There have been ample discussions about the Covid pandemic and the actions that were taken by the Canadian and provincial governments. Today we speak with Nadine Wilson, MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers, who has launched a Read More
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A Ukrainian woman detailed her harrowing journey to Canada at a SACPA session on Thursday. Alona Sinchuk was forced out of her country two weeks after the Russians invaded Ukraine. As BCN’s Micah Quinn Read More
A local music promoter has been quite busy as of late. Ron Sakamoto has been promoting music artists here in our region for over 50 years. He was honoured by the City of Lethbridge just over Read More
A Lethbridge man has recently graduated from the Lethbridge Drug Treatment court program. It is a government funded initiative that is an alternative to jailtime for offenders. The man who is now clean and sober Read More
The president of the Lethbridge Police Association says the road will be long to rebuild the community’s trust following what’s become known as the Meme Gate scandal. LPA president Jay McMillan says it’Read More
It was a special moment at Lethbridge College as the Métis flag was raised. Staff and students from the college took part in Métis Celebration Day on Wednesday morning. Video Journalist Micah Quinn Read More
Construction on the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre continues and Mike Warkentin, CEO of Lethbridge & District Exhibition says the fall weather allowed workers to really get ahead on the project. Warkentin offers an update Read More
There are more reports of rising antisemitism. That includes recent comments made by rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. As BCN’s Micah Quinn explains, a Lethbridge rabbi echoed the sentiments that antisemitism is Read More
The Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre is hosting a fundraising campaign for those who are in need in our city. The Sock It To ‘Em Campaign was started as a way to collect socks and give them Read More
Lethbridge has been crowned the winner for the best tasting water. Out of nine competing cities at the 2022 American Water Works Association Western Canada Conference, Lethbridge was chosen as number with Jasper and St. Albert Read More
A special flag was raised at City Hall on Monday morning to honour residents in Lethbridge who self-identify as Métis. Members of a local Métis group were in attendance but they were not Read More
The Christmas season has officially kicked off in Lethbridge with the launch of the annual Christmas Hope campaign. It’s a partnership of six agencies coming together to help some of the less fortunate in Read More
The living wage here in our province have now been updated for our bigger cities. The Alberta Living Wage Network has released updated numbers for 2022 confirming that the living wage in Lethbridge has moved from $19 Read More
A local family is giving back to the community after donating over two hundred gifts to Lethbridge Family Services’ Angel Tree Campaign. Emily and Alex Geerligs hosted their first toy drive last year following the Read More
The Alberta NDP is calling on the province to put an immediate freeze on auto insurance. During a media conference in Calgary Thursday morning, MLA for Lethbridge-West Shannon Phillips says the UCP have always done Read More
A local movie theatre will be screening The Chosen, a multi-season series about the life of Christ. The Move Mill will be screening the series for five days starting on November 18th, and Co-Owner of Read More
Budget Deliberations will begin at city council next week. Mayor Blaine Hyggen says council has had the opportunity to review everything well in advance to make sure they are all prepared and they are ready Read More
Remembrance Day is a time that we put aside what we are doing to honour our veterans. It is taking place tomorrow. Here in Lethbridge, a 101-year-old veteran recounted his tale of volunteering in the Read More
A local skate park has been renamed to honour a former city councilor who passed away. Formally known as the SLP Skate Park, skateboarders will soon be able to shred on the Wade Galloway Skate Read More
Remembrance Day is also a time to honour our Indigenous veterans who have laid down their lives for Canada. Chuck Isaacs is Metis and a veteran himself, and he also serves as the president of Read More
A young Lethbridge man says he needs a kidney donation after learning his own kidneys are failing and he fears he could be living a life on dialysis if he doesn’t find a match. Read More
Ski season is officially underway at some resorts in the province including Sunshine Village in Banff. The resort recently had its earliest opening in 40 years on November 3. An official at the resort says conditions on Read More
A healthy donation has made its way to our two food banks here in Lethbridge. A total of over $10,000 was raised and given to officials at the Lethbridge and Interfaith Food Banks by staff from Read More
A special dignitary from Lethbridge received a top honour recently. Lethbridge County Reeve Tory Campbell took home the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal on Monday at the Rural Municipalities of Alberta convention in Edmonton. Read More
The issue of post-traumatic stress disorder has plagued many veterans in our community. A southern Alberta organization called Carewest Operational Stress Injury Clinic is providing help for veterans who have experienced an operational stress injury. Read More
Young Indigenous women are still disappearing and many times are ending up dead. Not much is being done to address the issue. That is according to Reverend Deborah Minoose, a pastor and a residential school Read More
Our furry friends are in need this time of year during extreme cold temperatures. It is also National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week here in our city. With this cold snap, Community Animal Services in Lethbridge Read More
Here in Lethbridge our only shelter has been full and over capacity during the last few nights due to the extreme cold weather. Staff from Alpha House Society say they do not turn away any Read More
The Lethbridge Salute Our Veterans Banner Project was a huge success this year. A total of 80 banners were raised high and displayed in our city in different places like City Hall, the Cenotaph, the Legion Read More
Children in West Africa, Central America and now Ukraine are to set to receive some much needed blessings in the form of a shoebox. Operation Christmas Child is now underway. Video Journalist Micah Quinn has Read More
