The City of Lethbridge has announced several service level changes to take place during Remembrance Day Wednesday, Nov. 11.City Hall, Lethbridge 311, the Waste and Recycling Centre, the Lethbridge Transit customer service desk, the Helen Schuler Nature Centre, both branches of the Lethbridge Public Library, Community A...

Effective immediately and until further notice, a fire ban is in place for all open fires in the City of Lethbridge River Valley. The city says sustained warm temperatures, high winds and a lack of moisture have created a high risk of fast-moving, uncontrolled fires. Officials note that even a small spark can quickly s...

Another low pressure system moved across Alberta Sunday, generating strong winds across parts of the province, including in Lethbridge and Medicicne Hat for a second day-in-a-row. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the following is a list of peak wind gusts (in kilometres per hour), received b...

The nomination period for the 2026 Coalhurst by-election closed at 12:00 noon on Monday, confirming the candidates who will be on the ballot for one town councillor position. Town officials note, the following candidates have been nominated (listed in alphabetical order by last name): Lindsey DE KREEKStephenie KARSTENT...

What the provincial government calls the "largest continuing care expansion in the province's history" continues, with the province putting $250 million towards senior housing.The province says it is now accepting applications to build and upgrade 850 affordable homes for seniors, with $200 million set for bu...

On Monday, the Government of Alberta announced it's investing $39 million over the next three years that will support planning and land acquisition for nine new urgent care centres across the province.The communities include in Sylvan Lake, west and south Edmonton, the Stony Plain-Spruce Grove area, east Calgary, Lethb...

The military is sending 15 nurses to Alberta to relieve those who have been providing care to soldiers injured three weeks ago in a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Acute Care Alberta says the nurses are set to arrive today and stay for more than a month. Eleanor Olszewski, the federal emergency manageme...

The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation is increasing the prize amount for its Distinguished Artist Award from $30,000 to $50,000.According to the organization, the Distinguished Artist Award recognizes exceptional achievement and significant artistic impact provincially and beyond. This increased pri...

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 Polytechnic men's volleyball and basketball teams were victorious over the weekend.While on the road, the Kodiaks Men's Basketball team beat Edmonton 84-79 Friday, Nov. 6 and Alberta-Augustana 87-57 Saturday Nov. 7, with players Van Kerrison and Randall Mongard being named the ACAC player of the game for...

Promotions/EventsNext Home Game: The Hurricanes will return to the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Friday, November 13th when they welcome the Red Deer Rebels at 7:00pm presented by Northback before hosting the Calgary Hitmen at 6:00pm on Saturday for the second annual Sock Toss! Tickets can be purchased by visiting the V...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District announced last week it's awarded $30,000 through three separate memorial scholarships. 15 students throughout the region were given $2,000 each towards their schooling, ranging from agronomy to crop technology and sustainable agriculture. Board chair Cory Nelson says the District ...

The UCP government has introduced wide-ranging legislation, it hopes, will safeguard Albertans in the areas of consumer protection and property rights.The changes are contained inside an omnibus bill, Bill 34, the Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act.Included in the document - help for owners o...

Alberta Beef Producers is bringing back its Young Creators Contest, again, this year. "One of the biggest reasons is that it gives young people an opportunity to learn more about where there food comes from and the people involved in producing it," said Engagement & Digital Content Specialist, Kara Mastel...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... B.C. deluge could bring 250 mm of rain as forecasters predict flooding, landslides A deluge hitting Vancouver Island and other parts of southwest British Columbia ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta town of Wainwright is gearing up for what could be the most solemn Remembrance Day in its recent history, says Mayor Bruce Pugh. A fire on Oct. 17 at the nearby Canadian Forces Base Wainwright killed four soldiers and injured 39....

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin pointed to Canada's work on methane emissions and electrification Monday in defence of her government's climate policy before this week's annual United Nations climate conference. Dabrusin will attend the fi...

OTTAWA - A large video screen displays a running tally of statistics as dozens of people hunch over laptops, a freshly formed hivemind in the fight against cybercrime. Operation Maple Disruption 2.0 is underway. The event, which ran Nov. 2 to 6 in Otta...

OTTAWA - Virginia Hicks did not know when the Royal Canadian Legion chose her as Canada's Silver Cross mother in June that a deadly training accident would soon cast a shadow over this year's Remembrance Day ceremonies. Hicks lost one of her own daught...

OTTAWA - The number of living Canadian veterans of the Second World War and the Korean War has fallen sharply since Remembrance Day last year. Veterans Affairs Canada says the estimated population of living Canadian veterans from those two wars has dro...

GENEVA (AP) - The U.N.'s top human rights body on Tuesday postponed a regular review of the U.S. human rights record until January in hopes of persuading the Trump administration to reverse its decision to become the first government to snub the proces...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dug in for a fight Tuesday against his potential impeachment in Congress, telling reporters that a rogue lawmaker is targeting him over "policy disagreements" and not the high crimes or offenses the nati...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Thick fog on a motorway in eastern Bulgaria caused two major crashes that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens on Tuesday, a government minister said. Dense fog on the motorway linking the capital Sofia with...