Lethbridge news

• High-speed chase near Canmore ends with Edmonton man's arrest

  14-11-2019 23:55
  
  CALGARY – RCMP say charges have been laid against an Edmonton man who fled from police during a traffic stop on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary. Members of the RCMP Traffic Services first attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic offence near Banff at about 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 12. The driver slowed down initially, but ended up speeding away from the officers. Because of public safety reasons, police did not pursue. A short time later, Canmore RCMP encountered the same vehicle near t
  
  Read more

• Don Martin: The Bloc leader stokes a Prairie fire

  14-11-2019 23:52
  
  The jury's out on whether the charismatic new Bloc Quebecois leader is naïve, blindly principled or dangerous. Yves-Francois Blanchet waded into his first scrum on Parliament Hill to shrug off any interest in helping create a happy united Canada. Fair enough. Even though he gets a paycheque from Canadian taxpayers, his party's defining goal is to break up the country. But then he ignited the fuse on a stick of political dynamite and heaved it at Alberta by saying its oil-based economy wasn'
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges - Lethbridge News Now

  14-11-2019 23:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Would Blanchet go to Alberta to talk oil? 'With pleasure'

  14-11-2019 23:30
  
  Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he would visit Alberta "with pleasure" to discuss issues like oil and Bill 21. "Maybe I should have some close security friends for the coming days if I go there," joked Blanchet in the interview with CTV Power Play, which aired Thursday. "Seriously, I would go to Alberta with pleasure to discuss with anybody that seriously wants to understand better what we are, what we want about oil, or Bill 21, or all those issues about which it seems
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• ‘Harvest from hell’: Alberta farmers demanding action from government

  14-11-2019 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta farmers are asking for aggressive action from the government on serious economic hardships following this year’s ‘harvest from hell’.
  
  Read more

• Rocky View School Division rolls back exemption on school bus fees

  14-11-2019 23:15
  
  CALGARY – As school boards throughout Alberta are preparing their budgets to handle the recent cuts from the UCP government, one district says it will implement a fee for all students signed up for bus service among other changes. In a letter sent to parents of students in the Rocky View School Division and obtained by CTV News, the board announced it would be installing a $308 per rider fee for students who attend their designated school and live 2.4 km or further away. The previous NDP g
  
  Read more

• Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park to receive 2,000-year-old bison skull

  14-11-2019 22:54
  
  CALGARY — Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park will receive a bison skull Friday that’s more than 2,000 years old. The skull was discovered in Banff in February during a routine replacement of a light stand in town. The skull's age was determined through carbon dating. Siksika Nation will host a ceremony Friday at 1 p.m. at Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park. The Horn Society in Siksika will perform a traditional ceremony to welome the skull to the Siksika Nation, as it was discovered
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge's Community Peace Officers ready to go solo after completing training - Lethbridge News Now

  14-11-2019 22:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge's Community Peace Officers ready to go solo after completing training  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Alberta Opposition calls for auditor general to review travel spending by Kenney’s office

  14-11-2019 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  NDP ethics critic Heather Sweet says it's time the auditor review whether Kenney's office is following rules for authorizing such travel, and whether such trips are getting value for the money spent.
  
  Read more

• Paul Brandt helps kick off Salvation Army campaign

  14-11-2019 22:26
  
  CALGARY - Country music legend Paul Brandt helped kick off an iconic charity campaign at a special luncheon in Calgary. The Salvation Army in Calgary launched its 2019 Kettle Campaign and Brandt gave a keynote speaker at their Hope in the City event. He says the charity is a vital way to provide support for those who need it. "I think that that concept of caring about each other and caring about our neighbours is one that is really important,” said Brandt. "I think that in a time in histor
  
  Read more

• Business groups cautious about idea to create Alberta provincial pension plan

  14-11-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  An executive with the Retail Council of Canada says a proposal for Alberta to replace the Canada Pension Plan with a new provincial plan raises concern about the potential impact on future retirement income of workers and customers.
  
  Read more

• Business groups cautious about idea of Alberta provincial pension plan

  14-11-2019 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  An executive with the Retail Council of Canada says a proposal for Alberta to replace the Canada Pension Plan with a new provincial plan raises concern about the potential impact on future retirement income of workers and customers.
  
