Lethbridge news

• Canadian National Barista Championships brings a crowd to Calgary

  20-05-2023 23:44
  
  Calgary is playing host to some of the best coffee makers in the country this weekend.  The annual National Barista Championships are taking place at Eight Ounce Coffee on Saturday and Sunday.  A dozen of the best baristas from across Canada are competing in front of judges to see who can create the best cup -- and who has the best technical skills. They'll be judged on their presentation, interaction and knowledge.   "They are competing to represent Canada in the World Baris
  
  Read more

• Alberta campers take precautions as province-wide fire ban continues

  20-05-2023 23:03
  
  May long weekend often marks the unofficial kickoff to camping season in Alberta, but a province-wide fire ban and volatile wildfire conditions are prompting thousands of outdoor enthusiasts to take precautions. The fire danger is extreme in northern Alberta and high throughout almost all of the rest of the province with 487 fires having burned 765,000 hectares of land so far. A fire ban and off-highway vehicle restriction remain in place across the forest protection area, which runs along the f
  
  Read more

• Bear spotted up a tree in southwest Calgary

  20-05-2023 21:29
  
  Police were on scene Saturday morning in southwest Calgary after a bear was spotted up a tree. By 10 a.m., Fish and Wildlife instructed polie officers to stand down as the bear had climbed down and departed. Signs were posted advising the public that two bears are in the area. The area in question is just west of a parking lot west of 37 Street S.W. as you enter the Weaselhead Flats at 37 Street S.W. and 66 Avenue S.W.
  
  Read more

• Canadian rider Derek Gee finishes second again at Giro d'Italia - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 20:21 via news.google.com
  
  Canadian rider Derek Gee finishes second again at Giro d'Italia  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Warrants issued for Calgary man accused of uttering threats

  20-05-2023 19:42
  
  Calgary police have issued warrants for a man related to uttering threats to women he met online. Three women have come forward in May reporting that they got messages threatening violence from a man they met on a dating website. The first woman said that after not returning a few of his messages, the man sent her one wishing her physical harm. She blocked that number, then received text messages from two other numbers threatening physical harm. A second woman said she met a man in person, then
  
  Read more

• Canada's Leylah Fernandez falls to Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo in ... - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 19:31 via news.google.com
  
  Canada's Leylah Fernandez falls to Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo in ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Brother of slain Calgary police officer speaks out on day parole release of man convicted in killing

  20-05-2023 18:23
  
  The brother of a slain Calgary police officer says the day parole release of one of the men convicted of killing Andrew Harnett barely a year after sentencing is shocking and "laughable." Jason Harnett said in an email reply to a question from CTV News that he's "shocked it (parole) was coming up for review so soon," considering the passenger was sentenced for manslaughter in January 2022. He also was critical of the communications process of the Alberta justice system. "We were not aware o
  
  Read more

• Wranglers season comes to a heartbreaking close in overtime thriller in the desert

  20-05-2023 17:39
  
  With their season on the line Friday night, the Calgary Wranglers came out with guns blazing. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough as the Wranglers fell 6-5 in overtime to the Firebirds in a game played in Palm Springs, California. Andrew Poturalski scored seven minutes into the first extra frame to give the Firebirds the victory. That capped a wild conclusion to a game that featured six third-period goals, as the two teams played with fury and desperation. After falling behind 4-3, with a little und
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• University of Lethbridge student wins national $10000 scholarship - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 15:48 via news.google.com
  
  University of Lethbridge student wins national $10000 scholarship  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rules

  20-05-2023 15:06
  
  The Group of Seven wealthy democracies united Saturday in urging China to pressure its strategic partner Russia to end its war on Ukraine. In a joint statement issued Saturday, the G7 leaders emphasized they did not want to harm China and were seeking "constructive and stable relations" with Beijing, "recognizing the importance of engaging candidly with and expressing our concerns directly to China."Complete coverage of the war in Ukraine"We call on China to press Russia to stop its military agg
  
  Read more

• Deportation order over bogus college admission letter could set ... - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 15:03 via news.google.com
  
  Deportation order over bogus college admission letter could set ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada

