Several city parking lots are getting a tune-up this month.City officials say the lots require maintenance work, including crack sealing, line painting, pothole filling and drainage improvements.Atso Towaawa ParkIndian Battle ParkTed Petrunia ParkLegacy ParkCrossings ParkPavan ParkThe city says each parking lot will be...

More than 200 people from approximately 60 groups gathered this week to strengthen Lethbridge's coordinated response to preventive social programs, homelessness and housing instability.Integrated Coordinated Access (ICA) is Lethbridge's coordinated response to these challenges. Organizers say it brings housing, health...

The City of Lethbridge released a statement Tuesday regarding EMS services in the community.The statement reads:"We value our emergency services employees and view them as an important part of our public safety system.The current rates of pay for the City of Lethbridge Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which is re...

A 30-year-old Claresholm man is facing several charges after a multi-vehicle crash near Cochrane last week.RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 1A around 6:20 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. Witnesses reported a westbound SUV was being driven erratically before crossing the centre line and colliding head-on with ...

Alberta's government is bucking questions about the taxpayer cost of a delegation that toured Kentucky bourbon distilleries last year and brought a staffer's husband along for the ride. The office for Dale Nally, the minister of red tape reduction, says the husband of his chief of staff paid his own expenses. But docum...

What the provincial government calls the "largest continuing care expansion in the province's history" continues, with the province putting $250 million towards senior housing.The province says it is now accepting applications to build and upgrade 850 affordable homes for seniors, with $200 million set for bu...

On Monday, the Government of Alberta announced it's investing $39 million over the next three years that will support planning and land acquisition for nine new urgent care centres across the province.The communities include in Sylvan Lake, west and south Edmonton, the Stony Plain-Spruce Grove area, east Calgary, Lethb...

The military is sending 15 nurses to Alberta to relieve those who have been providing care to soldiers injured three weeks ago in a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Acute Care Alberta says the nurses are set to arrive today and stay for more than a month. Eleanor Olszewski, the federal emergency manageme...

A Lethbridge resident and Olympian will be serving on Swimming Canada's High-Performance Athlete Advisory Council.Rachel Nicol will serve as Swimming Canada's Board of Director's athlete representative on the council, working alongside its other nine members, including co-chairs Javier Acevedo and Abi Tripp.The council...

Lethbridge Polytechnic Athletics has announced its Kodiaks Student-Athletes of the Week. The institution is congratulating Randall Mongard and Karl Petker on their selections. Randall Mongard, a second-year General Arts and Science - English student from Laval, Que., delivered a strong performance for the Kodiaks men's...

Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all five levels of high school football in Alberta for the 2026 season.These rankings will come out every Sunday (except for Labour Day kickoff) from now up until November 9.At that time, those will be the last rankings, and teams will take this rank into provincials.The 12-a-sid...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District announced last week it's awarded $30,000 through three separate memorial scholarships. 15 students throughout the region were given $2,000 each towards their schooling, ranging from agronomy to crop technology and sustainable agriculture. Board chair Cory Nelson says the District ...

The UCP government has introduced wide-ranging legislation, it hopes, will safeguard Albertans in the areas of consumer protection and property rights.The changes are contained inside an omnibus bill, Bill 34, the Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act.Included in the document - help for owners o...

Alberta Beef Producers is bringing back its Young Creators Contest, again, this year. "One of the biggest reasons is that it gives young people an opportunity to learn more about where there food comes from and the people involved in producing it," said Engagement & Digital Content Specialist, Kara Mastel...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders who failed to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey have been awarded the "fossil of the day" title. Climate Action Network International, which has handed out the satirical award...

OTTAWA - The major projects office has seconded employees from banks, oil and gas companies and mining firms as it pursues its mandate to improve Canada's review process and get shovels in the ground faster, a new document shows. The list of 41 employe...

Recent social media posts claim Canadian Armed Forces chaplains have been banned from saying prayers on Remembrance Day, or that prayers and references to God are banned among members. A policy directive issued by the military in July does instruct mil...

VICTORIA - A descendant of a decorated soldier who fought at Vimy Ridge says the revival of a British Columbia Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans like his grandfather helps correct an injustice. Legion Branch No. 9 was shut down in 194...

OTTAWA - The federal government has released a report outlining challenges related to boys' and men's health as it works toward a national strategy to be released next year. The report, published last week, raises concerns about stereotypes about mascu...

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says four grizzly bears that it captured in Bella Coola in recent days were all involved in a deadly attack that claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in the community this month. Insp. Jeff Tyre with the serv...

Republican Maria Elvira Salazar won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 27th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Eliott Rodriguez. Salazar, a former journalist, secured a fourth term after distancing hers...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans reelected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as leader of the GOP conference after a tense day of discussions about steep losses in the midterm elections that cost them their majority. Thune was always expec...

NEW YORK (AP) - Three men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. as well as a planned as...