Lethbridge Plays is launching their new Kid's Map, a tool to help kids point the way to fun features in Lethbridge's parks.Designed for kids, the map uses easy-to-follow illustrations and icons to help families discover more than 50 spots like splash pads and skate parks."This map helps kids see their city through...

A new exhibition at the Galt Museum & Archives in Lethbridge is taking visitors back in time to when Alberta went dry, examining the social and political ripple effects of prohibition decades later.Dried Out: Prohibition in Alberta, now on display, aims to explore the province's 1915 ban on alcohol and the wide-ran...

Officials with Lethbridge County say they are aware of recent public commentary regarding a warning letter issued under the county's Land Use Bylaw related to signage on a rural property. To be clear, the county notes it does not regulate viewpoints or political beliefs. County officials say the Land Use Bylaw governs ...

The City of Lethbridge is celebrating continued growth in its curbside organics program as it passes the three-year mark, highlighting the community's role in reducing waste.City officials say participation has increased over the past year, with a 10.23 per cent rise in the amount of residential material collected.&quo...

Alberta's government is making some changes to get more instructors into classrooms. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has introduced four new expedited teaching certificates to help qualified individuals enter classrooms sooner. The new certificates will allow bachelor of education students in their final year o...

Hear the full conversation with Parliamentary Secretary Corey Hogan on the April 24, 2026 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast! --A Calgary MP is of the firm belief that now's the time for an 'energy renaissance' in Canada, adding it starts in Alberta. Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to Tim Hodgson, Canada's...

An Albertan will be the next Canadian in space.The Canadian Space Agency says in a social media post that Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to the Crew-13 mission that will go to the International Space Station.The agency says the flight will not launch before September of this year.The post also says that Kutryk will &q...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has launched a website to put the weight of the government's persuasive powers behind getting a democratic mandate for sweeping immigration reform. Smith says it's about ensuring Albertans have the information they need to understand the impact of a yes vote on her government's nine refer...

The Calgary Surge, a professional team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced they'll play two out-of-market games this regular season in Red Deer and Lethbridge.The announcement was made by REAL Entertainment & Culture Inc., which added that the Surge will also play a game on July 9 at the Scotiabank S...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced its top on-ice award winners, with Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Brady Magarrell earning Most Valuable Player honours.Nitehawks head coach and general manager Terry Jones said the Coaldale native was deserving of the recognition in a league filled ...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced that 2007-born defenceman Kyle Heger and 2008-born forward Gavin Lesiuk have been listed in the final rankings by the National Hockey League Central Scouting Service for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Hurricanes officials note that Heger, 18, was ranked 66th among North Am...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...

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...

OTTAWA - Jason Stanley moved from the United States to Canada last September, leaving behind a high-profile position at Yale to take a job at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. The fascism researcher said he made the move for one reason: aca...

OTTAWA - One-hundred-year-old Roy Allen is set to make history next month by becoming the first centenarian to walk 5K for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Allen is walking to raise funds for several seniors' organizations, including some that have he...

CALGARY - A federal judge has granted a last-minute reprieve for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, temporarily preventing his imminent deportation to India. Lawyers for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu appeared in Federal Court on ...

TORONTO - The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2025 National Newspaper Awards on Friday, while The Canadian Press won several awards including project of the year. The awards were handed out at a gala in Toronto. The Globe led with eight wins...

OTTAWA - The only NDP MP from Quebec will be announcing his plan to leave Parliament and run provincially for the Québec solidaire as early as Sunday. Alexandre Boulerice's planned move was confirmed to La Presse Canadienne today by an internal source ...

OTTAWA - A federal review report says members of the military and key spy agencies should be able to expose wrongdoing and file complaints through the government's whistleblowing regime. The recommendation is among almost three dozen suggested changes ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali's capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said. Mali's army said in a statement "unidentified armed terrorist group...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported...

NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) - A volunteer firefighter died battling a wildfire in northern Florida while more than 120 homes have been destroyed in southeast Georgia and thousands more remain threatened by two large blazes, one of which investigators suspect was...