Voters in Lethbridge will get some fun and creative stickers when they cast their ballots this fall.The City of Lethbridge is teaming up with local school divisions to launch an "I Voted" sticker contest for students in Grades K-12.City Clerk and Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says she is excited to see wha...

The City of Lethbridge is encouraging residents to connect with, care for and celebrate the community's beautiful local environment during Environment Week.City officials acknowledge Environment Week is a nationwide event observed annually during the first week of June. It aims to help Canadians celebrate the environme...

We are expecting another hot dry summer, and local agencies will once again partner to ensure that bottled water is available to community members who are unable to take shelter from the heat. For the fifth consecutive year, community members are encouraged to make donations of bottled water to Interfaith Food Bank and...

Lethbridge Pet Hospital, a new state of the art veterinary hospital on the north side of Lethbridge, is having a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, May 31, from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.. Organizers describe the event as a family friendly community gathering with free burgers and tours, door prizes, kids' activities, an...

A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party fortresses ...

Lethbridge's federal Conservative candidate is set to enter her fourth term in office.Rachael Thomas won an estimated 60.8 per cent of the votes in Monday's federal election."I'm really excited for the opportunity to once again represent the constituents of Lethbridge. I feel honoured, and yeah, I'm just full of j...

Two local mayors have re-committed to working with the woman who is set to enter her fourth term as the MP for Lethbridge.Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Coaldale Mayor Jack Van Rijn have issued statements on the projected re-election of Conservative candidate Rachael Thomas.She is estimated to have secured an estim...

Premier Danielle Smith and Alberta's delegations will meet with industry leaders in Washington, DC from June 2 to 7 to lay the foundation for advancing North American energy dominance. Brian Jean, minister of energy, and Nathan Neudorf, minister of affordability and utilities, will join Smith to showcase Alberta's posi...

The Alberta government is investing an additional $1.5 million in sexual assault centres to help support access to counselling services for survivors of sexual violence.The province said Friday the investment will further deliver on its April commitment to increase funding for sexual assault centres by $10 million.It s...

RCMP say they have arrested an Alberta teen because investigators believe the youth will commit terrorism offences.Mounties allege a 15-year-old from Edmonton was planning to commit offences related to the COM/764.They say it is a violent online network that lures youth and encourages them to commit sexual acts, self-h...

A group representing Canada's doctors is challenging the constitutionality of Alberta's legislation limiting access to medical treatment for transgender youth, arguing it violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience.The Canadian Medical Association says the court challenge is meant to protect the relationship ...

Kip Kangogo is back in Lethbridge after a monumental marathon win.He was the first-place winner of the Calgary Marathon, held on Sunday, May 25, 2025.Finishing nearly four minutes ahead of the runner-up, Kangogo crossed the line ahead of all 1,938 other competitors.He ran 42.2 kilometres in two hours, 28 minutes and 42...

The Medicine Hat Tigers booked their ticket to the Memorial Cup final Tuesday night after holding off a late London Knights comeback attempt, defeating the Knights 3-1.Knights winger Kasper Halttunen got London on the board three and a half minutes into the opening frame, capitalizing on an early Tiger penalty.London c...

High-level amateur baseball is set to make its return this summer.The Lethbridge Bulls held their first practice this week at Spitz Stadium ahead of their season opener on Friday, May 30, in Brooks as they take on the Bombers.Bulls Head Coach Ryan MacDonald says the team has shown a lot of promise so far, and he is exc...

A new provincial report shows that farmers in the south region have made more progress on spring seeding than everywhere else in Alberta. As of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, it says 86.7 per cent of all crops in the area had been planted. That is compared to the provincial average of 73.1 per cent. It is also about 12 to 13 p...

Two local Members of Parliament are set to continue playing prominent roles within the Conservative Party of Canada.Leader Pierre Poilievre has announced his leadership team and shadow cabinet, saying his party will fight for a Canada that is affordable, safe, united, and self-reliant."Now, our bigger and better t...

Local vendors are gearing up for the return of the Lethbridge Farmers' Market. The indoor market kicks off June 14, running every Saturday at the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., while the outdoor downtown market is on Wednesdays, starting July 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Festival Squa...

Canada Post has rejected a request from the union representing about 55,000 of its workers to send their ongoing labour dispute to binding arbitration. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the request in a statement issued Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, final and binding arbitration proces...

MONTREAL - New rules took effect in Quebec on Sunday requiring French to be the dominant language on store signs and imposing stricter guidelines for product packaging. The changes are part of Quebec's 2022 overhaul of its French-language law, known as Bill 96, which the government said was essential to protect French ...

British Columbia is marking the start of this year's Filipino Heritage Month with a sombre tribute to the victims of April's deadly attack at Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day Festival. Premier David Eby issued a statement saying this year's celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in June is happening "alongside deep sorro...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he's named Marc-André Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations, as his permanent chief of staff. Carney made the announcement on social media and says Blanchard will start in July once former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino's time as interim chief of s...

OTTAWA - The NDP's interim NDP leader is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to honour the government's commitment to table information about any U.S. trade talks in the House of Commons. The request from Don Davies comes ahead of this month's meeting of G7 leaders, where Carney will once again meet with U.S. Preside...

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war. Carney asked the premiers to each pass on five suggestions for national...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Several people were injured and some may have been set on fire at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, police said. Police said a man was taken into custody in the attack that the FBI immediately described as a "targeted terror attack." Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn told reporters...

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) - At least 80 shots were fired in a North Carolina neighborhood, killing one person and injuring 11 others, authorities said Sunday. The shooting early Sunday took place in Hickory, the Catawba County Sheriff's Office said. No arrests have been made, but authorities said there was more than one shoot...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 31 people were killed and over 170 were wounded Sunday as large crowds were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, health officials and witnesses said. Witnesses said Israeli forces fired toward the crowds just before dawn around a kilometer (about 1,100 yards) from an aid sit...