Lethbridge news

• STARS BK117 helicopter touches down in Lethbridge for final visit - CTV News

  30-10-2019 23:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  STARS BK117 helicopter touches down in Lethbridge for final visit  CTV News
  
  Read more

• Edmonton charity wants to help retired heroes with paws

  30-10-2019 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton charity is working to make sure retired police dogs are taken care of after they retire from the force.
  
  Read more

• Retired Calgary police officer charged with assault from arrest made in 2018

  30-10-2019 22:58
  CALGARY — A now-retired Calgary police officer has been charged with assault stemming from an arrest made in December 2018. An officer on patrol just before 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2018 saw a man lying on the ground kicking the doors to a business on Seventh Avenue, between Second Street and Third Street S.W. The man was arrested for public intoxication and prior to being taken into custody, it is alleged the officer assaulted the man. The alleged assault was reported to the Professional Stan
  
  Read more

• 2 semi-truck drivers injured in crash near Redcliff, Alta.

  30-10-2019 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  The cause of the crash is under investigation and a collision analyst has been called in, RCMP said. 
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• City and province want feedback on long-term design concepts for Deerfoot Trail

  30-10-2019 22:28
  CALGARY — The city and the province are asking Calgarians to help steer them in the right direction when it comes to future improvements on Deerfoot Trail. Partnering with Alberta Transportation, the City of Calgary is asking for feedback on a set of preliminary concept designs showing possible traffic pattern changes over the next 30 years. “We understand the important role Deerfoot Trail plays in the daily commutes, long-haul travel and business operations of Calgarians and Alberta
  
  Read more

• TC Energy's Keystone pipeline ruptures near North Dakota

  30-10-2019 22:20
  CALGARY — TC Energy's Keystone Pipeline was shut down Tuesday night following a spill in North Dakota. The 590,000 barrel-a-day pipeline ruptured near the city of Edinburg, N.D., according to Bloomberg. The pipeline carries crude from Hardisty, Alta., to the American Midwest and the Gulf Coast. This is the third spill along that pipeline route in less than three years. Keystone was invovled in a February 2019 spill in Missouri that shut a segment of the line. In 2017, a spill in South Dako
  
  Read more

• MacKay compares Scheer election loss to missing an open net on a breakaway

  30-10-2019 22:19
  OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s 2019 election loss “was like having a breakaway on an open net and missing the net,” according to his former colleague Peter MacKay. The former Conservative cabinet minister is someone whose name has been brought up as a potential challenger for Scheer’s job depending on the outcome of the April leadership review. While participating in a Wilson Centre panel in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, MacKay was asked what he thoug
  
  Read more

• Warrant issued for man wanted in connection with weapons incident - Lethbridge News Now

  30-10-2019 22:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Warrant issued for man wanted in connection with weapons incident  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Keystone pipeline shut down after potential spill in North Dakota

  30-10-2019 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary-based TC Energy Corp. says it is investigating a possible incident after detecting a drop in pressure near its facilities at Edinberg, N.D.
  
  Read more

• Province asked for clarity on stance for Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site - Lethbridge News Now

  30-10-2019 21:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Province asked for clarity on stance for Lethbridge's Supervised Consumption Site  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Blind dog snatched by coyote in chilling encounter caught on camera

  30-10-2019 21:28
  EDMONTON -- It happened within seconds. A coyote leapt over Sheena Humphrey's backyard fence in Edmonton, snatched her blind Pomeranian in its jaws and attempted to run off with it. Now the pet owner is warning others to watch out for their own pets—and children The attack happened early Monday morning in the Albany area of north Edmonton. Humphrey said her partner had let out their two small one-year-old dogs when one of them started barking. "He just heard Luna, the smaller one, barking
  
  Read more

• Hardieville foot chase suspect sentenced to 75 days in jail - Lethbridge News Now

  30-10-2019 20:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hardieville foot chase suspect sentenced to 75 days in jail  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• 1985 STARS Helicopter makes farewell voyage in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  30-10-2019 19:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  1985 STARS Helicopter makes farewell voyage in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Propane shipments, asset sales impact Calgary-based AltaGas’ third quarter results

  30-10-2019 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Calgary-based company says it earned $22 million or eight cents per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with a loss of $726 million or $2.78 per share a year ago.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Chambers of Commerce responds to budget and state of province

  30-10-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  After dissecting the impact of the provincial budget and hearing the premier’s state of the province address, the president and CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce shares the business community’s reaction.
  