  20-05-2023 14:57
  
  Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at ease in Vancouver. He described the sense of familiarity that struck him in a Hong Kong-style cafe on Vancouver's Cambie Street -- the smell of baked pork chops on rice, the background noise of people joking in Cantonese. But there was something else that Wan says people in Hong Kong can no longer take for granted -- the ability to talk freely and without fear in public. Wan, 55, is better known as the former Hong Kong radio
  
  Read more

• Ukraine's Zelenskyy at centre of last day of high-level diplomacy as G7 looks to punish Russia

  20-05-2023 14:17
  
  World leaders ratcheted up pressure Sunday on Russia for its war against Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the center of a swirl of diplomacy on the final day of the Group of Seven summit of rich-world democracies. Zelenskyy's in-person attendance at one of the world's premier diplomatic gatherings is meant to galvanize attention on his nation's 15-month fight against Russia. Even before he landed Saturday on a French plane, the G7 nations had unveiled a slew of new sancti
  
  Read more

• Ukraine's Zelenskyy arrives in Hiroshima for G7 summit as world leaders sanction Russia

  20-05-2023 14:17
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Saturday in Japan for talks with the leaders of the world's most powerful democracies, a personal appearance meant to galvanize global attention as the nations ratcheted up pressure on Moscow for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine. Bolstering international support is a key priority as Ukraine prepares for what's seen as a major push to take back territory seized by Russia in the war that began in February last year. Zelenskyy's in-person visit to the
  
  Read more

• GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Strike puts focus on worth of child care - Saltwire

  20-05-2023 11:03 via news.google.com
  
  GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Strike puts focus on worth of child care  Saltwire
  
  Read more

• G7 leaders' communiqué to mention foreign interference, Canadian ... - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 06:43 via news.google.com
  
  G7 leaders' communiqué to mention foreign interference, Canadian ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

• Police need your help identifying a man found dead in northeast Calgary

  20-05-2023 05:00
  
  Calgary police found a man dead after being called to a suspicious fire in the city's northeast on Wednesday afternoon, and they're looking to the public for help figuring out who he was. The fire occurred around 1 p.m., next to a commercial building located at 3805 29 St. N.E. Officers discovered the body after the flames were put out. "All investigative leads to identify the man have been exhausted, including all traditional methods of identifying the deceased through the Office of the Chief M
  
  Read more

• ‘Everyone’s afraid of Danielle’: UCP canvassers recruited at Take Back Alberta events

  20-05-2023 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  New audio recordings from a Take Back Alberta event reveal what United Conservative Party canvassers are hearing at the door, and the steps being taken to get the party re-elected.
  
  Read more

• Alberta election fact check: Fact vs fiction at the leaders’ debate

  20-05-2023 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  UCP Leader Danielle Smith and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley addressed issues like affordability, health care, the economy, education and trust in leadership.
  
  Read more

• Cigarette suspected of sparking southwest Calgary grass fire

  20-05-2023 02:25
  
  A cigarette is suspected to have sparked a grass fire in southwest Calgary Friday afternoon. The fire started a little after 4 p.m. at 69 Street and 14 Avenue S.W. It spread into the Strathcona Ravine and got within throwing distance of a few homes. A few homeowners helped fire crews to fight it with their garden hoses. A Calgary Fire Department spokesperson confirmed that the fire has been brought under control. The CFD reminds everyone that it's extremely dry out there, so please don't throw y
  
  Read more

• Cigarette suspected of sparking at least one of two southwest Calgary grass fires

  20-05-2023 02:25
  
  The fire department says a grass fire that came close to some homes in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon was likely sparked by a cigarette butt. The fire began near 69th Street and 14th Avenue S.W. just after 4 p.m. Winds spread the blaze quickly. The fire spread into the Strathcona Ravine and came within throwing distance of a few homes. Firefighters set up at various places around the ravine to protect homes. Homeowners helped fire crews ward off the flames with garden hoses. The fire was
  
  Read more

• Breathing in bad air: The health costs of climate change and wildfires

  20-05-2023 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a 2019 report by the World Health Organization, more than 20 per cent of cardiovascular deaths are caused by air pollution, not unlike smoke-filled air from wildfires.
  
