A new documentary series from TELUS celebrates the untold stories of South Asians in Western Canada.Not Your Butter Chicken sees host Shiva Reddy travelling to Lethbridge, Fort McMurray, Kamloops and Kelowna, to speak with locals of South Asian descent, particularly Indian.At the same time, Reddy tries to connect to he...

People in the Lethbridge area will soon have a new opportunity to take in locally-made goods and experiences.Lethbridge & District Exhibition has announced the inaugural Night Market, in partnership with Domesticated Divas.Running every Saturday from June 28 to August 30, 2025, the free outdoor and indoor market wi...

After just a few weeks of extended hours, residents of Bow Island are right back to where they started.Effective immediately, the Bow Island Health Centre emergency department will be open from 7:00 a.m. on Fridays until 7:00 a.m. on Mondays. It will be closed every other day of the week, including the recently added T...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes' run for the WHL Championship has come to an end.The team was eliminated in game four of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday, falling 5-3 to the Medicine Hat Tigers.Things looked promising for the Canes right out of the gate as Logan Wormald got his club on the scoreboard just 2:32 into ...

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...

The industry group representing Canada's oil and gas service contractors has laid out its top priorities for the Liberal government in Ottawa, which held onto power in Monday's federal election.The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors says both the Liberals and the Conservatives recognized the need to grow oil an...

The former Alberta cabinet minister removed from caucus says he's been pestering the government in question period and tabling a series of documents in the legislature in an effort to provide transparency.Peter Guthrie says transparency has been missing from the United Conservative government as it continues to navigat...

The Alberta government says it is looking at a number of changes to its election rules.Bill 54, if passed, would ban electronic tabulators, require unofficial vote counts to be completed within 12 hours of polls closing, and eliminate the practice of vouching for someone at a polling station.Justice Minister Mickey Ame...

You can now nominate someone for the 2025 edition of the Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards.The Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards celebrate out-of-this-world individuals who give their time, energy and talents to make life better for others, according to the province.These prestigious awards celebrate the incredible imp...

Naheed Nenshi, leader of the Alberta NDP, congratulated Mark Carney Tuesday for his becoming prime minister."It's now time to set aside the divisive battles and come together to serve Canada in a time when the nation is under existential threat," Nenshi said."For Alberta, this means working together with...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes' run for the WHL Championship has come to an end.The team was eliminated in game four of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday, falling 5-3 to the Medicine Hat Tigers.Things looked promising for the Canes right out of the gate as Logan Wormald got his club on the scoreboard just 2:32 into ...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes were nearly victorious over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Tuesday.At the VisitLethbridge.com Arena, the Canes lost 7-6 in overtime in game three of the Eastern Conference Final.Lethbridge got off to a great start, scoring the first three goals with Kooper Gizowki, Noah Chadwick and Kash Andresen ...

Medicine Hat-raised Stanford Cardinal Elic Ayomanor was selected as a Tennessee Titan in the NFL draft Saturday, as the first Medicine Hat-born player to be drafted to the NFL.READ: Medicine Hat's Ayomanor expected to be picked early in NFL DraftMedicine Hat High School Hawks alumni and Stanford Cardinal wide receiver ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith returned Saturday from her visit to Asia to identify new opportunities for collaboration across Alberta's resource, agri-food and technology sectors. - READ: Premier Smith visiting Asia to grow Alberta's energy and agriculture markets - Smith said her time in South Korea and Japan made cl...

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...

VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of second-degree murder charges over the attack that killed 11 people at the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Here is what we know about ...

The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely. Jane Wilcox and her husband David Bennett had spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and wer...

WINNIPEG - The Assembly of First Nations is joining calls for Hudson's Bay to immediately halt the sale of artifacts and return any cultural, ceremonial and sacred items to the Indigenous communities that they belong to. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says some items may represent vital and genuine aspects of c...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't invest more public money in Lion Electric, putting the electric-vehicle maker's future in doubt. Economy Minister Christine Fréchette said in a statement Wednesday evening that it wouldn't be responsible to inject more government funds into the struggling company. S...

MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about whether it's constitutional for police to make a random traffic stop without reasonable suspicion the driver has committed an offence. Canada's highest court announced today it has granted the Quebec government leave to appeal a lower court decision...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Fear of mental health stigma after festival attack A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that ki...

A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be used against people whom the Republican administration claims ar...

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday, marking the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump's second term. Waltz came under searing scrutiny in March after revelations that he added ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Planned negotiations between Iran and the United States this weekend over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program have been postponed, Oman announced Thursday. A message online from Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi made the announcement in a post on the social platform X. &qu...