While there isn't a regular passenger flight schedule to and from the Lethbridge Airport, the facility remains busy nonetheless. In a report to the City's Community Issues Committee this week, details indicated that, in large part, charter airlines and medical transfers are keeping the facility busy.And while efforts a...

A passionate plea has come from the mayor of Lethbridge to put the division created in the community in relation to the Alberta Referendum behind us. Blaine Hyggen said he was disgusted with recent postings directed at him that he and his family were subjected to on social media."We can do better Lethbridge and be...

Danielle Smith says Albertans have spoken in Monday's referendum and that as long as she is premier, separation is a dead issue.Smith, in a TV address to the province, says there will be no more referendums on separation as long as she is in charge. And she says separation will not be used as a tool to fight Ottawa, bu...

The Cereal Killer is back! Sponsor Energy and the Lethbridge Food Bank are inviting residents and local businesses to help "kill hunger" at their annual cereal drive on Oct. 21, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Pizza 73 parking lot on Mayor Magrath Drive South in Lethbridge.Cereal continues to be one of t...

More of the constitutional questions in Alberta's historic referendum have flipped to ``no'' with votes still being counted. Alberta voters went to the polls on Monday and were asked 10 different questions. The key question was on separation and roughly 75 per cent of votes backed staying in Canada, but it has taken lo...

The Government of Alberta is hosting a public meeting this Monday, Oct. 26 to hear from people about how they believe the future of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund should be shaped.The province notes that 2026 marks 50 years of the fund."We encourage all Albertans to take part in the public meeting," ...

Alberta's Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors is in Washington, D.C. this week.Devin Dreeshen, who is MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, is there until Saturday with the goal of strengthening cross-border infrastructure priorities, according to a release.Discussions will focus on improving commercial vehicle ...

Danielle Smith says Albertans have spoken in Monday's referendum and that as long as she is premier, separation is a dead issue.Smith, in a TV address to the province, says there will be no more referendums on separation as long as she is in charge. And she says separation will not be used as a tool to fight Ottawa, bu...

The Coaldale Copperheads will look to improve their record to five and three, on the season, when they play host to the Wheatland Kings Saturday night at the 'Snake Pit'. Through seven games, forward Kobe Fujita leads the Heritage Junior Hockey League club in goals with six and nine total points.Goaltender Brylin Noble...

The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks women's and men's soccer teams picked up road victories over the Olds College Broncos on Saturday, while men's volleyball bounced back from a five-set loss to the SAIT Trojans with a win on Sunday. The weekend also marked the start of Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC) regul...

A historic first for two southern Alberta hockey teams on Saturday at the Blood Tribe Twin Rinks in Stand Off.The Mad Hatters from Medicine Hat and the Lethbridge Chinook Riders faced off in each team's first-ever game.Both teams are playing in the first season of the Alberta Senior Women's Hockey League, a division of...

Water deliveries in the St. Mary River Irrigation District end Thursday, Oct. 8, as the district wraps up its 2026 irrigation season.Irrigators are asked to ensure their dugouts are filled before the end of the day Thursday and to check that their valves and works are shut off before the start of the 2027 water season....

Alberta Grains is inviting farmers from all six growing regions in the province to either nominate themselves or another producer, to be a director or delegate for the commission. Scott Jesperson is the chair of Alberta Grains...To be eligible, farmers have to be growing wheat or barley in their home region and have pa...

It's hoped a two-day conference planned for late November will help the Lethbridge & District Cultural Society to re-shape its direction and future."Really, the Ag Society, right now, is trying to engage the community as much as we can and improve public ag literacy. Get the non-agricultural public, potentiall...

EDMONTON - More of the constitutional questions in Alberta's historic referendum have flipped to "no" with votes still being counted. Alberta voters went to the polls on Monday and were asked 10 different questions. The key question was on separation a...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Officials to provide update on fatal fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta Officials are set to provide an update today about a devastating fire at a Canadian military...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby campaigns in Vancouver and Richmond today after wrapping his swing through the vote-rich city of Surrey with a rally. Hundreds of people attended the gathering near City Hall on Wednesday. Eby made six...

EDMONTON - Officials are set to provide an update today about a devastating fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta that left four soldiers dead and dozens more injured. Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland of the 1st Canadian Division has said Saturday's blaze ...

ANKARA - Canada is forming a "strategic partnership" with Turkey aimed in part at securing a free-trade agreement, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday after a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Carney is makin...

When a snap election is called, at least one side would normally be prepared. But that hasn't been the case in British Columbia, resulting in a provincial election campaign like no other, political watchers say. The campaign has seen interim B.C. Conse...

CLINTON, Miss (AP) - Two people were killed when a fire tore through a Mississippi senior living center that was home to more than 100 residents, Clinton Mayor Will Purdie said Thursday. "It's with a heavy heart that I share with you that...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has denounced a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Dr. Amy Acton, taking sides with the Democratic candidate for governor and former member of his Cabinet over her Republican rival,...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state's most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed larg...