Alberta RCMP have now confirmed a second person, a 42-year-old woman from Brooks, died in hospital following a two-vehicle collision in Lethbridge County last week.The incident, between a Volkswagen Jetta and Mitsubishi Outlander, occurred last Tuesday just after 8 p.m. on a stretch of Highway 4 near Range Road 210.The...

Brad Toone is the Livingstone Range School Division's new board chair. Toone was chosen at this past Monday's organizational meeting and has been a trustee since 2013. Kathy Charchun was elected to the position of vice-chair, a trustee for the last three years. Both, the school division says, will help to provide leade...

To celebrate June as Pride Month, Lethbridge Polytechnic held a flag raising ceremony on campus Tuesday. The event was attended by students, staff and faculty, alumni, and members of the community.President and CEO, Dr. Brad Donaldson, says the institution is committed to a campus culture where every person is seen and...

Get ready for some big gridlock around the area of Scenic Drive and Whoop-Up Drive in Lethbridge for at least the next five months.To start, upgrades are scheduled on the northbound and southbound lanes of Scenic Drive from 2nd Avenue South to Whoop-Up.Improvements will include new signals, a multi-use pathway, and upd...

Premier Danielle Smith is expected to announce later today a new measure to help Albertans weather the high cost of living. It comes after the U.S.-Iran military conflict choked global energy supply chains and sent prices at the gas pump soaring, which in turn boosted the bottom line for Alberta's petro-powered economy...

The Alberta government has reached a new three-year pharmacy funding agreement that includes increased funding for pharmacies, higher dispensing fees and a pilot project aimed at expanding access to health-care services in rural communities.Primary and Preventative Health Services Minister Justin Wright announced the a...

An Alberta court judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to halt the closures of two supervised consumption sites in the province. Edmonton lawyer Avnish Nanda applied for an injunction to stall the closures of the sites in Calgary and Lethbridge until he could challenge the decision to wind them down. The Albert...

The Alberta government has announced an investment of $3.1 million to increase rates for foster, kinship and permanency caregivers, in an effort to strengthen existing supports.Effective April 1, 2026, government officials say foster, kinship and permanency caregivers received a two per cent rate increase to help cover...

A Lethbridge-raised wrestler arrived back home in Alberta this weekend after competing at last week's World University Combat Championships in Brazil, her sixth international competition. Angelina Ellis-Toddington was one of four members of the Canadian squad to earn a silver.Wrestling in the 68-kilo class for about a ...

The Lethbridge Bulls are leaving Fort McMurray with four more wins under their belts, capping a four-game sweep of the Giants with a 12-3 decision Saturday.Unlike earlier games where the Toros trailed and had to rally, this one belonged to them from the beginning and was highlighted by a five-run second inning.Top Bull...

The Lethbridge Bulls have climbed back into a first-place tie with the Okotoks Dawgs after a 7-2 victory over Fort McMurray in WCBL play Thursday night. For the second time in two nights, the Toros scored three runs in the third inning, before adding another three in the ninth to put a cap on the win. The Bulls and Daw...

The first window of time for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan to obtain strychnine to deal with burgeoning ground squirrel populations is about to run out, and many producers are now hoping for better luck next spring.Wade Nelson, who farms near High River, Alta., about 66 kilometres south of Calgary, said it's best...

Culvert replacement work this week will result in one-day road closures in Lethbridge County and, in each case, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, crews will shut down Range Road 24-2 between Township Road 11-4 and 12-0 . On Wednesday, it'll be Township Road 12-2 between Range roads 24-3 and 24-4.Thursday ...

It appears producers in Southern Alberta were able to get most, if not all, of their seedings finished ahead of our recent five-day rainstorm.The first weekly crop report of June from Alberta Agriculture shows a 100 percent completion rate for durum, mustard, flax, potatoes, chickpeas, lentils, and corn, and only a fra...

OTTAWA - Amnesty International and the Canadian Council for Refugees have filed a new Federal Court challenge of the constitutionality of a treaty with the U.S. that says refugees must claim asylum in whichever country they arrive in first. The groups ...

QUÉBEC - Quebec's bar association is holding a summit in September on the erosion of public trust in institutions. The Sept. 8-9 event in Montreal is scheduled to coincide with Quebec's provincial election campaign ahead of the Oct. 5 vote. Political ...

QUÉBEC - Another Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet minister is leaving politics. Labour Minister Jean Boulet said today in his riding of Trois-Rivières that he won't run for another term in the Oct. 5 provincial election. First elected in 2018, Boulet h...

OTTAWA - The number of Canadians reporting having been directly affected by extreme weather events has increased since a year ago, a new poll suggests. An online poll by Leger of 1,512 Canadians from June 12-15 indicates 30 per cent of respondents said...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says the "fracturing" relationship between Canada and the United States needs to be restored to ensure security in both countries. Mullin made the comments during a fireside chat with Publi...

MONTRÉAL - A Quebec zoo says a red kangaroo is doing well after it was captured after several days on the lam on Montreal's South Shore. The Granby Zoo says the animal is eating normally and resting up after four days of bouncing around the fields nea...

The Trump administration said Wednesday it's buying back another energy company's U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, bringing the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion. Chicago-based Invenergy h...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York's Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: "I am responsible" for the crimes. ...

MIAMI (AP) - The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed Wednesday near the Gulf Coast, bringing intense rain and the threat of dangerous flash floods to states including Texas and Louisiana, meteorologists said. Trop...