  TORONTO -- The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce hiked its dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit fell 11 per cent to $1.18 billion, missing expectations. CIBC saw double-digit drops in profit from Canadian personal and small business banking and capital markets. However, commercial banking and wealth management delivered a 25 per cent uptick in earnings in the U.S. while in Canada earnings were relatively flat. The bank said also said the quarter included several one-time items -- su
  
  Read more

• Canadian banks Q1 earnings hit by market volatility, deteriorating credit

  28-02-2019 12:40
  TORONTO -- Canada's biggest banks in the latest quarter grappled with a plunge in North American equity markets and deteriorating credit quality, hampering their earnings, but benefited from strength in their international businesses. Toronto-Dominion Bank and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the last of the country's large lenders to report financial first-quarter results, fell short of expectations amid weak market-related earnings. TD's wholesale banking unit recorded a $17 million net
  
  Read more

• Volunteer Lethbridge, ULSU to host Colour Fun Run April 7 - Lethbridge Herald

  28-02-2019 10:44
  Volunteer Lethbridge, ULSU to host Colour Fun Run April 7  Lethbridge HeraldGreg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Volunteer Lethbridge and the University of Lethbridge Students' Union have announced their.
  
  Read more

• U.S., North Korea offer dueling accounts of talks breakdown

  28-02-2019 08:04
  HANOI, Vietnam -- In open dispute, the U.S. and North Korea offered contradictory accounts Thursday of why the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un broke down, though both pointed to punishing American sanctions as a sticking point in the high-stakes nuclear negotiation. President Trump, who returned to the White House Thursday night, said before leaving Hanoi that the talks collapsed because North Korea's leader insisted that all the sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Pyongyang be lifted
  
  Read more

• North Korea disputes Trump's account of talks breakdown

  28-02-2019 08:04
  HANOI, Vietnam -- North Korea is disputing U.S. President Donald Trump's account of why the summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un collapsed, saying the North demanded only partial sanctions relief in exchange for shutting down its main nuclear complex. Trump, who was on his way back to Washington on Thursday, said before leaving Hanoi that the talks broke down because Kim insisted that all the punishing sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Pyongyang be lifted without the North co
  
  Read more

• No deal: Trump, Kim summit collapses over sanctions impasse

  28-02-2019 08:04
  HANOI, Vietnam -- Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to bridge a standoff over U.S. sanctions, a dispiriting end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a global nuclear threat. Trump blamed the breakdown on North Korea's insistence that all the punishing sanctions the U.S. has imposed on Pyongyang be lifted without the North committing to eliminate its nuclear arsenal. "Sometimes you have to walk," Trump explaine
  
  Read more

• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

  28-02-2019 06:49 via globalnews.ca
  Carson Focht had a four-goal effort and Kaden Elder added a hat trick as the Calgary Hitmen toppled the Swift Current Broncos 9-3 on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action.
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Hurricanes rally for overtime win against WHL’s top team

  28-02-2019 06:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes upset the WHL leading Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday with a 5-4 overtime win. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
  Read more

• Fort Macleod RCMP investigate assault, release few details

  28-02-2019 06:22 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are releasing few details about an early morning assault in Fort Macleod on Wednesday that prompted a response from multiple RCMP detachments. Kyle Benning reports.
  
  Read more

• Family of five and their pets unharmed following garage fire in Royal Oak

  28-02-2019 06:11
  A family in a northwest neighbourhood encountered smoke and an unusual odour early Wednesday evening after a fire broke out in their attached garage. Jeffrey Anderson says he was cooking dinner in his home in Royal Oak shortly after 6:00 p.m. while his wife had a nap. “I went upstairs and my wife was like ‘it kind of smells bad’,” said Anderson. “We have a natural gas fireplace upstairs. I checked that.” “My daughter could see the smoke coming out of the
  
  Read more

• Wonderland sculpture at The Bow under wraps for routine facelift

  28-02-2019 04:47
  A 12-metre tall art installation situated outside of The Bow building will be out of sight and off-limits to the public for the coming weeks as it receives a touch-up of its paint. Wonderland, a depiction of a young girl’s head constructed of bent-wire and designed by Spanish sculptor Jaume Piensa, has been a fixture along 6 Avenue Southeast since the official unveiling of the piece in 2013. The routine touch-ups were scheduled for February as the sculpture receives the least amount of vis
  
  Read more

• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Prince Albert - San Francisco Chronicle

  28-02-2019 04:46
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Prince Albert  San Francisco ChronicleHurricanes 5, Raiders 4 (OT) First Period 1. Lethbridge, Cozens 29 (Henry) 11:09. 2. Lethbridge, Barlage 15 (Bellerive) 11:22. 3. Prince Albert, Fonstad 28 ...
  
  Read more

• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Prince Albert - Danbury News Times

  28-02-2019 04:42
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Prince Albert  Danbury News TimesHurricanes 5, Raiders 4 (OT). First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. An Error Has Occurred. Signs. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality.
  
  Read more

• City of Lethbridge shows off Phase 2 of ATB Centre

  28-02-2019 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge’s ATB Centre is nearing completion and on Wednesday the city showcased the facility that could soon open its doors.
  
  Read more

• City of Lethbridge shows off Phase 2 of ATB Centre - Global News

  28-02-2019 02:32
  City of Lethbridge shows off Phase 2 of ATB Centre  Global NewsLethbridge's ATB Centre is nearing completion and on Wednesday the city showcased the facility that will soon open its doors. Matt Battochio reports.
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!