LETHBRIDGE, AB - "In many ways, this is more destructive to the province than the Sovereignty Act because the Sovereignty Act was at least a piece of political theatre, at least as far as we can tell."That's from Lethbridge-West NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, in response to Bill 18. The proposed legislation was in...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is one of the southern Alberta communities that has agreed to cut water usage.The province has worked with 38 of the largest and oldest water licencees in southern Alberta to reduce water usage should severe drought conditions develop this year.Lethbridge mayor Blaine Hyggen said...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Southern Alberta looks to continue building its tourism sector.Tourism Lethbridge CEO Erin Crane says 2023 was a good year for the local industry and she believes we will see upwards momentum this year and in the years to come.The estimated economic impact of events last year in the city was just over ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Although concerns have been raised, the Alberta government is maintaining that recently proposed legislation will be beneficial to municipalities in the province.On April 10, 2024, a bill was proposed that would allow the province to veto any deal struck between municipalities and the federal governmen...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "In many ways, this is more destructive to the province than the Sovereignty Act because the Sovereignty Act was at least a piece of political theatre, at least as far as we can tell."That's from Lethbridge-West NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, in response to Bill 18. The proposed legislation was in...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is one of the southern Alberta communities that has agreed to cut water usage.The province has worked with 38 of the largest and oldest water licencees in southern Alberta to reduce water usage should severe drought conditions develop this year.Lethbridge mayor Blaine Hyggen said...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Southern Alberta looks to continue building its tourism sector.Tourism Lethbridge CEO Erin Crane says 2023 was a good year for the local industry and she believes we will see upwards momentum this year and in the years to come.The estimated economic impact of events last year in the city was just over ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Although concerns have been raised, the Alberta government is maintaining that recently proposed legislation will be beneficial to municipalities in the province.On April 10, 2024, a bill was proposed that would allow the province to veto any deal struck between municipalities and the federal governmen...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There are some fun events in the Lethbridge area this weekend, and Lethbridge News Now has the details.Lobsterfest 2024 - April 19, 2024A Celebration of Eastern Canadian traditions is being held at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge on Friday night. Lobsterfest 2024 is a night of live music and dan...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The RCMP is asking for your help in locating a missing man.Willis Robichaud, 46, of Fairview, was last heard from on December 27, 2023. He had advised friends at the time that he would be travelling to Lethbridge.Fairview is located approximately 81 kilometres southwest of Peace River in northern Alber...

The Government of Alberta is taking a step that it hopes will help to keep young workers safe.The province is providing a grant of $175,000 to CAREERS: The Next Generation's SafeGen program.SafeGen is a free program that allows high school students to gain foundational knowledge on health and safety in the workplace th...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "In many ways, this is more destructive to the province than the Sovereignty Act because the Sovereignty Act was at least a piece of political theatre, at least as far as we can tell."That's from Lethbridge-West NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, in response to Bill 18. The proposed legislation was in...

EDMONTON, AB - A survey from a clean energy think-tank says Alberta has done little to implement its plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.The Pembina Institute has examined the measures included in the province's plan released one year ago.It says it found no evidence the government has begun the sort of public ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Although concerns have been raised, the Alberta government is maintaining that recently proposed legislation will be beneficial to municipalities in the province.On April 10, 2024, a bill was proposed that would allow the province to veto any deal struck between municipalities and the federal governmen...

The Alberta government says they intend to strengthen the province's affordable housing system through Budget 2024 by providing record funding to all 48 housing providers to operate community housing. Community Housing is defined as a mix of single-family homes, apartments and townhomes, where the rent is based on 30 p...

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta has implemented two sets of process changes that they claim will improve timelines and support the office's work under its three legislative mandates.The Government of Alberta said this week that the changes were made at the start of April. One se...

OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social policy at the University of Victoria, says he's deeply disappointed with the Canada Disability Benefit. He's resigning f...

VANCOUVER - Poland's president says members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Canada, must raise defence spending to three per cent of GDP to deter Russia's war in Ukraine from spreading. Andrzej Duda made the comments at a speech in Vancouver on Friday, a day ahead of his meeting with Prime Ministe...

OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017. The House of Com...

QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provincial election, during which the party maintained official Opposition status but lost 10 seats. Marc Tanguay has served as...

OTTAWA - Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs. The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada appeared before a parliamentary committee on relations between Canada and China, wher...

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has announced a new vision for an old racetrack that the mayor says will be home to as many as 40,000 people. The federal and provincial governments, as well as the city will each pitch in $2 million for technical studies on the 95 hectares of land, part of which used to host the Hippodr...

NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers in former President Donald Trump 's hush money case shifted their attention Friday to picking alternates as jury selection resumed for a fourth day. The proceedings began again with the questionnaire phase of jury selection and 22 possible jurors were brought in. A second alternate was picked ju...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in t...

NEW YORK (AP) - A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention t...

CAPRI, Italy (AP) - The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received "last minute" information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, Italy's foreign minister said. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who chaired the meeting of ministers of industrialized countrie...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the Lithuanian president announced on Friday. Volkov was attacked in March outside his home in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, where he liv...

Iran fired air defense batteries Friday and some flights were diverted or grounded after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were spotted. It was unclear if the country was under attack, but tensions are high after Iran's unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel. The Israeli...