  Read more

• Cost of Trans Mountain Pipeline project expansion skyrockets

  20-05-2023 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The former head of ICBC and economist Robyn Allan told Global News that the ballooning costs are being incurred by a government that preaches environmental responsibility.
  
  Read more

• Alberta election: Lethbridge stakeholders ‘disappointed’ in provincial leaders debate - Global News

  20-05-2023 01:38 via news.google.com
  Alberta election: Lethbridge stakeholders ‘disappointed’ in provincial leaders debate  Global News
  
  Read more

• Alberta election: Lethbridge stakeholders ‘disappointed’ in provincial leaders debate

  20-05-2023 01:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The UCP and NDP leaders fielded questions on topics like health care and education, but it was past action by both leaders that dominated much of the conversation.
  
  Read more

• Passenger in hit-and-run death of Calgary police officer released on day parole

  20-05-2023 01:18
  
  A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the death of a Calgary police officer will be released to a halfway house after being granted day parole. Amir Abdulrahman, 22, was sentenced to five years in prison last year for his actions as a passenger in the hit-and-run death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett. Harnett died in hospital on Dec. 31, 2020, after being dragged by a fleeing SUV and falling into the path of an oncoming car. Harnett, who was 37, tried to stop the SUV after he noticed i
  
  Read more

• Naheed Nenshi: What's a good Alberta conservative to do?

  20-05-2023 01:14
  
  I recently got an email from someone I don’t know on my private email address. He must have worked hard to find me, because he was troubled. “Can you shed some light on what the heck is going on with her party? Can we trust Danielle Smith in your opinion?” he wrote. “I have always been conservative…. But, with the crap I’m hearing, I have no idea who to believe any more.” This is a strange place for Alberta conservative supporters to be. For decades, vo
  
  Read more

• Naheed Nenshi: This is a strange place for Alberta conservative supporters to be

  20-05-2023 01:14
  
  I recently got an email from someone I don’t know on my private email address. He must have worked hard to find me, because he was troubled. “Can you shed some light on what the heck is going on with her party? Can we trust Danielle Smith in your opinion?” he wrote. “I have always been conservative…. But, with the crap I’m hearing, I have no idea who to believe any more.” This is a strange place for Alberta conservative supporters to be. For decades, vo
  
  Read more

• ‘Trying to fill those gaps’: Police agencies team up for joint recruitment event in Lethbridge

  20-05-2023 01:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service, Blood Tribe Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined forces in an effort to recruit more members across the board.
  
  Read more

• Snakes a spectacle of spring but winter homes need space

  20-05-2023 01:05
  
  Garter snakes have emerged from their winter homes over the past month, putting on a display that is a thrilling sign of spring for some, and nightmare fuel for others. Either way, it's hands off. "The males come out first," says Judy Fleetham, a zoologist by education and lover of the native serpents. "And then they kind of wind around the first female that comes out and then they just go. They swarm her basically." The cold-blooded snakes live out the winter months deep in the earth, finding d
  
  Read more

• Danielle Smith looks to defend Brooks-Medicine Hat seat against NDP, Alberta Party contenders

  20-05-2023 00:28
  
  United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith has been the MLA for Brooks-Medicine Hat since winning a by-election for the seat Nov. 8. The seat became available after former UCP MLA Michaela Frey resigned, so Smith could run in the riding after winning party leadership and becoming premier. Now, just six months after winning the seat, Smith will have to fight for it again. But she doesn't appear to be fazed by the challenge. "I'm excited about this election because elections matter. It really
  
  Read more

• Alberta RCMP officer injured while conducting traffic stop

  20-05-2023 00:28
  
  A southern Alberta RCMP officer was injured while conducting a traffic stop near Stavely on Friday. RCMP say the officer, from the Claresholm detachment, pulled over a vehicle on northbound Highway 2 north of the town at roughly 12:15 p.m. They left their cruiser, which had its emergency lights on, and were standing at the driver's side door of the vehicle that had been pulled over when a semi-trailer hit their police car. The crash left the officer with minor injuries as a result of flying debr
  
  Read more

• Lethbridge College Kodiaks women's soccer team signs defender ... - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2023 00:04 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge College Kodiaks women's soccer team signs defender ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
  Read more

Follow @Lethbridge_News on Twitter!