The Lethbridge Seniors Citizens Organization has launched a fundraising campaign to help recover from years of operating deficits.The SOS: Support Our Seniors Campaign aims to raise $75,000 to rebuild financial stability and ensure continued access to essential programs, meals, and social connections.Over the past year...

The 15th Annual Coaldale Family 5K Fun Run is taking place later this month.Runners of all levels are invited to register and meet up at Coaldale Christian School for the annual celebration of wellness and community spirit while wearing fun costumes, team shirts, or bright colours.Organizers say all proceeds from the e...

Leaders from Alberta's Police Review Commission (PRC) were in southern Alberta last week, meeting face-to-face with local police commissions, police chiefs and community leaders to share an early update on a new police oversight system.Four months in, officials say the PRC is starting to get a clearer picture of concer...

Lethbridge Police are seeking public assistance to identify the driver of a vehicle responsible for a hit and run collision.On March 24, between 3 and 4 p.m., LPS says a white SUV parked along the 900 block of 18 Street North, was struck by another vehicle that failed to remain at the scene or leave any driver contact ...

Transport Canada is asking Canadians to weigh in on headlights.The agency has launched an online survey to collect feedback from drivers and pedestrians about their experiences with headlight glare.The survey will remain open until April 20.The agency says feedback will remain anonymous, and the data will be used for r...

EDMONTON - A First Nation in Alberta will be in court today seeking to shut down a petition urging the province to quit Confederation. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on...

The Government of Alberta is reminding Albertans of upcoming eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations.Starting April 7, eligible Albertans can receive an additional immunization at no cost at participating pharmacies or Primary Care Alberta public health clinics.According to the province, eligibility criteria is in line w...

There was an earthquake in Alberta on April 1, and that's no joke.According to Earthquakes Canada, the Magnitude 4.5 tremor struck around 5:30 p.m., 18 km northeast of Morinville.There are reports of it being lightly felt as far south as Bowden, and in other areas like Whitecourt, Lesser Slave Lake, and Lakeland Provin...

Canada is returning home from the 2026 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala with two medals after a week of competition from March 28-April 4. Officials with Racquetball Canada acknowledge both medals came in men's events, with the doubles team of Samuel Murray (St-Basile-le-Grand, QC) an...

Hockey Canada announced Tuesday it is expanding the group of those involved in its ongoing learning and development program, entitled 'The Shift Forward: Evolving Hockey Culture.'The program was piloted for the 2025-26 season with five members, including Atlantic Canada's four provincial hockey bodies, and Hockey North...

The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns have finalized a new five-year Affiliation Agreement between University of Lethbridge Athletics and Recreational Services (ARS) and the Lethbridge Amateur Swim Club (LASC), marking a significant step forward in the longstanding partnership between the two organizations. Officials...

Local nonprofit Farming Smarter is seeking the public's help as they launch their 2026 season. The organization held a media event Tuesday, March 31, to showcase their past efforts while looking at upcoming and ongoing projects. "There's a lot of change here," says executive director Ken Coles. "There's ...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has allocated 14 inches from the farm gate for irrigation this season.Chairman Cory Nelson says the board carefully considers a number of factors when deciding on allocation."Based on modelling and snowpack data supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, we are v...

Farmers and producers in and around Lethbridge County are being invited to two free agriculture workshops this spring, hosted through the county's Agriculture Extension Program. The Growing Opportunities Workshop runs on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre. Let...

MONTRÉAL - Community organizations in Montreal's Parc-Extension district are holding a vigil to remember a 42-year-old unhoused migrant who died earlier this year. Those who knew Manjeet Singh say he came to Canada from India in 2018 to escape poverty....

TORONTO - Iranian Canadians whose family members live in Iran say they are horrified by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest social media post threatening the existence of their homeland. Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that a "whole ci...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is looking at how to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Oil prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, averaging more...

OTTAWA - High-speed rail connecting Toronto and Quebec City would be a boon the economy and job creation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday, defending his government's project as opposition to it continues to grow. Much of the criticism comes ...

WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday that he doesn't expect negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade to be resolved by July 1. "I think that we aren't probably going to be able to resolve all issu...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said leaders involved in the war in Iran must "choose their words" and act prudently, while not specifically criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for his recent inflammatory threats of potential American military ...

BAGHDAD (AP) - American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. Kittleson was freed in the afternoo...

CAIRO (AP) - More than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday. The bodies of at least two of them have been recovered. About...

PARIS (AP) - Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises there since their release from prison ...