  Read more

• ‘In a way, it’s my therapy’: Ex-Great Big Sea member bares soul to audiences in home province

  14-11-2019 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  A former member of a hugely popular Canadian travelling band says sharing his painful, personal story in rural Newfoundland has filled him with energy.
  
  Read more

• Louis C.K. accuser 'infuriated' by Canadian comedy booker's defence

  14-11-2019 21:47
  
  TORONTO -- One of Louis C.K.'s accusers is disputing a Canadian comedy club CEO's reasons for booking the standup superstar earlier this year. Julia Wolov says she is "infuriated" by an article written by Yuk Yuk's founder Mark Breslin for the Canadian Jewish News that downplays sexual misconduct she and several other women faced from the disgraced comic. The L.A.-based comedy writer penned a counterpoint that lists several inaccuracies in Breslin's article, which claimed she and others consente
  
  Read more

• Calgary delays shisha ban decision, creates uncertainty for businesses

  14-11-2019 20:54
  
  CALGARY — Calgary councillors have shelved a discussion on banning on shisha in city establishments for now, instead opting to wait for a provincial review on the issue that will be completed early next year. The uncertainty about the future of his main revenue source has one shisha lounge owner worried about his business. “If the city were to ban shisha, they would basically be closing our doors,” said Odai Alghebari, the general manager and owner of the recently opened Cafe M
  
  Read more

• T.J. Brodie collapses, convulses at Calgary Flames practice

  14-11-2019 20:39
  
  CALGARY – A frightening moment on the ice brought the Flames practice to a halt Thursday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome and saw defenceman T.J. Brodie carried off on a stretcher. Brodie was responsive following the incident and was transported by ambulance to hospital. More to come ...  Super scary moment at #Flames practice today. T.J. Brodie collapsed and started convulsing. Fire and paramedics working on him. On a stretcher and looks to be ok. pic.twitter.com/BUue9ZCf8X &md
  
  Read more

• Angel Tree Christmas Campaign launches in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  14-11-2019 20:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Angel Tree Christmas Campaign launches in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Lingering Cessna 206 design problem behind N.W.T. plane crash that killed 3 people: TSB

  14-11-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Transportation Safety Board confirmed a Cessna 206 design problem contributed to the deaths of an Alberta man and an elderly couple from Saskatoon.
  
  Read more

• Alberta near the bottom in oil and gas investment ranking, report says

  14-11-2019 20:24
  
  CALGARY – A new survey of energy sector leaders in North America has put Alberta close to the bottom of the rankings among jurisdictions to invest in. The report, published by the Fraser Institute, includes data from a poll conducted between May and August of this year. It ranked 15 U.S. regions and five Canadian provinces based on their policies on oil and gas investment. Alberta placed 16th out of the 20 jurisdictions while Texas led the pack. Ashley Stedman, one of the co-authors of the
  
  Read more

• Funding announced for school construction, upgrades to Interfaith Food Bank and Lethbridge Courthouse - Lethbridge News Now

  14-11-2019 19:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Funding announced for school construction, upgrades to Interfaith Food Bank and Lethbridge Courthouse  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Calgary mayor says Alberta independence would boost costs

  14-11-2019 19:13
  
  CALGARY — Ideas that could give Alberta more independence from the federal government are getting a tepid reception from one of the province's big-city mayors and a chamber of commerce boss. Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative government has formed a panel to examine ways for Alberta to get what he calls a “fair deal” in Canada. They include establishing a provincial revenue agency, withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan and replacing the RCMP with a provincial police
  
  Read more

• Father fights with private school over alleged bullying among 7-year-old girls

  14-11-2019 19:09
  
  TORONTO -- A Toronto father alleges in a lawsuit filed against Havergal College that the prestigious girls private school expelled his seven-year-old daughter because he complained that she was bullied, while the school claims his own inappropriate behaviour is the cause of her expulsion. The legal saga began with bullying allegations involving two former friends at the all-girls school that runs from kindergarten to Grade 12, but has escalated into a $5.5-million suit filed by the aggrieved fat
  
  Read more

• Police seek suspect in armed robbery outside Cowboys Casino, Panorama Hills break-and-enter

  14-11-2019 18:31
  
  CALGARY – The Calgary Police Service has released a surveillance image of a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery outside Cowboys Casino as well as a break-in in a northwest neighbourhood. In the early-morning hours of Sunday, July 14, a man at Cowboys Casino had a conversation with three people who convinced him to follow them to one of their cars. While in the vehicle, one of the suspects pointed a gun at the man and demanded his bank card and PIN. The victim escaped from the ca
  
