Lethbridge City Council has agreed to make changes to its parking policy, including a slight increase to the fee structure in 2028. Following a review, that included input from the Downtown Revitilization Business Zone, parking fines will remain at $40 in 2027, but increase to $50 in 2028, with a $20 discount if paid w...

B.C.'s Interior Health has issued a Drug Alert for the Cranbrook region after multiple overdoses were reported in recent weeks. The toxic drug, in question, can be sold as down, dope, tranq, or fentanyl and is usually in a red chunk form. The concern is over a high amount or combined amounts of Medetomodine, Ethylflua...

Alberta is looking to end public sector hiring practices aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion. A government bill has been tabled that, if passed, would prohibit a number of public bodies from using DEI policies to make hiring decisions. Premier Danielle Smith says hiring needs to be based on merit and qualification...

The Galt Museum in Lethbridge has expanded its display of Blackfoot culture with a permanent display space in the main floor hallway. Billed 'From the Collection,' it highlights some of the over 17,000 Indigenous artifacts the museum has in its possession. Each object also, brings with it, a story from the Blackfoot P...

Alberta is looking to end public sector hiring practices aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion. A government bill has been tabled that, if passed, would prohibit a number of public bodies from using DEI policies to make hiring decisions. Premier Danielle Smith says hiring needs to be based on merit and qualification...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservatives are back in the legislature for the first time since the separation referendum, and Smith is dismissing suggestions it was a waste. Smith, in question period, says the vote sent a clear message and that there is always value in democratic exercises. She was re...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing another call for a leadership review from one of her United Conservative Party constituency boards. Scott Cyr, a backbencher in Smith's caucus, says the board of his constituency association northeast of Edmonton passed the motion Monday. It's a vote Cyr says he does not agree w...

Mounties looking into an Alberta health care spending controversy are investigating potential fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering. That's according to court documents filed this month as part of an ongoing wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former head of Alberta Health Services.The...

The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks teams dominated on the court this past weekend with a four-game basketball sweep and a volleyball split, while the soccer teams wrapped up their Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference regular season on the road.BasketballOct. 23 WBB | Kodiaks 74 vs Wolves 43The Kodiaks women's basketbal...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have traded goaltender Koen Cleaver to the Saskatoon Blades and will receive a ninth-round draft pick in the WHL's 2029 Prospect Draft in return.The 19-year-old from Port Alberni, BC was selected by the Canes in the third-round of the 2022 WHL Draft. He appeared in six games in this season, po...

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...

The federal government has announced more than $3 million for new trades programs at Lethbridge Polytechnic to grow the agri-food sector. It says the money will help the post-secondary institution launch new training that will address the shortage in skilled labour in the ag industry. Prairies Economic Development mini...

The Insurance Bureau of Canada is reporting an estimated $1.8 billion in losses caused by storms this year across the Prairies.There were ten major events across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with estimates coming from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc."Once again, the Canadian Prairies have been hi...

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....

OTTAWA - A stronger alliance between Canada and the European Union would only include a financial commitment if either side joins specific programs in either jurisdiction, a senior government official says. Canadian officials briefing reporters today s...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not yet in a position to reach a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, even with the congressional midterms just days away. On his way into the weekly Liberal national caucus me...

OTTAWA - At least two Canadians were injured in a high-speed rail crash Wednesday in Spain, Prime Minister Mark Carney said. Carney expressed Canada's solidarity with victims and family members and indicated Ottawa would help as needed. Spain experienc...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says his government intends to abolish the time change. He says the province hasn't yet decided whether to keep daylight time or standard time year-round. St-Pierre Plamondon wrote on social media on ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda next week. Carney and other Commonwealth leaders are set to meet in the Caribbean nation's capital of St. John's from Nov. 2 and 4. Topi...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada's vow to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, explained Weeks ago, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ban imports of...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly decided overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year even as Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resol...

URDA, Spain (AP) - A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. The regional president of Castilla La Mancha...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An assailant with knives attacked a police officer from an elite unit guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade just after midnight on Wednesday, police said. The officer responded by fatally shooting the attacker. ...