The latest Alberta Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation shows below five and ten-year averages in seeding, except here in the South, where it's slightly above.Provincially, about 53-percent of seed is in the ground, down from the five-year average of 61% and 59%, when compared to the past ten y...

A reminder if you live in Lethbridge County and don't want roadside spraying for weeds being done along your property line to have both approved signage in place and your decision noted."No Spray Zone" signs are supplied by the County, but it points out anyone who opts out of the program will be responsible f...

Charges have now been laid against a 50-year-old man in relation to the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl back in April.The Lethbridge Police Service, in a statement late day Friday, said they were informed of an April 19th incident in which the teenager was reportedly touched inappropiately by the accused d...

Thanks to all the generous donations in the past, the Second Door Thrift Store in Lethbridge is, literally, bursting at the seams. To help with that, they've decided to hold their first-ever garage sale Friday and Saturday.Danielle McIntyre is the executive director at the Interfaith Food Bank Society and says the over...

The provincial government is continuing to invest in AI programs to serve Albertans in all aspects of life.Just this week, the province announced a new panel on strengthening post-secondary education to prepare students to enter an AI-driven economy.On Wednesday, May 20, they also committed $10 million over three years...

Premier Danielle Smith made a televised address to the province Thursday night, and there will be a media availability Friday.She revealed that among the questions Albertans will answer in a referendum this October will be this one:"Should Alberta remain a province of Canada or should the Government of Alberta com...

The Government of Alberta is set to launch an expert panel dedicated to ensuring post-secondary institutions prepare students for an economy that's driven by artificial intelligence (AI).The province says employers are seeking graduates who have practical AI skills.As a result, they're establishing the panel to make su...

The cabinet minister who put the wheels in motion for a referendum on Alberta's place in Canada says he doesn't want the province to separate. Nate Glubish says in a social media post that Canada is worth fighting for and that he'll vote for Alberta to stay if a referendum goes ahead as proposed on Oct. 19. He also say...

The first-ever Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball event opens Thursday in Lethbridge, but the Canadian College World Series games, which were to take centre stage at Spitz Stadium, have now been moved across town.In a Lethbridge Bulls Facebook post late Wednesday afternoon, club president Kevin Kwame said, due to field co...

It was a good turnout Friday night for the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony at the Trade & Convention Centre.Seven new entries were added into the hall including former Lethbridge Hurricane and Chicago Blackhawk Kris Versteeg who remembers playing hockey at a young age."I used to play for my...

Seven new entries will formally be added to the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony slated for tomorrow night (FRI) at the Trade & Convention Centre.Included: Ross Bekkering in Basketball, Wacey Rabbit and Kris Versteeg for Hockey, the 2016-17 Kodiak Women's Basketball National Championship squa...

The latest Alberta Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation shows below five and ten-year averages in seeding, except here in the South, where it's slightly above.Provincially, about 53-percent of seed is in the ground, down from the five-year average of 61% and 59%, when compared to the past ten y...

The reeve with the MD of Willow Creek is optimistic that 2026 will be a good year for producers in her neck-of-the-woods.Maryanne Sandberg believes the current Spring conditions are aligning nicely for a successful Summer."Given that our dams are full. We still have a great snowpack up there," Sandberg reiter...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...

EDMONTON - Three political scientists say Indigenous treaty rights represent a significant legal hurdle for separatists in Alberta. Andre Lecours, who is with the University of Ottawa, says a decision in early May by a judge to quash a separatist petit...

OTTAWA - The number of Canadians who believe the country is heading in the right direction has hit its highest percentage since 2017, according to a new poll from Abacus Data. The poll published Sunday said that 47 per cent of people believe Canada is...

Premiers from Western Canada and the northern territories are set to gather in Alberta to discuss business, trade and their neighbouring relationships, all while the host province stews over a monumental question of quitting Confederation. The annual w...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney may have been the first Canadian to ever hoist the FIFA World Cup trophy - an honour typically reserved for tournament winners - as he welcomed FIFA president Gianni Infantino to Ottawa Sunday. Canada is preparing t...

MONTREAL - On May 15, 2024, Habalet Andrée Loblegnon learned she was pregnant for the fourth time. Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She had noticed a lump under her right armpit during her third pregnancy, but her doct...

EDMONTON - Hundreds of people in red-and-white clothing waved Canadian flags, cheered as honking cars passed by and sang "O Canada" at a launch event for a campaign aiming to stop Alberta from quitting Confederation. Thomas Lukaszuk, Alberta's former d...

ANKARA (AP) - Police stormed the offices of Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days. It was a violent end to a standoff...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Sunday that killed at least two people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, marking the third time th...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 23 people and wounding over 70 others, officia...