Albertans soon head to the polls to not only vote on Confederation but also on a raft of questions on immigration - questions that in recent months have spawned more questions.On Oct. 19, Albertans vote on whether they want to stay in Canada or whether it's time to hold a second binding referendum on leaving Confederat...

Tomorrow, Sunday, Sept. 27, will mark the 28th year that Alberta will pay homage to its fallen police and peace officers, those, in a statement from the Province, who paid the ultimate sacrifice while on duty.Records show that 108 officers have died in uniform in our province since 1876, including four with ties to Let...

A much better effort by the Lethbridge Hurricanes Friday night, but they simply weren't able to stop Red Deer Rebels' captain Beckett Hamilton.The 18-year-old from Saskatoon scored three times in a Rebels 4-3 result over the Canes at VisitLethbridge.com Arena.Hamilton's first goal came just over three minutes into the ...

The Taber Police Service is apologizing for a Facebook post last week that reported a 'bear sighting' in the community. In a follow-up post, TPS confirms the home surveillance video seen online was from Crowsnest Pass and not Taber. The original post had said the animal was spotted in the 6100-block of 55th Street, but...

Albertans soon head to the polls to not only vote on Confederation but also on a raft of questions on immigration - questions that in recent months have spawned more questions.On Oct. 19, Albertans vote on whether they want to stay in Canada or whether it's time to hold a second binding referendum on leaving Confederat...

The Government of Alberta has invested $2.4 million in specialized treatment and recovery services for residents experiencing gambling addiction.More specifically, some of the funding will go to the Brick House Recovery Centre, which has locations in Edmonton and Calgary. It will go towards expanding gambling treatment...

The Government of Alberta has launched a student focus group for current post-secondary students and recent graduates.The purpose of the group is to gather input as the province considers recommendations from the expert panel on post-secondary institution funding.The participants in the focus group will get the opportu...

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is sharing a warning, urging parents to review their children's location-sharing settings on popular social media apps.The warning comes after an arrest by ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit.An investigation determined an alleged offender tracked the locatio...

A much better effort by the Lethbridge Hurricanes Friday night, but they simply weren't able to stop Red Deer Rebels' captain Beckett Hamilton.The 18-year-old from Saskatoon scored three times in a Rebels 4-3 result over the Canes at VisitLethbridge.com Arena.Hamilton's first goal came just over three minutes into the ...

The Coaldale Copperheads open their 2026-27 Heritage Junior Hockey League regular season at home this weekend. Head coach Doug Paisley expects a tough match against the rival Cochrane Generals."They draw well. They're well organized, a good-run club, so, we would expect them to be a very, very good opponent, for 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...

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...

MONTREAL - Four people have died in a helicopter crash in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, 50 kilometres southeast of Montreal, according to provincial police. A spokesperson says police were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. They found the ...

VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Party Leader Lorne Doerkson estimates he's said 100 times in the last few days that he's open to advice on how to change the provincial government, and he got some of that in a meeting with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe a...

MONTREAL - Claims of American interference continued to churn on the Quebec campaign trail Saturday, the eve of the start of advance polling ahead of the Oct. 5 election. "I mostly want to raise awareness among Quebecers to the situation that could oc...

OTTAWA - A former public servant is calling for changes to pension rules for workers who have to retire early after getting injured on the job. Paméla Marchand worked for Correctional Service Canada as a corrections officer for 15 years before her medi...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand's speech echoes Prime Minister Mark Carney's quest for middle powers to work together by...

An article published by U.S. magazine Mother Jones this week provides a vivid account of what it says were conversations between the Tumbler Ridge shooter and an OpenAI chatbot. The report, which does not disclose its sources, has thrown a spotlight on...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets said the country's president has left New York after the ...

PARIS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular coun...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on an ambulance attending the scene of a suicide bomb attack at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 12 people on Saturday and wounded about 35 others, officials...