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...

The Royal Canadian Legion's General Stewart Branch in Lethbridge is holding an inscription ceremony at the city's cenotaph next week. A new engraving on the back side of the cenotaph 'Afghanistan 2001 - 2014' recognizes Canadian soldiers that fought in the war overseas. The RCL calls the cenotaph a lasting place of rem...

Lethbridge Polytechnic is combining two existing programs into one next Fall to create the new Interior and Building Design Technology diploma. Right now, the post-secondary institution has two separate diploma programs - Architectural Animation Technology and Interior Design Technology. School of Spatial Design Techno...

Alberta's government is reporting a $2.2-billion surplus for the 2025-26 fiscal year, marking its fifth consecutive year in surplus, while the opposition NDP says the money could have been put to better use.A sixth consecutive surplus is projected for the 2026-27 fiscal year, but Finance Minister Jason Nixon says that ...

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....

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...

VICTORIA - With two-thirds of the seats in the next legislature, the B.C. Conservatives may have a resounding mandate to follow through on their election promises to cut taxes, reduce the deficit and grow the economy at 3.2 per cent - but some economis...

TORONTO - For Lisa Marr, the government's decision to ban people from accessing medical assistance in dying for mental illness feels like "a stab in the back." "They're not thinking about those people who have lived with it their entire life and have t...

OTTAWA - Weeks ago, the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ban imports of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It's not clear how or when Ottawa will implement that ban. A group of MPs and senators is urging quick actio...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is widely expected to move its benchmark interest rate this morning for the first time in nearly a year. Financial markets and a Reuters poll of economists are betting that the central bank will deliver a quarter-point hike ...

VICTORIA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has spoken with British Columbia's incoming premier to discuss how to seize major economic opportunities. Carney says on social media that he and Lorne Doerkson also talked about building infrastructure and...

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. ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Milwaukee was three outs from its first World Series title when Junior Camerino started the bottom of the 12th inning with a grounder to third. Thousands of Brewers fans who trekked to Tropicana Field to witness the long-awa...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the Jan...