Repairs to Whoop-Up Drive have been completed, following the August 6 incident, so the Botterill Bottom Road has now been re-opened. The city says it is also advising all Botterill Bottom Park users of upcoming changes and safety considerations during the Water Treatment Plant upgrade project. Officials note, construct...

The Downtown Rotary Club of Lethbridge has launched its 2025-2026 Catch the Ace Lottery.Officials say all proceeds support the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation's Bringing Hearts Home Campaign, a $30 million initiative to build a new Cardiac Centre of Excellence for Southern Alberta.The lottery opens Dec. 15, 2025, ...

Due to an unexpected clinical personnel shortage and inability to secure coverage, officials with ALberta Health Services (AHS) say the Milk River Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be temporarily closed until 8 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 16, when it will reopen to provide 24-hour service.During the tempora...

As the fall semester draws to a close and winter break approaches, Lethbridge Polytechnic is advising of upcoming reduced hours and closures for on-campus services.Officials say all polytechnic entrances will be closed at 6 p.m. Dec. 24. Entrances in Centre Core, Paterson, Physical Education and Technologies buildings ...

Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as it works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.The two jointly announced an extension on the current deal, with the federal government providing Alberta more than $1.17-billion dollars in funding.It will extend both the earl...

Alberta RCMP removed 50 impaired drivers from the roads on Saturday, Dec. 6 as part of their role in National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.Of the 50 drivers, 28 received Immediate Roadside Sanctions FAILS, 13 received WARNS, and six novice or commercial drivers were removed for IRS ZEROES."These statistics are...

Alberta's teachers are accusing the province of bad faith bargaining over the recent strike.Jason Schilling, the head of the Alberta Teachers' Association, says they have filed a complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board against the government's bargaining agent.Schilling says during the labour standoff, the go...

Elections Alberta is getting $6.7 million in extra funding to handle the sudden outburst of recall petitions against legislature members.A legislature committee unanimously granted the funding at a meeting today.Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure requested the extra money because his office is managing 21 active re...

PROMOTIONS/EVENTS Next Home Game: The Hurricanes will play their final home game before the Christmas break on Tuesday, December 16th when they welcome Joe Iginla and the Edmonton Oil Kings at 7:00pm! Tickets can be purchased by visiting the VisitLethbridge.com Arena Ticket Centre, by calling 403-329-SEAT (7328) or onl...

If you know someone who has made a significant contribution to sports in the community, you can give them the recognition they deserve.The Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame has announced that it is now accepting nominations for its Class of 2026.The organization says sports have played an integral role in building the fab...

Officials with Lethbridge's WHL team say they have made the difficult decision to get rid of their captain.Logan Wormald will now play for the Spokane Chiefs. In exchange, the Hurricanes will get four draft picks - a third-round draft pick in 2026 (WEN), a third-round pick in 2026 (SPO), a fourth-round draft pick in 20...

A pair of major announcements has been made by the newly reformed Lethbridge & District Agricultural Society. Cody McIntosh has been hired as the group's first director. He says he is proud to see that every member of their leadership team has a background in agriculture. For himself, McIntosh was raised on a farm ...

A pair of local farmers has received major recognition.At its inaugural Global Farmer Awards in New York, PepsiCo announced Chris and Harold Perry as the recipients of the Global Farmer of the Year Award.Ramon Laguarta, Chair and CEO of PepsiCo, says farmers are the heartbeat of their supply chain and the foundation of...

Prairie Rose Public Schools has announced the creation of the Yuill School of Agriculture in partnership with Neubauer Farms and Medicine Hat College.The school of agriculture is said to be an important step in advancing agricultural education and workforce development in Alberta.This school will offer students in Grad...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets Defence Minister David McGuinty says he's confident the federal government will hit its NATO defence spe...

OTTAWA - Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War - both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domestic economy. But it remains to be seen whether Nationa...

Four months, 50 applications, two interviews, no job. The story of 21-year-old political studies graduate Lauren Hood might sound familiar to others in her generation. "In my mind, after completing the four years and getting my degree, I didn't think i...

VANCOUVER - Young customers and families filter in and out of Foglifter, a bustling café in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, ordering croissants and lattes. Barista Nicholas Schorn says many, especially millennials, are open about their ritual...

The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people about the financial challenges facing their generation - a tough job market, unaffordable housing and goals that seem out of reach. 'WAITING FOR EVERYTHING TO WORK OUT' A few hours into a night out...

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has approved a merger between Canadian natural resources company Teck Resources Ltd. and Britain's Anglo American PLC. Joly says in a statement she has determined the merger will be a net benefit to Canada and ca...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett s...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people. The military said in a statement on social media that t...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. The accident took ...