Lethbridge news

• Some Albertans will have to apply to get $600 inflation-relief payments

  07-12-2022 23:33
  Following through on promises made on primetime TV two weeks ago, Danielle Smith's government introduced legislation Wednesday to help Albertans with the rising cost of living. The Inflation Relief Statutes Amendment Act would slash fuel taxes, provide utility rebates and tinker with tax brackets. It will cost Alberta $2.8 billion, but with a United Conservative Party majority in the legislature, it's expected to pass easily. The plan would also see $600 payments made per child to many parents a
  
  Read more

• Province tables inflation relief legislation - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 23:27 via news.google.com
  Province tables inflation relief legislation  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Hurricanes to host 26th annual Toque & Teddy Toss - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 23:18 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Hurricanes to host 26th annual Toque & Teddy Toss  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Alberta town sells 2 winning lottery tickets 3 days apart

  07-12-2022 22:46
  Three Albertans are celebrating $1 million wins from lottery tickets bought in the same southern Alberta town just three days apart. Thorne and Maxine Thompson bought their winning Western Max ticket from a Co-op in High River on Oct. 18, but the pair, who are residents of Nanton, didn't check it for a week. It wasn't until Oct. 27 that the Thompsons discovered they had won $1 million on the Oct. 18 draw by matching all seven numbers correctly. "We really couldn’t believe it," Maxine said
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Fort Macleod man faces charges in relation to multiple property crimes

  07-12-2022 22:40
  A Fort Macleod man faces multiple charges in relation to a number of property crimes that took place in November. Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 1, police received a number of complaints from local businesses about break-and-enters and thefts from their establishments. With assistance from CP Rail Police, the Fort Macleod RCMP investigated and determined that a substantial amount of steel was stolen from CP Rail property as well as a local business. Patrick William Jenkins, 46, of Fort Macleod faces th
  
  Read more

• Feline OK? Alberta app uses AI to test your cat’s mood and health

  07-12-2022 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  Cats cane be complicated creatures. But there are hints about their happiness written all over their furry faces.
  
  Read more

• SUV runs into townhouse garage in northwest Calgary

  07-12-2022 22:21
  An SUV ran into a townhouse Wednesday. Shortly after 11 a.m., Calgary fire crews responded to a report of an SUV driving into the side of a townhouse on the 2300 block of Westmount Road N.W. When they arrived, crews worked to shore up the wall. There was no word on injuries. This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
  Read more

• Fort Macleod man arrested in connection to thefts from businesses - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 22:18 via news.google.com
  Fort Macleod man arrested in connection to thefts from businesses  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• 'Different set of rules than apply to the rest of us': Smith wants federal carbon tax plan answers 

  07-12-2022 22:05
  The federal carbon tax will increase $15 per tonne to $65 starting April 1, 2023.  It's expected to add about 14.3 cents per litre for Albertans at the pumps, while in Quebec the expected increase is only nine cents per litre.  Ottawa previously announced the tax will increase $15 every year until 2030, when it tops out at $170.  "When the carbon tax is fully implemented Albertans are going to be paying 37 cents a litre in federal carbon tax and Quebec is only going to be paying 2
  
  Read more

• Calgary immigrants can now get help at the airport as soon as they land

  07-12-2022 22:01
  Immigrants arriving in Calgary through the Calgary International Airport can now head to a new booth as soon as they land for help getting settled. The booth – called the Immigrant Arrival Centre – is a place where new immigrants and refugees can ask questions and seek support immediately upon their arrival. While it will support all newcomers, the booth was created in response to the influx of Ukrainian nationals coming to Calgary and the surrounding area. "We’re the first air
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Police Service collecting donations for the Special Olympics - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 21:27 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Police Service collecting donations for the Special Olympics  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Elections Alberta hands $500 penalty to McLean for taking illegal contributions

  07-12-2022 21:24
  Ward 13 Councillor Dan McLean has been handed a $500 fine for accepting in-kind donations from businesses during the 2021 campaign. The donations were in the form of prizes handed out at a campaign-style Stampede breakfast held July 10, 2021. Speaking by phone Wednesday, McLean called the violation unintentional and minor. He said he simply thought of the event as a way to pump local business and celebrate Stampede. In a decision published on the Elections Alberta website, the investigator found
  
