Lethbridge Latest News

• Alberta doctors hope new E.R. triage physician role is properly resourced

  Alberta doctors are hoping a new pilot project to introduce triage physicians into emergency department waiting rooms is properly resourced.

  Health

  Jan 16
• Calgary police investigating stabbing outside southwest high school

  Calgary police say a 17-year-old was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition following a stabbing near Henry Wise Wood High School in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon.

  Crime

  Jan 16
• E-bike battery caused blaze that sent 2 people to hospital: Edmonton firefighters

  'Over the last few years, as lithium ion batteries become more of a common part of our day, we have seen an increase in fires with these batteries as the cause.'

  Fire

  Jan 16
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• Canadian canola farmers express ‘cautious optimism’ over trade agreement with China

  Canadian farmers are hailing news that China has agreed to slash duties on imports of Canadian canola products as 'an important milestone' in the countries' trading relationship.

  Economy

  Jan 16
• Crown says Calgary man who joined ISIS should serve a 16-year terrorism sentence

  Crown prosecutors are calling for a 16 year prison sentence for a Calgary man who travelled to the Middle East to join the terror group ISIS in 2013.

  Crime

  Jan 16
• Calgary lifts water restrictions, officials say Bearspaw pipe fixed and stable

  The City of Calgary says tests on a repaired water main have been successful and all water restrictions in the city and surrounding communities are now lifted.

  Canada

  Jan 16
• Flair Airlines reroutes strategy to lure corporate travellers — without a business class

  CEO Maciej Wilk said Flair Airlines is attempting a strategic shift away from a pure-play budget airline and toward what he dubbed a 'value carrier.'

  Consumer

  Jan 16
• Judge upholds cat custody ruling, says parenthood and pet ownership aren’t same

  An Alberta judge divided up a group of cats between two exes, saying neither gets to keep all of them because pets aren’t the same as kids and legally shouldn’t be treated as such.

  Canada

  Jan 16
• WestJet will reverse cramped seat configuration after widespread backlash

  The airline said select flights that were recently reconfigured with the new seating arrangement will be changed again to remove the extra row of seats.

  Consumer

  Jan 16
• Sorokin puts on ‘outstanding’ show vs. Oilers

  Ilya Sorokin and his posts proved to be more than up to the challenge on Thursday night.

  Sports

  Jan 16
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• Sorokin, Islanders blank Oilers 1-0

  Ilya Sorokin recorded a 35-save shutout as the New York Islanders narrowly got past the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on Thursday.

  Sports

  Jan 15
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• Battery believed to have caused Edmonton apartment fire that displaced dozens

  A fire that forced dozens of residents from an Edmonton apartment building and sent two people to hospital is prompting renewed warnings about lithium-ion battery safety.

  Fire

  Jan 15
• Closing the gap: RMs say more needs to be done to cover growing infrastructure deficit

  Advocates for rural municipalities are speaking out over what they say is a growing deficit in funding for infrastructure projects across rural Alberta.

  Economy

  Jan 15
• Firefighters from three departments help battle huge house fire east of Calgary

  A total of five homes have been damaged by a massive fire just east of Calgary on Thursday. The fire was so big that firefighters from three departments had to be called in.

  Fire

  Jan 15
• City of Calgary takes another step towards restoring use of Bearspaw feeder main

  The City of Calgary says if all goes according to plan, the final pumps that supply water to the Bearspaw feeder main will be turned back on Friday morning.

  Fire

  Jan 15
• ‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing

  There was a huge turnout in Red Deer on Wednesday as supporters of Alberta's independence lined up to sign a petition calling for a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.

  Politics

  Jan 15
• Girl, 5, killed in crash involving stolen truck northeast of Edmonton: RCMP

  A five-year-old girl died while her 27-year-old mother, a 30-year-old man and a 10-month-old boy went to hospital after the crash near Cold Lake in eastern Alberta.

  Crime

  Jan 15
• Alberta orders inquiry into death of man waiting for care at Edmonton hospital E.R.

  Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones said a judge-led fatality inquiry will look into what happened when Prashant Sreekumar died while waiting for care at the Grey Nuns Hospital.

  Health

  Jan 15
• Calgary police charge 2 teens in Facebook Marketplace robberies

  Calgary police have charged two teens accused of being involved in a pair of recent Facebook Marketplace transactions that the victims allege turned violent.

  Crime

  Jan 15
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• Calgary woman’s act of self-defence prompts another victim to come forward

  The death of Shahbaz Ahmed, which Calgary police said was a case of self-defence, has prompted another person who had a similar encounter with the man to come forward.

  Crime

  Jan 14
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• Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main could be back in operation by Friday, says city

  The city of Calgary says if all goes according to plan, water restrictions put in place after the rupture of the Bearspaw feeder main, could be lifted by the end of the week.

  Health

  Jan 14
• Accused in Lethbridge sex trafficking case breaches conditions, re-arrested: police

  A man accused of drugging and pimping a teenage girl was barely out of handcuffs when he was re-arrested Tuesday for breaching his conditions, Lethbridge police said.

  Crime

  Jan 14
• Alberta looks to test water in all government-owned buildings for lead, copper

  A request for bids from private companies says the project covers over 200 buildings, including the Alberta legislature, museums, group homes, a school and courthouses.

  Canada

  Jan 14
• Business groups urge Alberta government to scrap new wine tax

  Business groups in Alberta are calling on the province to repeal a new tax on wine saying it undermines the progress being made on reducing interprovincial trade barriers.

  Consumer

  Jan 14
• 3 homes in northeast Calgary damaged by Wednesday morning fire

  The back of the home where the fire started sustained significant damage, while some of the siding on two neighbouring homes was melted by the heat.

  Fire

  Jan 14