Lethbridge news

• Lethbridge Housing Authority rescinding zoning requests for supportive housing

  23-01-2023 23:56
  
  After extensive feedback from business owners and residents during a Dec. 13, 2022 public hearing, the Lethbridge Housing Authority (LHA) is rescinding two land-use bylaw change requests. “Feedback that we got from our neighbours was that they were nervous and not happy with our request to gain direct control,” said Robin James, LHA CAO. “They felt it would give the opportunity to lose control of the building and what actually goes into the building.” Rezoning Halmrast Ma
  
  Read more

• Calgary police turn to public for help locating woman missing since summer

  23-01-2023 23:47
  
  Calgary police are working to locate a woman whose family hasn't seen her since the summer. Molly Hall, 24, was last seen in Calgary on Aug. 28, 2022. She was reported missing a week ago, on Jan. 16. "It is not uncommon for Molly to go extended periods of time without communicating with her family, however her family and police have been unable to locate her," said police in a Monday news release. Hall, who also goes by Lolo, is known to frequent the Westbrook area. She is described as being 165
  
  Read more

• Calgary police locate woman missing since summer of '22

  23-01-2023 23:47
  
  Calgary police confirm a woman whose family hadn't seen her since last summer has been found. Molly Hall, 24, was last seen in Calgary on Aug. 28, 2022 but was reported missing nearly five months later on Jan. 16. "It is not uncommon for Molly to go extended periods of time without communicating with her family, however her family and police have been unable to locate her," said police in a Jan. 23 news release. Hall, who also goes by Lolo, is known to frequent the Westbrook area. Police confirm
  
  Read more

• Carbon capture talks being blocked by tensions between Ottawa, Alberta: oil group

  23-01-2023 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  So far the federal government has unveiled an investment tax credit worth $2.6 billion over the next five years, but both Ottawa and Alberta say the other should contribute more.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Johnny Gaudreau comes back to Calgary's Saddledome as a Blue Jacket

  23-01-2023 22:38
  
  Johnny Gaudreau returned to the NHL city that accelerated him to league stardom for the first time since he left. A Calgary Flame his first eight seasons of professional hockey out of Boston College, the left-winger stepped back onto Saddledome ice Monday in Columbus Blue Jackets colours. His Blue Jackets teammates gave Gaudreau a taste of what he might expect at night in his first game back in Calgary by booing him when he touched the puck in the morning skate. "It was funny," Gaudreau said aft
  
  Read more

• Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks getting $71M in upgrades

  23-01-2023 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia.
  
  Read more

• Stoney Nakoda First Nation introduces teaching textbook to keep traditional language alive

  23-01-2023 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Stoney Nakoda First Nation in southwestern Alberta has come up with a new textbook and dictionary as a way of preserving its traditional language.
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge man faces assault charges in armed attack that left victim with serious head injuries

  23-01-2023 21:32
  
  A 37-year-old Lethbridge man has been charged with aggravated assault following a police investigation into an attack involving a weapon. According to Lethbridge Police Service officials, officers responded to the 700 block of Fifth Avenue S. on the evening of Jan. 16 after an injured 28-year-old man was found. The man told police he had been attacked and he was taken to hospital by ambulance with serious head injuries. Surveillance footage secured from a block away purportedly showed the victim
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks to see infrastructure upgrades

  23-01-2023 21:29
  
  Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding for Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks includes upgrades to critical infrastructure, such as Parks Canada dispatch for emergency calls, as well as to several roadways and bridges. It also includes improvements in the community of Lake Louise, Alta. The hamlet has been one of the busiest areas in Banff
  
  Read more

• City to review bylaw governing RV parking in Calgary neighbourhoods

  23-01-2023 21:13
  
  The City of Calgary is seeking input on its existing RV parking bylaw to see if any improvements to the existing rules need to be made. According to the city's current bylaw, recreational vehicles are allowed to be parked on hard-surface driveways or parking stalls outside homes but they cannot remain in place for more than 36 hours. The city says the rules exist to reduce negative impacts on properties and neighbourhoods that include safety concerns, such as the RV blocking the vision of passin
  
