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...

An investigation continues into a fire over the long weekend inside a downtown Lethbridge building. Crews were called out to a third floor unit in the 100-block of 5th Street South during the lunch hour Saturday. 24 firefighters from four stations responded, and were quickly able to put out the blaze, confining damage ...

The City of Lethbridge has lifted an earlier campfire ban for the River Valley, effective immediately. It says recent precipitation, including light snow on the weekend, and cooler temperatures were able to reduce the fire danger. Although the risk has been lowered, Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services reminds you ...

The Heritage Acres Farm Museum near Pincher Creek is looking at a possible $400,000 revitalization plan to its facility. Among the considerations by the long-time tourist attraction is an upgrade to its harvest shed and agricultural equipment pavilion.It's asking for a $100,000 commitment from the Town, but only if it'...

Former premier Jason Kenney, who co-founded Alberta's governing United Conservative party, says separatists have infiltrated it and are wielding an outsized influence. Kenney, speaking to business leaders in Edmonton alongside his former political rival Rachel Notley, says that after the province's separation vote the ...

Albertans can use a new online guide to find out when they should start screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as the province works to improve awareness of early detection.Primary Care Alberta's Screening Programs launched the interactive guide at screeningforlife.ca to help people navigate screening re...

Two former premiers who were on the opposite ends of the political spectrum in Alberta will unite today to keep the province from quitting Canada. Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley are set to speak at an event in the province's capital. The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce is hosting them. Kenney was premier under the United ...

Roughly 310 advance polling stations open across Alberta today in a historic vote on the province's place in Canada. Albertans are to begin marking an X on ballots listing 10 questions. The first nine focus on Canada's Constitution and immigration. The 10th and most contested one will ask voters whether they want to re...

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 Lethbridge Hurricanes return home from Washington State with six points in their pocket after taking all three of their games against the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday, 5-3, Spokane Chiefs, 4-2, Friday, and the Wenatchee Wildcats, 4-1, on Saturday night.For Canes goaltender, Koen Cleaver, Saturday's victory was b...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes begin a three-game road trip through Washington State, starting tonight against the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick. The Canes are coming off a .500 weekend with a 3-1 win over Prince Albert Friday night but a 7-4 loss Saturday to Calgary. The Red & Blue also travel for games this week in ...

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....

Alberta Grains is inviting farmers from all six growing regions in the province to either nominate themselves or another producer, to be a director or delegate for the commission. Scott Jesperson is the chair of Alberta Grains...To be eligible, farmers have to be growing wheat or barley in their home region and have pa...

It's hoped a two-day conference planned for late November will help the Lethbridge & District Cultural Society to re-shape its direction and future."Really, the Ag Society, right now, is trying to engage the community as much as we can and improve public ag literacy. Get the non-agricultural public, potentiall...

SEATTLE - The suspect who allegedly colluded online with the killer before the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., was denied bail on Tuesday in a Federal Court in Seattle, Wash. The U.S. district court for the Western District of Washington ordered...

British Columbia mayoral candidate Goldentiger King says he wants to "make Richmond rich again." Teresa May, a first-time candidate for Kelowna City Council, has posted campaign videos showing her parasailing and wake surfing in red high heels and a wh...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to attend two "Forever Canadian" rallies in Alberta this week, just ahead of the province's referendum. On Oct. 19, Albertans will vote on the whether to stay in Canada or hold a future separation referendum. ...

EDMONTON - Albertans - some sporting Canadian flags on their clothes - trooped to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the province should still be a part of Canada. Elections Alberta opened the doors at just over 300 polling stations for the first of f...

LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he is having a blast on the International Space Station and is showing the world how Canada can contribute to the leading edge of space exploration. "It is important for Canada to be here," Kutryk said ...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer involved in the violent 2015 arrest in which Myles Gray died says the man displayed bouts of strength "like the Hulk," letting out a "war cry" and charging at him. Const. Eric Birzneck said when he first tried to...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn't get along, then tried to flee the country after police questi...

ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - The death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six Tuesday after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico's Pacific coast, authorities said. Hurricane Simon ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak have surpassed 9,000, with more than 4,300 deaths, as health authorities struggle to contain an outbreak spreading across seven provinces, according to government figures released Tuesday. ...