  Read more

• Android users warned about 'malicious' app that reportedly can't be removed

  30-10-2019 19:19
  TORONTO -- Technology security company Symantec is warning Android users about a “malicious” application called Xhelper that has infected tens of thousands of devices in the past six months that reportedly can’t be removed. In a blog post Tuesday, Symantec said it had “observed a surge in detections for a malicious Android application that can hide itself from users, download additional malicious apps and display advertisements.” Symantec says Xhelper is “able
  
  Read more

• Red panda cub makes public debut at Calgary Zoo

  30-10-2019 18:29
  CALGARY – Nearly four months after her birth, Udaya the red panda cub has been introduced to her enclosure at the Calgary Zoo. According to zoo officials, Udaya, who was born in June, spent the summer in the zoo's nursery bonding with her mother Sakura. The panda cub, whose name means dawn in Hindi, made her public debut on Wednesday in the Eurasia section of the zoo.
  
  Read more

• “Random Act of Kindness Day” in Lethbridge Friday, Nov. 1 - Lethbridge News Now

  30-10-2019 17:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  “Random Act of Kindness Day” in Lethbridge Friday, Nov. 1  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Alberta psychologist touts permanent move away from daylight saving time

  30-10-2019 17:31
  CALGARY – A University of Calgary psychologist is encouraged by the growing movement in North America to abolish time changes and says Albertans would reap the benefits from a permanent move to standard time. Ahead of Sunday's return to standard time, Dr. Michael Antle, a professor with the U of C's department of psychology says his circadian rhythm-focused research has found the health of individuals, and society as a whole, in Alberta would improve if daylight saving time (DST) became a
  
  Read more

• Jeffrey Epstein's injuries seem like homicide, says doctor hired by family

  30-10-2019 17:09
  NEW YORK -- The medical examiner who ruled Jeffrey Epstein's death a suicide is immediately pushing back against the suggestion by a longtime forensic pathologist hired by Epstein's family that some of the evidence indicates homicide. New York City Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson says Wednesday she stands "firmly" behind her findings. The autopsy report appeared to put much speculation about the 66-year-old financier's death to rest. Dr. Michael Baden reignited conspiracy theories Wed
  
  Read more

• First responders, city crews to be out in force to ensure safe trick-or-treating

  30-10-2019 15:30
  CALGARY – More than 800 marked emergency and City of Calgary vehicles will be visiting Calgary neighbourhoods on Halloween night to offer children and parents a safe outlet should an issue arise. The 25th annual Calgary Partners for Safety will see the Calgary Police Service, Calgary Fire Department, Calgary Transit, City of Calgary bylaw and Emergency Medical Service making a visible presence in communities around the city on Thursday between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. "Every year we are happy to
  
  Read more

• Two men hospitalized following early morning shooting in Evergreen

  30-10-2019 13:18
  CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service are investigating following an exchange of gunfire in the city's southwest that sent two people to hospital. Calgary police officers were called just after 2:15 a.m. to the 2500 block of Fish Creek Boulevard where shots were fired in the parking lot of the Fish Creek Pointe apartment complex. Police confirm one man pulled up in a red SUV and exchanged gunfire with another man standing in the parking lot. Both were wounded in what’s bein
  
  Read more

• Suspect apprehended in connection with early morning shooting in Evergreen

  30-10-2019 13:18
  CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service are investigating following an exchange of gunfire in the city's southwest that sent two people to hospital with gunshot wounds. Calgary police officers were called just after 2:15 a.m. to the 2500 block of Fish Creek Boulevard where shots were fired in the parking lot of the Fish Creek Pointe apartment complex. Police confirm one man pulled up in a red SUV and exchanged gunfire with another man standing in the parking lot. Both were wounded
  
  Read more

• U.K.'s Brexit deal estimated to cost almost US$100 billion

  30-10-2019 11:25
  LONDON -- A respected British think-tank has slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, concluding that the economy would be 3.5% smaller compared with staying in the European Union. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research study released Wednesday says the agreement would deliver a 70 billion-pound (US$90 billion) blow to the UK. The researchers based their prediction on the assumption that the U.K. would leave the bloc with a free trade agreement with the EU after a tran
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Roving Gym helping develop physical literacy - Lethbridge Herald

  30-10-2019 09:17 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Roving Gym helping develop physical literacy  Lethbridge Herald
  