  Read more

• 23-year-old charged in Calgary crash that killed skateboarder

  23-01-2023 21:04
  
  A 23-year-old Calgary man has been charged in connection to a summer crash that killed a pedestrian in the community of Huntington Hills. The collision happened on Fourth Street N.E. between the two entrances to Huntstrom Drive at 2 a.m. on July 28, 2022. Police say a woman was skateboarding in the southbound lane of Fourth Street when she was hit by an Infiniti M35X. At the time, police noted there's no sidewalk in the area. The driver remained at the scene. Neither he nor his passenger, a man
  
  Read more

• Baby, rescued from Lethbridge, Alta., home, remains in hospital

  23-01-2023 20:24
  
  Lethbridge police say a six-week-old baby girl who was found in critical condition inside a north-end home last week remains in hospital in Calgary. Officials say the girl is still in critical condition at the Alberta Children's Hospital. Lethbridge police are releasing the information in response to requests from the public for an update on the baby's condition and information on how they can send help. Officials say details of the situation are protected because of privacy concerns, but add th
  
  Read more

• Playgoers of Lethbridge celebrating centennial year - My Lethbridge Now

  23-01-2023 20:11
  
  Playgoers of Lethbridge celebrating centennial year  My Lethbridge Now
  
  Read more

• ‘Self-styled’ Edmonton spiritual leader of Oasis charged with sexual assault

  23-01-2023 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Johannes (John) de Ruiter, 63, was arrested and charged on Saturday, Jan. 21 with sexually assaulting four complainants in separate incidents between 2017 and 2020.
  
  Read more

• Calgary Police Service searching for two brothers with connections ... - Lethbridge News Now

  23-01-2023 19:59
  Calgary Police Service searching for two brothers with connections ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• What's happening in Lethbridge this week: January 23, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  23-01-2023 19:23
  
  What's happening in Lethbridge this week: January 23, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• 'Self-appointed spiritual leader' charged with sexual assault: Edmonton police

  23-01-2023 19:20
  
  Edmonton police say a "self-appointed spiritual leader" has been charged with sexual assault, and investigators believe there may be additional victims. Johannes (John) de Ruiter, 63, was arrested on Saturday. He is accused of sexually assaulting four people in separate incidents between 2017 and 2020. De Ruiter is a self-styled spiritual leader of a group known as the College of Integrated Philosophy, or the Oasis Group, which operated out of the Oasis Building at 109 Avenue and 177 Street from
  
  Read more

• Calgary men charged after alleged international drug smuggling attempt

  23-01-2023 19:12
  
  Two Calgary men are facing charges after border guards in Australia found illegal drugs concealed inside a shop vacuum. The discovery, which happened in May, led to 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine being seized. Australian officials contacted the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and, following an extensive investigation, police executed two Calgary search warrants that resulted in the seizure of 1.08 kg of hashish and 1.1 kg of cannabis. RCMP allege the men had attempted to ship packages of
  
  Read more

• Oldest theatre group in Western Canada marks 100 years

  23-01-2023 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  For the last century, The Playgoers of Lethbridge have brought an array of entertainment to audiences in the windy city. Now, they're marking 100 years of theatre.
  
  Read more

• Alberta-wide ‘network outage’ leads to postponing non-urgent surgeries and lab work

  23-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Though AHS said “some services” are impacted by the outage, it didn’t specify what services, other than 811, are down.
  
  Read more

• Alberta-wide ‘network outage’ affecting 811, among other AHS services

  23-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Though AHS said “some services” are impacted by the outage, it didn’t specify what services, other than 811, are down.
  