  Read more

• Chinook Regional Hospital Craft Club sale back after three years - My Lethbridge Now

  07-12-2022 21:06 via news.google.com
  Chinook Regional Hospital Craft Club sale back after three years  My Lethbridge Now
  
  Read more

• CP Holiday Train arrives in Alberta; Calgary show slated for Dec. 11

  07-12-2022 21:03
  A popular holiday tradition is right on track to begin spreading seasonal cheer throughout Alberta. The Canada Pacific Holiday Train has rolled into the province with four performances — Medicine Hat, Tilley, Brooks and Gleichen — scheduled for Wednesday. The free live concerts with Juno and Canadian Country Music Award winner Tenille Townes and Aysanabee will run for approximately 30 minutes and volunteers will be on hand to collect cash and non-perishable food donations from concer
  
  Read more

• Alberta invests $55 million into province’s affordable housing

  07-12-2022 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  The money will go towards the new Affordable Housing Partnership Program and will be spent over three years.
  
  Read more

• Calgary will host curling's Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2024 - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 20:35 via news.google.com
  Calgary will host curling's Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2024  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Calgary will host curling's Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2024

  07-12-2022 20:20
  Calgary has been named the host city for the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Canadian women's curling championship will take place Feb 16 to 25 at the WinSport Event Centre, the same venue that hosted the event in 2021 before near-empty stands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WinSport Event Centre has a seating capacity of around 3,000. "It's a great privilege to welcome Canada's top women's curling teams back to the city in 2024,'' said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. "While we recent
  
  Read more

• Alberta women's shelters turn away thousands due to lack of space and staff: report

  07-12-2022 20:17
  A new report shows emergency shelters in Alberta haven't been able to provide refuge to thousands of women who were fleeing domestic violence due to a lack of space. The data, which runs from April 1, 2021 to March 30, 2022, was compiled by the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters from more than 50 member shelters across the province. It shows the shelters received more than 65,000 calls for help, and about 25,000 of those callers requested admission to a shelter. The report says only 16.6 per ce
  
  Read more

• Operation Christmas Child nearing 200,000,000 gifts delivered worldwide in almost 30 years

  07-12-2022 19:56
  To the uninitiated the Samaritan's Purse distribution centre in Calgary looks chaotic. It's where hundreds of thousands of shoe boxes arrive in late November to be sorted and shipped to needy children all over the world. But upon closer inspection, it's a well-oiled machine. Volunteers have specific tasks and receive guidance from coaches wearing red aprons. Grant Abbott is one of those coaches and has been guiding rookie volunteers for 10 years. He constantly keeps an eye on his group to make s
  
  Read more

• 17 Calgary spots make list of Top 100 Restaurants in Canada for 2022

  07-12-2022 19:18
  A whopping 17 Calgary eateries are among those featured on a new list of the Top 100 Restaurants in Canada for 2022. The list, compiled by the online restaurant reservation site OpenTable, was released on Wednesday and draws upon the data from more than onemillion reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners across Canada between Oct. 1, 2021 and Sept. 30, 2022. OpenTable says the list offers a comprehensive look at the year’s most highly-rated dining spots, from elevated eater
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Police targeting impaired drivers during Christmas Check Stop program - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 19:12 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Police targeting impaired drivers during Christmas Check Stop program  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Alberta women’s shelters are under-resourced, leading people to be turned away: report

  07-12-2022 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands of women and children were turned away from Alberta women's shelters last year, according to a new report from the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters.
  