  Read more

• First Nation trying to stop $453M Manitoba-Minnesota power line project

  30-10-2019 09:17
  WINNIPEG -- A Manitoba Indigenous community is taking the province to court over a $453-million power transmission project it says it wasn't properly consulted on before construction started last summer. The Sagkeeng First Nation is to argue in Winnipeg Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday for a judicial review of the province's decision to give Manitoba Hydro a licence to build a 213-kilometre, 500-kilovolt line to Minnesota. "When our ancestors signed the treaties, they agreed to share their la
  
  Read more

• Bank of Canada to make interest rate decision, expected to hold steady

  30-10-2019 09:10
  OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada will deliver an interest-rate decision today, post fresh projections and provide the first public comments by its senior figures since before the federal election campaign. The central bank is widely expected to hold its policy rate at 1.75 per cent, where it's been set for just over a year. Markets, however, will be focused on what could happen in the coming months -- and they will study governor Stephen Poloz's take on the state of the Canadian and global economies
  
  Read more

• Bank of Canada holds interest rate, warns economy's resilience to be 'tested'

  30-10-2019 09:10
  OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold Wednesday to position the country as an exception among advanced economies that have already started responding to a fading global economy. Governor Stephen Poloz's team says the domestic economy has held up well in many respects and inflation has been close to target. They warn, however, that Canada isn't immune to the negative effects of slowing global growth. "Governing council is mindful that the resilience of Canada's economy w
  
  Read more

• Greta declines cash prize, says 'the climate does not need any more awards'

  30-10-2019 08:07
  Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to "listen" to "science" and not awards. The young climate activist, who has rallied millions to her "Fridays for Future" movement, was honoured at a Stockholm ceremony held by the Nordic Council, a regional body for inter-parliamentary cooperation. Thunberg had been nominated for her efforts by both Sweden and Norway and won the organisation's
  
  Read more

• Wildfire erupts near Reagan library in Southern California

  30-10-2019 07:06
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A new wildfire erupted Wednesday in the suburbs north of Los Angeles, forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes, as both ends of the state struggled with blazes, dangerously windy weather and deliberate blackouts. A blaze also broke east of the city, in Riverside County's Jurupa Valley, and workers at a health care facility feverishly evacuated elderly people in wheelchairs and gurneys amid thick smoke. The brush fire near the Reagan
  
  Read more

• Southern California wildfire erupts near Reagan library

  30-10-2019 07:06
  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- A new wildfire erupted Wednesday in wind-whipped Southern California, forcing the evacuation of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and nearby homes, as both ends of the state struggled with blazes, dangerously gusty weather and deliberate blackouts. The brush fire broke out just before dawn in the Simi Valley area north of Los Angeles and grew to more than 400 acres (162 hectares), Ventura County officials said. They gave no immediate estimate of how many people were o
  
  Read more

• Let Your Backbone Slide to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  30-10-2019 06:27 via globalnews.ca
  The song is from Williams' 1989 album Symphony in Effect, the first album by a black Canadian artist to be certified platinum.
  
  Read more

• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, October 29, 2019

  30-10-2019 06:11 via globalnews.ca
  Kaid Oliver scored once in a regulation and again in the shootout as the Victoria Royals downed the Kelowna Rockets 4-3 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.
  
  Read more

• Fort McKay First Nation chief calls for treaty rights to be upheld as legal battle over oilsands project continues

  30-10-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  Chief Mel Grandjamb spoke to reporters on the same day the Fort McKay First Nation's lawyers were in court to argue that the Alberta Energy Regulator's June 2018 approval of Prosper Petroleum Ltd.'s Rigel project should be overturned.
  
  Read more

• Petition calls for Airdrie stop sign to be removed

  30-10-2019 04:29
  There’s a stop sign in Airdrie that few people seem willing to stop for. The sign is so reviled by drivers who’ve been through the intersection that a petition calling for its removal has caught fire. Marcus Elford started the petition after he got pulled over by Airdrie RCMP and handed a $388 ticket for failing to stop. He’s fighting the ticket, arguing the sign serves no purpose and is actually dangerous to both drivers and pedestrians. “The stop sign makes no sense&rdq
  
  Read more

• Alberta Hate Crimes Committee hosts community meeting in Lethbridge - Global News

  30-10-2019 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Hate Crimes Committee hosts community meeting in Lethbridge  Global News
  
  Read more

• Alberta Hate Crimes Committee hosts community meeting in Lethbridge

  30-10-2019 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Hate Crimes Committee hosted an engagement session in Lethbridge Tuesday afternoon, aimed at spreading education and awareness on incidents motivated by hate.
  
