Football Alberta has released its Week Top 10 standings for high school team, with a number of schools here in the South making the cut.The Raymond Comets remain in third place in the 5A division, the same position they had last week and after a bye week.The LCI Rams, also in the 5A division, move up in the standings f...

The U of L is kicking off a lecture series later this week - the first one on the university's new full-time Southern Alberta Medical Program. It begins Thursday with Dr. Richard Buck, the program's associate dean, and fellow physicians Dr. Jonathan Cluett and Dr. Ashley Rommens.Their presentation, entitled Growing Our...

The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge played host to some 150 dancers as part of the an international Yosakoi dance competition. Marketing and sales manager Eric Granson says it's a big honour to be chosen."The first time we ever had a Yosakoi tournament in North America was last year and they chose our ven...

There were too many to count, but you probably noticed them on Saturday morning - around 150 motorcycles taking part in Saturday's 46th annual Toy Run in Lethbridge.With every bike having at least one toy, and sometimes more, that adds up to a lot of happy kids this Christmas said lead organizer Dallas Harty, ahead of ...

The federal and provincial government have partnered to expand high-speed internet access across the province.Last week, Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development for the federal government, and Nate Glubish, Alberta's Minister of Technology and Innovation, announced $24.8 million in joint funding for ...

This week, over 1,500 municipal elected officials, along with administrators, and provincial officials will head to Edmonton for the Alberta Municipalities Convention and Trade Show.From Sept. 23-25, the province's largest annual gathering of municipal leaders is set to take place at the Edmonton Convention Centre.&quo...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting a claim from her party president that her government is muting its pro-Canada messaging ahead of the separation vote. Smith says she hasn't been neutral and that her United Conservative Party government's $4-million ad campaign urges Alberta to remain a sovereign province wit...

Albertans can now find out where they'll need to go to vote for the Oct. 19 referendum as the provincial election agency has published the locations of just over 1,400 polling stations. Those planning to vote on referendum day can go to Elections Alberta's website and type in their address to find their polling station...

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...

Football Alberta has released its Week Top 10 standings for high school team, with a number of schools here in the South making the cut.The Raymond Comets remain in third place in the 5A division, the same position they had last week and after a bye week.The LCI Rams, also in the 5A division, move up in the standings f...

It certainly was not the start the Lethbridge Hurricanes had hoped for, as they fell 5-1 Saturday night on the road in Medicine Hat, their second loss on the league's opening weekend of play.And, for the second night-in-a-row, it was Tigers goaltender Carter Casey that proved to the difference, letting in all-but-one o...

Prairie Rose Public Schools is expanding its agriculture education programming through an apiary project that is giving students hands-on experience with bee health, pollination and agricultural research.On Thursday, Sept. 17, students and guests gathered at the Prairie Rose bee yard at Neubauer Farms to see agricultur...

After a very wet start to September, it looks like producers here in the South will be getting a bit of a break with harvest time coming up fast. The Weather Network's senior meteorologist Doug Gillham is predicting a warmer than normal and drier forecast, starting late this week. "Of course, normal is rapidly fal...

Scientists with Lethbridge Polytechnic's Mueller Irrigation Research Group have created a new tool that measures evaporation and transpiration.The easy-to-use, web-based program will help producers growing crops and hay know exactly how much water is needed in their fields.Dr. Michael Kehoe, with the research group, co...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government tabled a bill Monday to fast-track approvals for major projects. The Building Canada Strong Act removes the responsibility for reviewing many big projects, such as pipelines and power transmission lines,...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government tabled a bill Monday to fast-track approvals for major projects and update the Canada Labour Code. Here's what politicians and others are saying about the new legislation: - "A stronger Canada means more...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he won't change his mind about his decision to eliminate the digital services tax and Canadian content contributions for streamers. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet asked Carney in the House of Commo...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis said he is not holding all Jews accountable for Israel's policies in Gaza, after some Liberal MPs called comments he made in a social media post irresponsible and "despicable." Lewis posted late Sunday that he would be mar...

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 29-year-old man allegedly opened fire at a constable stationed outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ont., on Sunday night. The resulting shootout left both the suspect and the officer with serious injuri...

VICTORIA - B.C. cabinet minister Lana Popham says she won't run for a sixth term, deepening speculation about a snap election being called. Popham's announcement follows the resignation of Opposition B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay on Sun...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A long-running legal fight over Missouri's congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has block...

ABOARD THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER'S PLANE (AP) - Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Burnham told rep...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away because CNN wasn't allowed to cove...