Nearly one-fifth of everyone who is registered to vote in the Lethbridge area has already done so.That is according to Elections Canada, which says 17,291 people in the federal riding took advantage of advance voting for the 2025 election.With a total of 94,163 electors, that means that advance voter turnout was approx...

A record amount of money was recently raised to support students at the University of Lethbridge's (U of L's) Fine Arts programs.This year, the Abbondànza (Italian for abundance) endowment fund tied its celebrations to the inaugural Vibe Fest, an all-access community event held on Saturday, April 12.It opened th...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of more cases of measles in the South Health Zone.They say the infected people were in public settings while infectious.People who were at the following locations at the noted times may have been exposed:April 18 and 19Walmart3700 Mayor Magrath Drive S., LethbridgeExposur...

Alberta's seven regional agricultural societies are receiving a one-time cash injection of over $7 million to face challenging economic conditions and plan ahead. Lethbridge and District Exhibition, Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, Grande Prairie Regional Ag and Exhibition, and Red Deer's Westerner Park are among ...

Nearly one-fifth of everyone who is registered to vote in the Lethbridge area has already done so.That is according to Elections Canada, which says 17,291 people in the federal riding took advantage of advance voting for the 2025 election.With a total of 94,163 electors, that means that advance voter turnout was approx...

Party leaders emphasized familiar themes Thursday as they criss-crossed the country to shore up support in the final stretch of the federal election campaign.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life's essentials before he...

Elections Canada says a record number of Canadians cast their ballots early in advance polls this year.The agency says that, over four days of polling between Friday and Monday, 7.3 million people voted.That's up 25 per cent from early voting figures in the 2021 federal election.Elections Canada says it made adjustment...

In light of 23andMe filing for bankruptcy in a U.S. court last month, Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod is reminding residents to protect their personal information. She says genetic information is one of the most sensitive types of personal information, as human genome processing can include ...

Alberta's seven regional agricultural societies are receiving a one-time cash injection of over $7 million to face challenging economic conditions and plan ahead. Lethbridge and District Exhibition, Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, Grande Prairie Regional Ag and Exhibition, and Red Deer's Westerner Park are among ...

A former Alberta cabinet minister says an investigation called by Premier Danielle Smith's government into multimillion-dollar health contracts looks like a ``whitewashing'' exercise. Peter Guthrie, now an Independent member of the legislature, says in a public letter, that among other problems, the terms of the third-...

Primary Care Alberta's phone line for new parents has become a provincial service.The New Parent and Newborn Line was launched last month to allow parents and caregivers to contact registered nurses to get expert advice for the first two months after their baby's birth.Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange says the line ...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes' dream of capturing the WHL Championship stays alive.The Canes defeated the Calgary Hitmen in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series on Wednesday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.Brayden Edwards was eager to get Lethbridge on the scoreboard, getting the team their first point after just 3:22....

A group of local cheerleaders has proven that they are the best in the world.Peak Elite Cheerleading sent its U17 Level 1 and 2 teams to the 2025 Allstar World Championships in Orlando, Florida, from April 15-18, 2025.The Level 1 squad captured gold to claim the title of world champions.Head Coach Samatha Paradee says ...

There will be a game six in the second-round playoff series between the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Calgary Hitmen.The Hitmen beat the Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime Wednesday evening at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.Calgary kicked off scoring early in the first period, while Noah Chadwick got the Canes on the scoreboard a f...

Alberta's seven regional agricultural societies are receiving a one-time cash injection of over $7 million to face challenging economic conditions and plan ahead. Lethbridge and District Exhibition, Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede, Grande Prairie Regional Ag and Exhibition, and Red Deer's Westerner Park are among ...

Results Driven Agricultural Research (RDAR) has announced its latest funding recipient for agricultural research.The non-profit has announced a grant of $229,065 for Whole Leaf Ltd, an indoor, year-round producer of lettuce just east of Coaldale.The money will be used to develop water management strategies to reduce fu...

Agricultural producers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region can rejoice - more water will be available to you this growing season.The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) set its water allocation for 2025 at 12 inches, an increase of 50 per cent from last year.SMRID board chair George Lohues says the initial all...

OTTAWA - Leaders are hitting the hustings as election day approaches, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney focusing on U.S. tariff threats in a steel town and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigning on his crime platform in Saskatoon. Carney visited the Algoma Steel factory in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., this morning t...

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the Holy See says the Vatican will be the capital of the world Saturday during the funeral of Pope Francis, who earned the respect of vastly different people. Joyce Napier says Canadian dignitaries will be in Rome alongside heads of state from around the globe, at a gathering of a range ...

LONDON - An Ontario judge has declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. The ruling means a new trial will be held for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote, who have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what polls suggest are Conservative-safe ridings today as election day approaches. Poilievre is set to begin his day in Sask...

OTTAWA - Canadians say their relations with Washington are just as bad as ties with Moscow, according to polling that suggests an openness to improving links with China and especially Mexico. Just 16 per cent of Canadians polled by Leger say Canada has a good relationship with the U.S., compared to 15 per cent for ties...

SURREY - British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction concerns. Standing outside the Surrey Pretrial Centre, Premier David Eby says the 10-bed unit will provide involuntary care...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he heard his punishment. The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before his House colleagues ousted him in 202...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement, Director Kash Patel said. Patel made the announcement in a post on X and said his office believes Judge Hannah Dugan "intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arr...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory. The WFP said in a statement that it delivered the last of its stocks to charity kitc...