  Read more

• Methamphetamine, fentanyl and cash seized in targeted traffic stop near Brooks

  07-12-2022 18:59
  Arrests have been made following a nearly three-month investigation into the activities of two suspected drug dealers who were believed to be trafficking in Calgary and Medicine Hat. The investigation, which began in September, culminated in a Dec. 1 targeted traffic stop outside the city of Brooks. A search of the vehicle and suspects resulted in the seizure of:249 grams of methamphetamine; 85 grams of fentanyl; 29 grams of cocaine; and, $4,500 in cash.According to Alberta Law Enforcement Respo
  
  Read more

• Alberta, Saskatchewan chiefs call for sovereignty acts to be withdrawn

  07-12-2022 18:05
  First Nations chiefs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss proposed legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous rights. "We are not looking for change or amendments to the bill. We want it withdrawn," Chief Tony Alexis said Wednesday on behalf of Treaty 6. The chiefs are putting forward an emergency resolution at the Assembly of First Nations special assembly to reject sovereignty bills that are before both provinc
  
  Read more

• Treaty Chiefs demand sovereignty bills be withdrawn by Alta., Sask. governments

  07-12-2022 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Assembly of First Nations, Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and the G4 in Treaty 7 Territory demand Bill 1 and Bill 88 be withdrawn by Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  
  Read more

• Treaty Chiefs demand Bill 1, Bill 88 be withdrawn from Alta., Sask., governments

  07-12-2022 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Assembly of First Nations along with the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and the G4 in Treaty 7 Territory demand Bill 1 and Bill 88 be withdrawn from Alta. and Sask.
  
  Read more

• Warm Wednesday in Calgary; cooler to close the week

  07-12-2022 15:33
  This is a decent start. Southerly wind in the six o’clock hour bumped us to -9 C; westerlies started right on time, and now at seven o’clock, the city is at -1 C, facing 44 kilometre per hour gusts. I raised the bar again for today by a small margin, but expect it to be off; this is looking like one of those Calgary days where we smash model expectations of our temperature. It also looks like the sort of day where pressure-sensitive Calgarians are a mite less happy than the rest of u
  
  Read more

• Closing arguments in trial of Alberta Mounties charged with manslaughter

  07-12-2022 14:30
  Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the jury trial of two Alberta Mounties charged with manslaughter. Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger are accused in the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford on July 3, 2018, near Whitecourt, northwest of Edmonton. Both officers testified they feared for their safety and acted in self-defence. The pair shot Crawford 10 times as he was inside a purple pickup truck at a rest stop. A day earlier, a truck matching the same description was seen leavi
  
  Read more

• Decorated speedskater Isabelle Weidemann resets targets post-Beijing

  07-12-2022 14:24
  Isabelle Weidemann is proud of the state of her Olympic medals. "Super-dented," the Canadian speedskater said cheerfully. Winner of a complete set of gold, silver and bronze medals in Beijing in February, the 27-year-old from Ottawa encourages public handling of her hardware. "I remember a long time ago, maybe 10 years ago, seeing Chandra Crawford's Olympic gold medal. She's a cross-country skier. It was destroyed," Weidemann told The Canadian Press.  "I thought 'how could you keep your med
  
  Read more

• Closing arguments in trial of Alberta RCMP members charged with manslaughter

  07-12-2022 14:04 via globalnews.ca
  Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger are accused in the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford on July 3, 2018, near Whitecourt, northwest of Edmonton.
  
  Read more

• Closing arguments delayed in trial of Alberta Mounties charged with manslaughter

  07-12-2022 14:04 via globalnews.ca
  Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger are accused in the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford on July 3, 2018, near Whitecourt, northwest of Edmonton.
  
  Read more

• Decorated Canadian speedskater Isabelle Weidemann resets targets post Beijing Olympics

  07-12-2022 13:54 via globalnews.ca
  Weidemann and her Canadian long-track teammates compete at home in back-to-back World Cups starting Friday in Calgary.
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge police officers have completed new ethics training - Medicine Hat News

  07-12-2022 12:23 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge police officers have completed new ethics training  Medicine Hat News
  
  Read more

• Second period the difference as Broncos fall in Lethbridge - SwiftCurrentOnline.com

  07-12-2022 12:22 via news.google.com
  Second period the difference as Broncos fall in Lethbridge  SwiftCurrentOnline.com
  
  Read more

• Bank of Canada raises key interest rate to 4.25 per cent, its highest since 2008