  Read more

• Photo seek suspect in armed robbery outside Cowboys Casino, Panorama Hills break-and-enter

  14-11-2019 18:31
  
  CALGARY – The Calgary Police Service has released a surveillance image of a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery outside Cowboys Casino as well as a break-in in a northwest neighbourhood. In the early-morning hours of Sunday, July 14, a man at Cowboys Casino had a conversation with three people who convinced him to follow them to one of their cars. While in the vehicle, one of the suspects pointed a gun at the man and demanded his bank card and PIN. The victim escaped from the ca
  
  Read more

• ALERT details arrests and record-setting drug seizures from Operation Coyote

  14-11-2019 18:30
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) officials are releasing more details around a record-setting, $19.5-million bust announced Wednesday. A two-year investigation dubbed Operation Coyote resulted in the seizure of $15 million worth of drugs including cocaine and fentanyl, $4.5 million in cash and assets and 13 firearms. Seven people were also arrested. The international investigation involved ALERT, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Association (DEA) and a number of other law
  
  Read more

• ALERT details arrests and record-setting $15M drug seizure from Operation Coyote

  14-11-2019 18:30
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) officials are releasing more details around a record-setting, $19.5-million bust announced Wednesday. A two-year investigation dubbed Operation Coyote resulted in the seizure of $15 million worth of drugs including cocaine and fentanyl, $4.5 million in cash and assets and 13 firearms. Seven people were also arrested. The international investigation involved ALERT, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Association (DEA) and a number of other law
  
  Read more

• 'You start falling down, and it feels good': Saskatoon wrestling fan follows his passion into the ring

  14-11-2019 18:27
  
  SASKATOON -- What does it take to become a professional wrestler? For Saskatoon’s Joe Muller, a typical session at the Prairie Pro Wrestling Academy includes hours of repetition, learning the basics of wrestling moves, and a whole lot of bumps and bruises. Despite all of that, Muller says he loves what he does and is fueled by a passion for the wrestling business. “You get a little banged up, sore arm, jaw hurts from a punch,” he explains, with a smile on his face. “Well,
  
  Read more

• Calgary drug bust followed ‘significant investigation with very high stakes’: ALERT

  14-11-2019 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  An international investigation involving ALERT and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has led officers to seize record amounts of cocaine and fentanyl. Insp. Shawn Wallace says it’s believed to be the largest fentanyl pill seizure in the country.
  
  Read more

• $15M Calgary drug bust largest of its kind by ALERT

  14-11-2019 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  $15 million worth of drugs, including 250,000 fentanyl pills, were seized in what the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team calls the largest seizure of its kind by the agency. ALERT CEO Supt. Dwayne Lakusta speaks about the investigation.
  
  Read more

• B.C. unveils tough new regulations to crack down on youth vaping

  14-11-2019 17:52
  
  VANCOUVER – The B.C. government has announced tough new regulations in an attempt to curb the growing trend of vaping among youths. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the province's regulations will cover everything from the availability of vaping flavours to the level of nicotine allowed in vapour pods. B.C. is also planning to become the first province to introduce a tax rate specific to the industry. Dix acknowledged that for some adults, vaping products can be a better alternative to smok
  
  Read more

• Calgary named top driving city in the world in 2019 Driving Cities Index

  14-11-2019 17:02
  
  CALGARY — Calgarians who think driving is bad here should get behind the wheel in Mumbai, India for some perspective, at least according to the 2019 Driving Cities Index compiled by Mister Auto. Calgary topped the 2019 Driving Cities Index released Thursday — which ranks the Top 100 cities in the world — while Mumbai finished at the bottom. To create the list, the study collected data on hundreds of cities around the world, looking at 15 factors, including the city’s infr
  
  Read more

• Supreme Court sides with naturopath in manslaughter, negligence case

  14-11-2019 16:28
  
  OTTAWA -- A Quebec naturopath is not guilty of manslaughter or criminal negligence in the death of an elderly man, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Roger Matern, an 84-year-old with heart disease, visited Mitra Javanmardi's clinic in 2008 at the suggestion of a friend as he was frustrated with conventional treatments. After discussing his condition, Javanmardi gave him nutrients intravenously and he reacted poorly, complaining of being hot and nauseous. Matern did not want to go to hospita
  