  Read more

• Alberta-wide ‘network outage’ affecting 8-1-1, among other AHS services

  23-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Though AHS said “some services” are impacted by the outage, it didn’t specify what services, other than 811, are down.
  
  Read more

• AHS launching review into network outage that led to postponed surgeries and lab work

  23-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is no indication the network outage was caused by hacking or any form of cyber-attack, AHS said Monday night, adding it will launch a third-party review.
  
  Read more

• Snowmobiler killed in avalanche near Valemount, B.C.

  23-01-2023 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Avalanche Canada said the snowmobilers were riding at the base of a slope in a feature known as Bowl 3 in the Oasis area when the avalanche happened Saturday morning.
  
  Read more

• Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping to announce surgery privatization measures

  23-01-2023 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services contracted more private chartered surgical facilities to relieve surgical wait times at hospitals in the province after an announcement last September.
  
  Read more

• 3,000 orthopedic surgeries to be contracted to private surgical facilities in Alberta

  23-01-2023 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services contracted more private chartered surgical facilities to relieve surgical wait times at hospitals in the province after an announcement last September.
  
  Read more

• Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors

  23-01-2023 18:17
  
  The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations that one of Premier Danielle Smith's staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled cases tied to the blockade at the Coutts border crossing. This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as it becomes available…
  
  Read more

• Alberta government says no emails found showing prosecution pressure over Coutts protests

  23-01-2023 18:17
  
  The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations one of Premier Danielle Smith's staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled cases tied to the blockade last year at the Coutts border crossing. The Justice Department said in a statement that over the weekend that civil servants reviewed about a million incoming, outgoing and deleted emails spanning a four-month period and found no record of contact between prosecutors and the premie
  
  Read more

• Alberta Justice says probe uncovered no evidence of emails between Smith’s office, Crown prosecutors

  23-01-2023 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  No record of electronic communication between Premier Smith's office and the ACPS has been found after allegations reported last week were probed.
  
  Read more

• Alberta-wide network outage that postponed some surgeries is now 'resolved': AHS

  23-01-2023 18:07
  
  Alberta Health Services (AHS) says technical issues that led to a province-wide network outage have been resolved and teams are working to restore clinical systems, which may take a few hours." "Services are carefully being restored with priority being given to critical patient care areas, such as emergency departments," said AHS in an update. AHS first alerted the public to the outage through social media just after 9 a.m. At the time, officials said EMS dispatch was functioning with "back-up p
  
  Read more

• AHS postpones elective surgeries amid Alberta-wide network outage

  23-01-2023 18:07
  
  Alberta Health Services (AHS) says it is postponing some elective surgeries as a province-wide network outage continues to impact some services. AHS says EMS dispatch is functioning with "back-up procedures" and calls to 911 are not affected, but Health Link 811 is only available in a limited capacity and will see longer wait times than usual. In an emergency, people should continue to call 911. Just before noon, AHS announced it was postponing some elective, non-urgent surgeries until the outag
  
  Read more

• AHS experiencing province-wide network outage, impacting some services

  23-01-2023 18:07
  
  Alberta Health Services (AHS) says the organization is experiencing a province-wide outage, which is impacting services. AHS said in a tweet that 811 Health Link is unable to receive calls at this time, and asked anyone having an emergency to instead call 911. "We are working to restore service and will provide updates as soon as possible," AHS said.We are currently experiencing a province-wide network outage which is impacting some services. 8-1-1 Health Link is unable to receive calls at this
  
  Read more

• AHS experiencing Alberta-wide network outage, impacting some services

  23-01-2023 18:07
  
  Alberta Health Services (AHS) says the organization is experiencing a province-wide network outage which is impacting some services. While AHS says EMS dispatch is functioning and calls to 911 are not affected, Health Link 811 is only available in a limited capacity. "Wait times will be longer than usual as we restore full service," said AHS in a statement to CTV News. In an emergency, people should continue to call 911. "Our teams are currently using downtime procedures, which are immediately p
  
