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For a modest $44,000 annual investment, Lethbridge could save more than 53 million litres of water over three years. For a more ambitious approach - $131,300 a year - city council was told, that water conservation measure could save 183 million litres over the same period.

Southwest Alberta could soon be a tourism hot spot with the help of a new website aimed at attracting visitors from near and far. The Chinook Country Tourist Association site, www.

SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Nikkei Cultural Society of Lethbridge and Area will conduct its third annual Ghost Town Bus Tour June 18-22. The tour will again be headed up by Pastor George M.

The Vulcan teenager charged with sexual assault and kidnapping has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment. Judge Eric Peterson made the order Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court after hearing a brief submission from Andrew Gregory's defence lawyer Tracy Hembroff.

Noble Central School in Nobleford officially received a $20,000 Best Buy Canada technology grant recently during a ceremony at the school. Noble Central was one of 12 national grant recipients from this year's Best in Class Fund program, which offered Canadian schools an opportunity to win a grant of up to $20,000 by submitting a written proposal addressing the question, "How do you plan to use the technology with your students to inspire and enhance their education?" For more details about the Best in Class program, visit www.

A 15-year-old Picture Butte boy faces charges in connection with a stolen vehicle. Picture Butte RCMP arrested the teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth Justice Act, Tuesday after an area rancher had reported his pickup truck had been stolen.

"Our mission at SAAG is to foster the work of contemporary artists who challenge the boundaries of their disciplines, and the Sobey Art Award shares that goal," says SAAG curator Ryan Doherty.

It will also be discussed Thursday during a regular session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs when pro-lifer Maaike Rosendal and professor Bryson Brown provide their views on the topic.

Actually, it's participating in the city's annual census. It's quick because census takers only ask three questions; it's easy because those three questions don't have anything to do with physics or math; and it's painless because, well, how much can it hurt answering three quick and easy questions? Census takers will be going door to door in Lethbridge beginning April 7 as the city gathers basic information on which federal and provincial funding is based.