  Read more

• One-time Liberal senators rename themselves as Progressive Senate Group

  14-11-2019 16:24
  
  OTTAWA -- The last group of former Liberal senators in Parliament's upper chamber are rebranding themselves as the Progressive Senate Group. The nine senators say they have adopted the new name to reflect their approach to legislating, with an aim to restore balance in the evolving Senate. "We have always been progressive, independent senators and now our group truly reflects that fact," said the group's interim leader, New Brunswick Sen. Joseph Day. "We will continue to build on our experiences
  
  Read more

• Focus on agriculture, increasing oil production among aims of new Sask. growth plan

  14-11-2019 16:17
  
  SASKATOON -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe unveiled a 10-year growth plan for the province Thursday morning during a Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce breakfast at Prairieland Park. Some of the plan's overall aims are to grow the province's population to 1.4 million, add 100,000 jobs and to increase exports by 50 per cent. The plan is comprised of 30 goals to be met by 2030, including growing agricultural exports to $20 billion, increasing oil production to 600,000 barrels a day and tripling growth
  
  Read more

• Memorial held for Alberta family killed in South Africa

  14-11-2019 15:59
  
  A memorial was held in Swaziland Thursday morning for the Sherwood Park family killed in a crash in South Africa on Nov. 3. Some family members travelled to Africa for the service, which was also streamed on the Bulembu Ministries Swaziland Facebook page.Several family members spoke at the memorial, thanking the people of Bulembu for their support and acknowledging that their loss was shared by many. "Brendan and Melissa had big dreams for the kids in Bulembu," Melissa's sister said. "We will ne
  
  Read more

• Driver arrested after U-Haul speeds through Calgary, crashing into parked vehicles: police

  14-11-2019 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said it's unknown why the vehicle was driving dangerously, however, there is nothing to suggest that the driver was intentionally trying to harm anyone.
  
  Read more

• Groundbreaking forum explores high rates of addiction among Indigenous people

  14-11-2019 15:55
  
  CALGARY – Doctors from across the country have gathered in Calgary for a first-of-its-kind forum focusing on Indigenous issues, including high rates of addiction.  The Harm Reduction Forum will hear practical ways health care providers, researchers and members of the community can support people impacted by addictions in indigenous communities.               According to organizers, smoking rates in the Indigenous p
  
  Read more

• 'Frozen by fear': A human trafficking survivor returns to Winnipeg to share her story

  14-11-2019 15:49
  
  WINNIPEG -- Human trafficking survivor Victoria Morrison wants people to know it can happen to anyone. “That’s something I like to emphasize in my talks is that it really does happen in your own backyard, all over the country, all over the world,” she told CTV News at a Salvation Army event Wednesday in Winnipeg, the city she was once trafficked to, where she feared for her life. Morrison met her trafficker through mutual friends. She said at the time she was involved in illega
  
  Read more

• Today's babies will face a lifetime of risk from climate change: report

  14-11-2019 15:24
  
  Climate change will risk the health of babies born today in Canada and around the world throughout their lifetimes, a new report warns. “Climate change is affecting the health of children all the way across the world, every single child, today,” Nick Watts, an Australian doctor who is one of the lead authors on the report, told CTV’s Your Morning Thursday. “It’s not something that affects us in 2100; it’s something that affects us the 14th of November, 2019.&r
  
  Read more

• Metro Vancouver transit strike: SeaBus cancellations continue as SkyTrain uncertainty grows

  14-11-2019 15:24
  
  VANCOUVER - Transit users are in the middle of what could be the perfect storm; a continued strike for bus drivers and job action by SkyTrain workers. It would leave many stranded, but it seems unlikely both would take place at the same time. Unifor, which represents bus and SeaBus operators and maintenance workers, returned to the bargaining table and remained late Wednesday night.  "We've been talking about working conditions primarily," said Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor's western region dire
  
  Read more

• Climate change report warns: The life of every child born today will be profoundly affected

  14-11-2019 15:24
  
  TORONTO -- Climate change will risk the health of babies born today in Canada and around the world throughout their lifetimes, a new report warns. “Climate change is affecting the health of children all the way across the world, every single child, today,” Nick Watts, an Australian doctor who is one of the lead authors on the report, told CTV’s Your Morning Thursday. “It’s not something that affects us in 2100; it’s something that affects us the 14th of Novemb
  
