The Lethbridge Police Service says the latest community survey found that close to 70-percent of residents feel safe living in the city. In a presentation to the Community Issues Committee Tuesday, police chief Shahin Mehdizadeh outlined the issues his department will focus on."Primary concerns provided to us by o...

Although the rain has stopped, Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services is warning us that rivers in our region are still dangerous and unpredictable. A survey Thursday afternoon by its fire prevention team found a fair bit of damage to river banks along the Oldman River and low-lying trails which, in some cases, city ...

Police in the Bridge City have charged a 59-year-old man with a long list of weapons crimes, after nearly three dozen firearms were seized from a Canyon Boulevard home on the city's westside.On Wednesday, Daniel Hazen Stebbins was arrested for criminal harassment in connection with an investigation that started on Vanc...

It's always a good idea to make sure to check your lottery numbers. A Lethbridge man found that out recently when his wife went on to the Western Canada Lotteries site to see if the Lotto Max ticket he purchased last Fall was a winner. It was...and for $100,000 no less.Ray Delongchamp, who bought the winning ticket at ...

Gus Wetter School in Castor, Alberta is now the proud home of a 24/7 publicly accessible SaveStation AED cabinet.AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator, and one could save your life in the case of a sudden cardiac arrest.The one in Castor, in east-central Alberta, is the eighth donated by Action First Aid in t...

Treaty chiefs representing First Nations across the West say they are willing to carry out acts of civil disobedience if necessary to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation vote. And Treaty 8 Grand Chief Trevor Mercredi has renewed a call for Smith to put a stop to an upcoming referendum on it. He points to ...

The Government of Alberta has invested $2.5 million in the Community Pathways to Justice grant to help support survivors of gender-based violence.The investment also advances the province's 10-year strategy to end gender-based violence."It is critical that survivors receive the support they need to navigate the ju...

The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) has come out to say it's looking at supplementing the number of teams it has, and Alberta is one of the markets it's seriously considering.The BCHL, which recently held its Annual General Meeting at Rogers Place in Vancouver, re-affirmed a growth plan established back in Octobe...

A Lethbridge wrestler is among 20 names on Canada's entry into next week's World University Combat Championships in Brazil.Angelina Ellis-Toddington, who currently studies at the University of Calgary, will compete in the 68 kilogram weight class.The team is evenly divided with 10 female and 10 male wrestlers.The event...

Since the Lethbridge Bulls weren't playing baseball on May the 4th, they've decided to hold a Star Wars-themed night, tonight, June the 4th, in their match-up against Fort McMurray. Fans coming to the game tonight are being asked to dress up in their best Princess Leila, Darth Vader, Jedi, or everyone's favourite Wooki...

It was an old-fashioned 'slugfest' at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks Wednesday night as the Lethbridge Bulls got by the Okotoks Dawgs 15-12 in Western Canadian Baseball League action.The game, a make-up from this past Sunday's postponed game in Okotoks, called due to rain.Trailing 5-3 going into the fourth, the Bulls were a...

While southern Alberta currently goes through a major rain event, some good news coming in from the province's latest crop report for Region 1.A May 26th survey of producers in the Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Strathmore, and Foremost areas found that close to 95 percent of seeding was complete, a jump of about 15 percent...

The Lethbridge-based group, Farming Smarter, is in its final year of a project that helps farmers measure moisture in their fields.The Smart Irrigation project provides specialized sensors to producers to track the conditions of their soil, but also offers up a five to seven-day model instructing the farmer on the best...

With significant rainfall and strong winds expected this weekend, Lethbridge County is urging residents to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature brings our way.Among its suggestions: to move downspouts away from foundations, clear gutters and eavestroughs, check culverts and ditches for blockages, and make sure sump p...

OTTAWA - The blanket ban preventing people from some Ebola-affected countries from entering Canada is keeping Ugandan activists from attending a major LGBTQ+ rights conference in Ottawa. The Carney government announced last week a 90-day suspension of ...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because th...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6 per cent (10.0) _ Prince Edward Island 6.7 per cent (...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's May employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.5) Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.0) Number unemployed: 1,482,400 (1...

OTTAWA - The unofficial authority on recession calls in Canada says it's too soon to use that word to describe the sluggish economy. Debate has raged on Parliament Hill over whether the country is in a recession since Statistics Canada reported last we...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Liberals' grocery benefit payments start for eligible Canadians today One of the federal Liberals' flagship affordability measures will soon hit the bank accounts ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - At least 49 people died of thirst after a truck broke down and they were stranded for days in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger, authorities said. The victims, all Nigeriens, were returning home from a religious fes...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill....

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in nearly seven years. His trip will the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its...