  Read more

• New textbook, podcast aim to keep Stoney Nakoda language alive in Alberta

  23-01-2023 17:44
  
  Preserving the Stoney Nakoda language is the purpose behind an ongoing project to create school resources to teach the language to younger generations.   The Stoney Education Authority (SEA) will release its latest language revitalization tools Monday morning including a Stoney Nakoda Level 2 Textbook for teaching the language in schools, a printed version of the Stoney Nakoda Student Dictionary (previously available only online) , and a Stoney Podcast featuring nat
  
  Read more

• Why one of Canada's most popular national parks is clamping down on tourism traffic

  23-01-2023 17:38
  
  As of 2023, private vehicles are no longer permitted at Moraine Lake in Alberta's Banff National Park, in an attempt on Parks Canada's part to handle the overcrowded tourism. Banff has seen tourism increase in the last decade, especially at Lake Louise, prompting concern among locals and environmentalists about the national park’s conservation efforts. Harm to the national park may not be caused by the tourists themselves, one expert says, so much as how they get there. "We have a car prob
  
  Read more

• Nickelback to hit Saddledome stage in June

  23-01-2023 17:17
  
  Nickelback fans have reason to celebrate as the band will be bringing its Get Rollin' tour through Canada in June including a stop in Calgary. Nickelback will play the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday, June 25 as part of the tour supporting Get Rollin', their 10th studio album, which was released in November. Country stars Brantley Gilbert and Josh Ross will open the shows. The band is also set to play in Quebec City, Montreal, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Vancouver in June, as well as headl
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge river valley fire injures 2 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  23-01-2023 16:52
  
  Lethbridge river valley fire injures 2 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
  Read more

• 2 injured in Lethbridge river valley grass fire

  23-01-2023 16:52
  
  One man is in critical condition and a woman suffered burns in a weekend fire in Lethbridge's river valley. Fire crews from four stations responded to a section of the river valley along Whoop-Up Drive shortly after 6:30 a.m. Saturday following reports of a fire. Officials say a fire was burning out of control in a small area of brush and grass, and it took firefighters nearly 40 minutes to fully douse the blaze. A man with critical burn injuries and a woman with moderate burns were both taken t
  
  Read more

• Province to reduce surgical wait times in Calgary utilizing chartered facilities

  23-01-2023 15:30
  
  The province say thousands of Albertans will have greater access to publicly-funded orthopedic surgeries through the use of chartered surgical facilities in Calgary. Health Minister Jason Copping made the announcement Monday morning at Canadian Surgery Solutions, an independent health-care centre in northwest Calgary.  "Albertans, many of whom are in pain, are waiting too long for life-changing knee and hip surgeries in Calgary," said Copping. "Our Health Care Action Plan will accelerate ad
  
  Read more

• Province to reduce surgical wait times in Calgary through chartered facilities

  23-01-2023 15:30
  
  The province say thousands of Albertans will have greater access to publicly-funded orthopedic surgeries through the use of chartered surgical facilities in Calgary. Health Minister Jason Copping made the announcement Monday morning at Canadian Surgery Solutions, an independent health-care centre in northwest Calgary.  "Albertans, many of whom are in pain, are waiting too long for life-changing knee and hip surgeries in Calgary," said Copping. "Our Health Care Action Plan will accelerate ad
  
  Read more

• Province sets sights on reducing surgical wait times in Calgary

  23-01-2023 15:30
  
  The province is set to make an announcement Monday morning on the latest efforts to reduce surgical wait times and Alberta's surgical backlog.  Health Minister Jason Copping is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. at Canadian Surgery Solutions, an independent health-care centre in northwest Calgary.  Copping says there are roughly 60,000 Albertans currently waiting for surgeries across the province. "We ran on a promise to get surgical wait times down to the recommended wa
  