  Read more

• No arrests made after shots ring out in northeast neighbourhood

  14-11-2019 15:18
  
  CALGARY – An investigation is underway into shots fired Wednesday night in the community of Temple. Police responded to a location in the 400 block of Templevale Drive N.E. at around 9 p.m. following reports of shots being fired followed by the sound of vehicles driving off. No injuries have been reported but officers did locate property that had been struck by bullets. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to con
  
  Read more

• Alberta test case: Planned sale of gas wells, pipelines raises cleanup concerns

  14-11-2019 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The possible transfer of hundreds of sour gas wells, pipelines and other facilities from energy giant Shell to a much smaller company has raised concerns about Alberta's efforts to ensure taxpayers don't get stuck with the cleanup bill.
  
  Read more

• U-Haul cube van stopped in northeast Calgary following multiple crashes, wrong-way driving

  14-11-2019 14:24
  
  CALGARY – Calgary Police Service members have stopped a U-Haul cube van and arrested the driver following multiple early morning collisions. According to CPS officials, numerous reports of erratic driving emerged at approximately 4:30 a.m. The cube van was spotted travelling southbound in the northbound lanes of 52nd Street S.E., near 105th Avenue. Officers attempted to stop the cube van but their efforts were unsuccessful. The U-Haul driver has allegedly struck one CPS unit. The CPS TAC u
  
  Read more

• Police pursuing U-Haul cube van as part of ongoing dangerous driving investigation

  14-11-2019 14:24
  
  CALGARY – Calgary Police Service units are continuing the effort to stop a U-Haul cube van following multiple early morning collisions. As of 6 a.m., the cube van was in the vicinity of McKnight Boulevard N.E. According to CPS officials, numerous reports of erratic driving emerged at approximately 4:30 a.m. The cube van was spotted travelling southbound in the northbound lanes of 52nd Street S.E., near 105th Avenue. Officers attempted to stop the cube van but their efforts were unsuccessfu
  
  Read more

• Thierry Henry named new head coach of the Montreal Impact

  14-11-2019 14:09
  
  MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact named French soccer legend Thierry Henry as head coach of the Major League Soccer team on Thursday, signing the former striker to a two-year contract with an option for the 2022 season. Henry will be formally introduced on Monday and will be at the helm of the team as of mid-January when training camp begins, the Impact said in a release. "His name was part of a list of potential candidates as soon as we started to look for a head coach," Impact President and CEO K
  
  Read more

• Speakers needed for Lethbridge's first TEDx event - Lethbridge News Now

  14-11-2019 13:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Speakers needed for Lethbridge's first TEDx event  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Inmate still at large following escape from Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon

  14-11-2019 12:28
  
  SASKATOON - Saskatoon Police have arrested one inmate who escaped from the Regional Psychiatric Centre Wednesday evening, but are still searching for the other.  29-year-old Kendal Lee Campeau and 24-year-old Matthew Shaundel Michel escaped from the facility at about 8:40 p.m. Campeau was arrested early Thursday morning without incident at a home in the 500 block of Douglas Crescent. Michel remains at large and is considered violent. Michel stands 5’5” and weighs 146 pounds
  
  Read more

• 2nd inmate captured following escape from Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon

  14-11-2019 12:28
  
  SASKATOON - RCMP have captured the second escapee from the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC), Saskatoon police say. 29-year-old Kendal Lee Campeau and 24-year-old Matthew Shaundel Michel escaped from the facility Wednesday around 8:40 p.m. Campeau was arrested early Thursday morning without incident at a home in the 500 block of Douglas Crescent. Michel was caught Thursday east of Saskatoon, Saskatoon Police Service said on Twitter.The second escapee is now in Police custody. The @RCMPSK capture
  
  Read more

• Trudeau has a choice, work with NDP or work with Tories: Singh

  14-11-2019 10:22
  
  OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh laid out two paths before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he approaches the start of his term in power: either collaborate with the NDP or with the Conservatives, but not both. Given the minority scenario Trudeau finds himself in, he will require support from opposition parties to move forward on key legislation. "Prime Minister Trudeau has a choice, he can work with Conservatives who perhaps he can find a way to move forward with Conservatives, or he can
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!