LETHBRIDGE, AB - A local child and her family took a once-in-a-lifetime train journey through the Rocky Mountains.On September 26, 2024, the Starlight Children's Foundation Canada flew families with children who have terminal conditions from across the country to Banff.In addition to the two-day train ride, the groups ...

The Emergency Department (ED) at the Fort Macleod Health Centre is set to temporarily close.Alberta Health Services says the ED will be closed from 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2024 until 5:00 p.m.The closure is due to a lack of physician coverage.Anyone requiring emergency care is asked to phone 911. EMS calls w...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One local school division is reporting a large increase in its student population.The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division says it welcomed 5,363 students at its locations in southern Alberta this fall. That is an increase of 234 students compared to last year or, 4.35 per cent.Board Chair Dr. Carmen M...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - While it may still not seem like it for those without a primary care provider, there is now reportedly a greater number of doctors practicing in the city.That is according to the latest quarterly report from the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, which covers the period from July 1 to Sep...

Changes are coming to the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation's (AFSC) AgriStability program to address challenges like burdensome paperwork and high accounting fees that can hinder farmer productivity. According to AFSC, a new option to align AgriStability reporting with tax filing for 2025 is expected to resul...

According to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index, 37 per cent of Albertans report that they've turned to bill-splitting strategies in an effort to make ends meet and save money. About one in ten, or 13 per cent, indicated they are saving by cohabiting with friends, partners, family members, or by seeking out roommates o...

Alberta Grains invites barley and wheat farmers to its annual regional meetings taking place across Alberta, giving them a detailed look at the commission's research, advocacy, and extension efforts funded by their checkoff dollars. The meetings will be held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 15 across six regions in Alberta."O...

The third annual Premier's Summit on Fairness for Newcomers took place in Calgary on Wednesday with this year's theme in mind of "celebrating trades and professions in Alberta." The provincial government says they're committed to ensuring that every newcomer can thrive in Alberta. Because of their important r...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes bounced back from a loss on Friday, October 11, taking down the Brandon Wheat Kings 5-2 on Saturday.In the first period, Logan Wormald got the Canes on the board first, burying a cross-ice pass from Shane Smith to take a 1-0 lead. The assist was Smith's first point as a Hurric...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes fell 4-3 in overtime to the Vancouver Giants on Friday, October 11. The game was the Hurricanes debut for forward Shane Smith, who the team acquired on October 5 in exchange for Harrison Meneghin. In the first period, the Hurricanes found themselves shorthanded after a high st...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new face will be making his Lethbridge Hurricanes debut on Friday, October 11, 2024.Shane Smith, who the Hurricanes acquired on Saturday, October 5 from the Medicine Hat Tigers, will join the team for their matchup against the Vancouver Giants. The Hurricanes sent goaltender Harrison Meneghin to the ...

BOUNDARY CREEK, AB - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) will work to protect an area of pristine grasslands near the Canada-U.S. border from development.Colleen and Dale Adams have signed an agreement with the NCC to conserve their 128-hectare (315-acre) cattle ranch from any future subdivisions, drainage or cultiv...

COALDALE, AB - A major agricultural producer has made a move in southern Alberta.Bayer CropScience Inc. has announced that it will be acquiring HyTech Production Ltd., a canola treating and packaging facility just north of Coaldale.Bayer President and CEO Antoine Bernet says, as they look to increase their canola busin...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Although it has been a challenging season for farmers in the region due to weather, many have experienced higher-than-average yields.That is according to the latest Alberta Crop Report, which looks at the conditions as of September 24, 2024.It says 85.7 per cent of crops in the southern region have bee...

RCMP in Saskatchewan have issued an Amber Alert after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted from a health centre in the community of Montreal Lake. Police say they were told this afternoon that five-day-old Koda Moccasin had been taken from the community, roughly 100 kilometres north of Prince Albert. The baby boy was ...

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay billions of dollars to provincial and territorial governments as well as smokers across Canada as part of a corporate restructuring process set off by a legal battle over the health effects of smoking. Here are the key numbers of the proposal, based on a court filing as well as...

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to some 100,000 Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle. The companies - JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedg...

WABAMUN, Alta. - Mounties say they're treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter. RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton. They said bystanders recovered the girl from the lake and, despite life-saving eff...

OTTAWA - India's foreign ministry says Ottawa is trying to smear New Delhi, as the country doubles down on rejecting claims it is behind widespread crimes in Canada. The federal government ordered India's top envoy to leave the country on Monday after the RCMP said it had credible evidence that Indian agents played a r...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with "biological girls" if re-elected, a move the NDP's Carla Beck says weaponizes vulnerable kids. Moe made the pledge Thursday at a campaign stop in Regina. He said it w...

ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...

ATLANTA (AP) - National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge's ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia's State Election Board are "illegal, unconstitutional and void." The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton C...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Thursday at Holman prison in southern Alabama. He ple...