  Read more

• Warm and sunny in Calgary ahead of the Polar Vortex

  23-01-2023 14:30
  
  We're getting a clearer look at the updated forecast model data – every day, the image gets sharper, from its blurry starting-place last week to where we are now. Speaking of last week, I held onto a screenshot I captured from the Climate Forecast System (CFS) on Jan. 19 that can track out as far as a month. So this is what the CFS thought Feb. 20 would look like as of last Thursday (note: 24 degrees Fahrenheit is around -4 C):Here's that same datapoint (Feb. 20) using the model’s la
  
  Read more

• Warm and sunny ahead of the Polar Vortex

  23-01-2023 14:30
  
  We're getting a clearer look at the updated forecast model data – every day, the image gets sharper, from its blurry starting-place last week to where we are now. Speaking of last week, I held onto a screenshot I captured from the Climate Forecast System (CFS) on Jan. 19 that can track out as far as a month. So this is what the CFS thought Feb. 20 would look like as of last Thursday (note: 24 degrees Fahrenheit is around -4 C):Here's that same datapoint (Feb. 20) using the model’s la
  
  Read more

• Feds say 'no willing partners' to bring fire codes onto First Nations — including AFN

  23-01-2023 12:34
  
  The federal government does not have a willing partner to find a way to introduce fire codes on First Nation reserves, a newly released document shows. The senior director for the Indigenous Fire Marshal Service, however, says there are steps Ottawa can take now to better protect communities. "Doing nothing is not an option," said Blaine Wiggins. "Analyzing the problem that they already know is not an option." A meeting scenario note for Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, obtained by The
  
  Read more

• It's been 2 years since the Lethbridge SCS closed. Are things better? - Alberta Worker

  23-01-2023 09:00
  
  It's been 2 years since the Lethbridge SCS closed. Are things better?  Alberta Worker
  
  Read more

• City of Lethbridge exploring school zone changes: ‘This is definitely a right move’ - Global News

  23-01-2023 09:00
  City of Lethbridge exploring school zone changes: ‘This is definitely a right move’  Global News
  
  Read more

• More than 1,400 Albertans died from drug-poisoning deaths in 2022: provincial data

  23-01-2023 04:50
  
  While there were more drug-poisoning deaths in Alberta until December last year than in 2020, deaths remain lower than 2021's record-breaking 1,842. According to the latest data released by the province, 366 Albertans died from drug poisoning deaths between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 2022, bringing the year’s total to 1,443, with only December’s data outstanding. Of the 366 new deaths, 116 occurred in September, 127 in October, and 123 in November. All but four per cent of the fatalities i
  
  Read more

• 1 dead after snowmobilers caught in avalanche near Valemount, B.C.

  23-01-2023 04:03
  
  One person has died after two snowmobilers were caught in an avalanche near Valemount, B.C. Saturday. The B.C. RCMP confirmed the fatality Sunday. "We can confirm one snowmobile passenger died in the avalanche," said spokesperson Cpl. Alex Berube in an email, adding that the BC Coroners Service has taken over the investigation and that search and rescue crews were going to try to recover the body. Avalanche Canada, which is warning of dangerous conditions in the area, provided more detail about
  
  Read more

• ‘I think she’s doing a great job’: UCP MLAs show support for Premier Smith after emergency caucus meeting

  23-01-2023 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several UCP MLAs who attended Saturday's emergency caucus meeting say Premier Danielle Smith appears to have the support of caucus.
  
  Read more

• New WinSport wheelchairs to aid in adaptive multisport program

  23-01-2023 00:04
  
  WinSport is expanding programming with the unveiling of 27 new wheelchairs that were purchased through the support of a grant by The Calgary Foundation. The adaptive sport program returned for a fourth year, with eight weeks of free activities for Calgarians with or without physical disabilities. On Sunday, WinSport with the help of Calgary Roughnecks defenseman Zach Currier, taught those in attendance how to play lacrosse, but from a wheelchair. Currier says wheelchair lacrosse is much more dif
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!