The union representing firefighters and paramedics in the Bridge City is calling on Lethbridge City Council to save the current integrated EMS model. Mayor Blaine Hyggen confirmed on Monday the City has been asked to submit a procurement bid to Emergency Health Services Alberta. However, International Association of Fi...

A new inscription honouring Canadian soldiers who served in Afghanistan was formally recognized at a ceremony at the Lethbridge cenotaph Wednesday morning."It all kind of came to fruition last November, right after Remembrance Day," explained Chuck Gresl, a decorated captain, who served two tours of duty as a...

If you use Riverstone Dog Park for your pet to get some exercise and social interaction, the City of Lethbridge asking to hold off on using the park until Saturday.It's temporarily closing off the popular facility, starting Wednesday, to allow crews to get some repair work due to some washouts from our recent rains. Th...

Authorities in the Bridge City warning of at least one recent incident of a senior being scammed, in what's become a popular fraud. Known as the grandparent or emergency scheme, a person calls up identifying themselves as a family member in trouble and needing money right away. Constable Rob Thibault with the Lethbridg...

The Government of Alberta is proposing legislative changes to strengthen protections for people receiving care, improve health-system accountability and clarify funding rules for medical services.Bill 39, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (No. 2), includes changes to several provincial health laws, including legi...

The province says there was record attendance for this year's edition of Alberta Open Farm Days. The government says the 133 host farms for the 14th edition this year had 51,061 visits. Those visitors spent a record $422,940. "The record spending we saw in 2026 demonstrates the value of connecting Albertans direct...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says sweeping Democrat wins in the U.S. midterm elections are a vindication of her approach to the cross-border trade war. Smith says her government has always opposed tariffs and the harms they cause on both sides of the border. The Democrats on Tuesday took control of both houses of Con...

Groups representing eye surgeons in Canada and Alberta are calling on the province to reverse a decision to let optometrists do some minor surgeries. The Canadian Ophthalmological Society, the Eye Physicians and Surgeons Association of Alberta and the Alberta Medical Association's ophthalmology section say it's a matte...

A bid for the Alberta 2028 Winter Games to be held in Lethbridge is one step closer to becoming reality. In a presentation Tuesday, the city's Sport Council asked the Community Issues Committee for a letter of support and a commitment for partial funding. Sport Council executive director Susan Eyemann says the games wi...

Lethbridge Hurricanes forward Logan Stuart has been named the latest WHL Rookie of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Nov. 1.It's the second-such time this season the 18-year-old Californian has earned the honour.Stuart logged two points and two assists in games against the Regina Pats and Brandon Wheat Kings.One of ...

A 21-year-old Lethbridge-born hockey player is leaving the bright lights of Music City for the Pacific Northwest, following a trade made public Monday. Nashville Predators forward Matthew Wood is off to the Seattle Kraken, while the Preds receive 22-year-old right-winger Shane Wright in return. Wood, drafted 15th overa...

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...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Here's what you need to know as the Liberals prepare to table Budget 2026 The federal Liberals will lay out next steps in their plan to fortify Canada's economy wh...

TORONTO - Many Canadians welcome the Democratic sweep of U.S. Congress, but have mixed views on whether voters' strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's administration will change their attitude toward America amid the ongoing trade war. Trump's pun...

OTTAWA - Ghana's head of state praised Canada this week for advocating against what he called a "rigged global system" that keeps African countries trapped by debt and mired in climate chaos. His comments come as Canadian officials confirm Ottawa will ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are teeing up Thursday's budget as the government's next step toward fixing long-standing problems facing Canada's economy. Budget 2026 will be the second tabled under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Budgets detail a governmen...

OTTAWA - Control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress will shift to the Democrats next year, after Tuesday's midterm elections saw a blue wave wash over even some of the most reliably Republican states. Here are some ways the change in the distributio...

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to venture outside the International Space Station today for his second spacewalk in two weeks. On Oct. 29, Kutryk became the fifth Canadian to perform the feat when he and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully...

CAIRO (AP) - An assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan's capital on Thursday, authorities said. Jordan's Public Security Directorate said that a member of its forces was assaulted by a sharp...

An Indiana man who admitted killing his girlfriend's two children was executed early Thursday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled for the same day in the U.S. Jeffrey Weisheit killed the children, ages 8 and 5, by setting fi...

HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong court sentenced prominent activist Joshua Wong to 10 more years in prison Thursday under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say underscores the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democrac...