  Read more

• Alberta justice minister calls Calgary mayor ‘out to lunch’

  30-10-2019 03:57
  CALGARY — Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer came out swinging over police funding on social media Tuesday against Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Schweitzer called Nenshi “out to lunch,” and “Trudeau’s mayor,” and also suggested he “get his fiscal house in order,” before complaining about the provincial budget. Nenshi wasn’t available for an interview but responded on Twitter. “Perhaps rather than personal insults, you may wish to explain y
  
  Read more

• Calgary capital projects questioned as council considers budget

  30-10-2019 03:32
  CALGARY — Some city councillors, and a council watcher, are calling for planned capital projects to be re-examined in the wake of provincial budget decisions that impact the city’s financial situation. The Alberta budget, unveiled by the UCP government last week, delays funding for the Green Line LRT mega project and sends the city $71 million less in Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding for the next two years. The latter move affects a portion of the city’s budget that&
  
  Read more

• Adult Canadians get a ‘D’ grade for exercise habits: ParticipACTION Canada

  30-10-2019 03:19
  ParticipACTION Canada has released its first report card for adult activity, and the marks aren’t very good. Overall, Canadians got a ‘D’ for physical activity, with just 16 per cent of us getting the recommended 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous exercise. Regular exercise helps prevent chronic illnesses in seniors, reduces social isolation and can help slow cognitive decline. There’s good news in the report card, however. Three-quarters of us have strong inten
  
  Read more

• U.S. State Department review doesn’t ease worries of Keystone XL pipeline opponents

  30-10-2019 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline say U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is understating the potential for the line to break and spill into water bodies.
  
  Read more

• Students at Sunchild First Nation School hope homemade haunted house will attract celebrity attention

  30-10-2019 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Ellen Degeneres Show is known each year for sending executive producer Andy Lassner to different spooky spectacles during the Halloween season where he is often scared out of his witts. 
  
  Read more

• Caseworker's murder sparks former Wood's Homes employee to speak out

  30-10-2019 01:35
  CALGARY — The killing of a Calgary caseworker is compelling others to speak out about the dangers support workers face while serving vulnerable populations. Deborah Onwu's death on Friday while caring for youth at a Wood’s Homes assisted living facility hits close to home for Natasha Ernst, who said she worked for the same company from 2013 to 2016 and thinks there needs to more protection for workers. “My heart sunk and I felt really bad, but it didn't surprise me, unfortunate
  
  Read more

• University of Lethbridge students feeling effects of provincial budget - CTV News

  30-10-2019 00:54 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  University of Lethbridge students feeling effects of provincial budget  CTV News
  
  Read more

• University of Lethbridge students feeling effects of provincial budget

  30-10-2019 00:54
  LETHBRIDGE – University of Lethbridge students are bracing for the impacts of the new provincial budget. The province is set to increase interest rates on student loans, the cap on tuition comes off Jan. 1, 2020, campus Alberta grant funding is down 3.2 per cent and the STEP program is being eliminated. Ashlee Hodge-Hirschfield, a second-year business student, says she already found it tough to save and go to school. “Just like coming through summer jobs and stuff like that. I d
  
  Read more

• Okanagan family of Humboldt Broncos victim advocates for truck training changes

  30-10-2019 00:41 via globalnews.ca
  "We want to do everything we can to stop this from happening to any other Canadian family.”
  
  Read more

• Jury told $30K demand made before victim of quadruple homicide killed

  30-10-2019 00:37
  CALGARY — The cousin of one of the victims in a quadruple homicide broke down in tears as she recalled a conversation with a man claiming to be her cousin, Hanock Afowerk, asking her for $30,000.  Sara Lackew said the voice on the phone was not Afowerk.  “Hanock doesn’t speak fast. He always speaks slowly … I don’t believe it’s him,” Lackew testified.  She also said that man spoke in Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia), but Afower
  
  Read more

• Cold weather prompts call for more donations for Lethbridge’s homeless population - Global News

  30-10-2019 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  Cold weather prompts call for more donations for Lethbridge’s homeless population  Global News
  
  Read more

• Cold weather prompts call for more donations for Lethbridge’s homeless population

  30-10-2019 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  As temperatures continue to plummet below the seasonal average, Lethbridge officials are looking for extra help in protecting the city's vulnerable populations.
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!