  07-12-2022 12:18
  The Bank of Canada has raised its overnight rate by 50 basis points to 4.25 per cent, marking its seventh rate hike in nine months. The last time the bank’s policy rate was this high was in January 2008. The inflation rate remained high at 6.9 per cent in October, well above the bank’s 2 per cent target. Higher gas prices put upward pressure on the cost of most goods and services, according to the Consumer Price Index released by Statistics Canada last month. The bank says the econom
  
  Read more

• Bank of Canada increases key lending rate by 50 basis points

  07-12-2022 12:18
  The Bank of Canada has raised its overnight rate by 50 basis points to 4.25 per cent, marking its seventh rate hike in nine months. The last time the bank’s policy rate was this high was in January, 2008. This is a breaking news update. Our earlier story follows. The Bank of Canada is expected to raise its key interest rate today, making it the seventh consecutive time it does so this year. The central bank will publish its rate decision at 10 a.m. accompanied by a news release that will p
  
  Read more

• More than 450 people homeless in Lethbridge: report | Watch News ... - Global News

  07-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  More than 450 people homeless in Lethbridge: report | Watch News ...  Global News
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge women's shelter sees demand growing, violence severity ... - Global News

  07-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge women's shelter sees demand growing, violence severity ...  Global News
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge Police targeting impaired drivers during Christmas ... - Lethbridge News Now

  07-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Police targeting impaired drivers during Christmas ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Hurricanes to Host Teddy Toss Friday – Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  07-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Hurricanes to Host Teddy Toss Friday – Lethbridge Hurricanes  Lethbridge Hurricanes
  
  Read more

• Count finds more than 450 people experiencing homelessness in ... - Global News

  07-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Count finds more than 450 people experiencing homelessness in ...  Global News
  
  Read more

• Missing man found safe, police say

  07-12-2022 06:18
  Police say they have found a missing 21-year-old, safe. A release thanking the public for its assistance was issued Tuesday night. The man had been reported missing earlier Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• HKO-WHL-Sums-Swift Current-Lethbridge - Manistee News Advocate

  07-12-2022 05:47 via news.google.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Swift Current-Lethbridge  Manistee News Advocate
  
  Read more

• Calgary pharmacist hopes secured supply of children’s pain, fever medication eases demand

  07-12-2022 03:56
  A Calgary pharmacist is welcoming the Alberta Government’s procurement of five million bottles of children’s pain and fever medication as demand skyrockets and pharmacies struggle to fill their shelves. “I think the government is doing its best, so I think they should keep working and bring more stock,” said Mubeen Sadiq, pharmacist and owner of the Pharmedic Pharmacy on Macleod Trail S.W. Sadiq said right now, his pharmacy is managing with the supply it has, but he would
  
  Read more

• Knee surgery livestreamed 'direct from the OR' for Calgary high school students

  07-12-2022 01:55
  While many Calgary high school students are used to video learning, a livestream lesson took it to a whole new level by showing a total knee replacement surgery live from start to finish. Dozens of students from Grade 8 and higher observed the procedure from an auditorium at Telus Spark on Tuesday morning, Joan Bruch volunteered to go under the knife, on camera, for the educational benefit of the students. "I think it would be a great learning experience. I didn't have that experience when I was
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge real estate market remains strong - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  07-12-2022 01:39 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge real estate market remains strong - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge real estate market remains strong

  07-12-2022 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Many in the industry say the Lethbridge real estate market has balanced out, which is good news for both buyers and sellers as interest rates continue to climb.
  
  Read more

• Extreme cold one day, balmy the next: Alberta’s yo-yoing temperatures a literal headache for many

  07-12-2022 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  Rapid temperature swings caused by changing air pressure systems in Alberta don't just present cold exposure risks —they also leave many people with headaches and pains. But why?
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge College students remember victims of École Polytechnique massacre - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  07-12-2022 01:14 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge College students remember victims of École Polytechnique massacre - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge College students remember victims of École Polytechnique massacre

  07-12-2022 01:14 via globalnews.ca
  Engineering students at Lethbridge College have ramped up an awareness campaign on campus this year surrounding National Day for Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!