Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's help in locating a missing 41-year-old male. LPS says Michael Gary Burns was last seen in Lethbridge on Oct. 29, 2025, and has not had contact with his family since Oct. 20, which is out of character for him. Police say ongoing efforts to locate Burns have been unsuccessful an...

November is Family Violence Prevention Month in Alberta, and the Lethbridge Police Service, along with other partner agencies, is raising awareness about available supports and encouraging conversations about reaching out for help.LPS says we all have a role to play to prevent and stop family and intimate partner viole...

Brainstorm, a documentary film created and directed by Dr. Jenna Bailey, an adjunct professor of history and senior researcher with the University of Lethbridge's Centre for Oral History and Tradition, won a Rosie at the Alberta Film & Television Awards ceremony on Oct. 25."I'm deeply honoured that Brainstorm ...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has released its end-of-season water storage figures.According to its most recent report (Oct. 31), Waterton and St. Mary reservoirs continued to drop throughout October, while Ridge Reservoir, drawn down to the desired level before shutdown, has increased since.Officials ...

An Organizational Meeting for Lethbridge County council Friday saw Tory Campbell of Division 2 elected reeve, and John Kuerbis of Division 4 elected deputy reeve, both serving a year term in these positions until October 2026.County officials note that Campbell has been on council since 2017 and is in his third term. T...

The city's new and returning elected officials will be sworn into office today.The City of Lethbridge is holding a swearing-in ceremony on Monday, Oct. 27, at 1:30 p.m.Voters selected Blaine Hyggen to serve a second term as mayor in the 2025 municipal elections.Returning members of city council include Belinda Crowson,...

We can now say for sure who the next local elected officials in communities across the region are.As of noon on Friday, Oct. 24, the results of the 2025 municipal elections have been made official.Here are the next mayors and councillors in southern Alberta:BrooksMayor:Norm Gerestein - 1,804 votes Joel Goodnough - 1,09...

The Alberta government is on the hunt for a new auditor general, but the Opposition NDP says they're forcing him out before he finishes investigating a health-care contracting scandal.Auditor general Doug Wylie has been investigating health contract procurement processes following allegations of corruption by a former ...

A second member of the Alberta legislature is facing a citizen petition to recall her from her job. Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure says a recall campaign has been approved on United Conservative member Angela Pitt.The applicant can begin collecting signatures Wednesday, and McClure did not immediately say why t...

The Alberta government has chosen to cancel provincial exams in January in response to the recent teachers' strike.Due to lost instructional time, students will not be required to take the January 2026 diploma exams or the Grade 9 Provincial Achievement tests. The cancellation will not affect any student's ability to a...

January provincial exams are cancelled, and now students may opt to write them in April or June 2026, the UCP say.This will be voluntary, and is a result of the recent three-week teachers' strike.Per the provincial government:'To ensure students and teachers can concentrate on learning after lost instructional time due...

All information below is courtesy Football Alberta:Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand, we're back. After a long four week hiatus, high school football is back. Unfortunately, the break was long enough to make the resumption of the regular season impossible, so most leagues have gone straight to abbreviated playoffs. Some leagues or divi...

The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has announced the full roster for Team CHL ahead of the 2025 CHL USA Prospects Challenge.The event will feature the top 2026 NHL Draft-eligible players from the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) facing off against ...

A former University of Lethbridge athlete and member of the Kainai Nation has been named the recipient of the National Tom Longboat Award. The Tom Longboat Awards recognize Indigenous athletes for their outstanding contributions to sport in Canada. Apollo Hess, a three-time U SPORTS national champion and national recor...

A pair of local farmers has received major recognition.At its inaugural Global Farmer Awards in New York, PepsiCo announced Chris and Harold Perry as the recipients of the Global Farmer of the Year Award.Ramon Laguarta, Chair and CEO of PepsiCo, says farmers are the heartbeat of their supply chain and the foundation of...

Prairie Rose Public Schools has announced the creation of the Yuill School of Agriculture in partnership with Neubauer Farms and Medicine Hat College.The school of agriculture is said to be an important step in advancing agricultural education and workforce development in Alberta.This school will offer students in Grad...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has awarded $30,000 to 15 students who are studying agriculture-related post-secondary education for the 2025-26 school year.Each recipient will receive $2,000 through SMRID's annual scholarship program, named in memory of Peter Langemann, Keith Francis, and Jonnie Popel.T...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberals set to deliver highly anticipated federal budget today The federal government is set to unveil its budget today - the Liberals' first fiscal update in al...

MONTREAL - A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. The Montreal transit agency's 2,400 maintenance workers launched a strike last we...

OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget - one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures - Liberals say he picked the right salesperson for t...

OTTAWA - The federal government is set to unveil its budget today - the Liberals' first fiscal update in almost a year and the first summary of Prime Minister Mark Carney's agenda since the party released its spring election platform. Government House ...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians of all stripes say they don't want the coming budget vote to trigger a Christmas election - but nobody's ruling it out, meaning voters might soon have to resist the temptation to drop a lump of coal in a ballot box. Governm...

FRIDAY HARBOR - The group that has been tracking southern resident killer whales since the 1970s says a calf in one of the three pods is missing and thought to be dead. The Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbor, Wash., says it followed J pod in t...

NEW DELHI (AP) - A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near Bilaspur, about...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney di...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed Monday in the country's south while flying to help respond to the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which has already left at least ...