The best slo-pitch softball players in Alberta are set to compete in Lethbridge this week.The city is hosting the 2025 Alberta Provincial Championship from Friday to Sunday, July 11-13, 2025.The Valley Men's Slo-Pitch team will represent Lethbridge and southern Alberta.Eight teams are competing, with the first contests...

Business owners in Lethbridge are being encouraged to take part in the City of Lethbridge's new survey.The survey will be conducted over the phone by Deloitte LLP from July 7-18, 2025.Darrel Mathews, Chief Financial Officer with the City, says it is meant to assess the current business climate."What we're looking ...

The race for Lethbridge City Council continues to expand.Gerry Saguin has announced that he will be seeking a seat on council in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place October 8-20.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I'm running for Leth...

The Southern Alberta Summer Games (SASG) hosted in Taber wrapped up on Saturday.Athletes of varying ages competed in a variety of sports over four days, representing their communitiesThirteen different municipalities were represented at the event, with 1,049 medals handed out.Host M.D. of Taber stood atop the podium wi...

The race for Lethbridge City Council continues to expand.Gerry Saguin has announced that he will be seeking a seat on council in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place October 8-20.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I'm running for Leth...

Another contender has entered the race for Lethbridge City Council. Margaret (Magie) Matulic has filed her nomination papers for the municipal election, which takes place October 8-20. She provided the following answers to a questionnaire from LNN: Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I am running as a ...

Town of Coaldale councillor Bill Chapman has officially announced his intent to seek re-election in the upcoming municipal election Oct. 20, 2025. "I am honoured to once again put my name forward for Coaldale town council," says Chapman, in a press release Thursday. "Together with my colleagues, we've ma...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to hold public consultations this fall about adding nuclear power to the province's energy mix.There have long been discussions about building reactors in Alberta including ones that could power oilsands operations but the province is currently reliant on natural...

The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have agreed to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces while increasing interprovincial trade of alcohol and vehicles.The agreements are laid out in two memorandums of understanding that the premiers signed in Calgary.The potential pipeline and rail line...

A helicopter crash near Red Deer on Sunday afternoon has claimed the life of one person, according to Alberta RCMP.The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) first said Sunday that they were deploying a team to the site of the crash -- the Hespero/Safron Residence Heliport, approximately 20 nautical miles from Red Deer Regi...

Alberta Blue Cross and the Lifesaving Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories are teaming up to help save lives this summer."We have a short summer season in Alberta and it's a great time to get out swimming, boating and spending time around open water," says Brian Geislinger, senior vice-president of Co...

The best slo-pitch softball players in Alberta are set to compete in Lethbridge this week.The city is hosting the 2025 Alberta Provincial Championship from Friday to Sunday, July 11-13, 2025.The Valley Men's Slo-Pitch team will represent Lethbridge and southern Alberta.Eight teams are competing, with the first contests...

The Southern Alberta Summer Games (SASG) hosted in Taber wrapped up on Saturday.Athletes of varying ages competed in a variety of sports over four days, representing their communitiesThirteen different municipalities were represented at the event, with 1,049 medals handed out.Host M.D. of Taber stood atop the podium wi...

A group of local WHL players will get the opportunity to train with the pros.The Lethbridge Hurricanes have announced that half a dozen members of their 2024-25 roster will attend NHL Development Camps this week.They are Noah Chadwick, Brayden Yager, Caden Price, Carsen Adair, Jackson Unger and Miguel Marques.Chadwick,...

The Government of Canada has announced millions of dollars in funding for a pair of energy-related initiatives in southern Alberta.Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says a total of $13.3 million under the Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF) will support five projects in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.She sa...

Alberta's government has provided a one-time grant of $3.2 million to 12 applied research associations to upgrade equipment, facilities and infrastructure. Announced on Wednesday, the government says the funding will help improve agricultural research and Alberta producers' competitiveness. Provincial officials say app...

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...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is headed off to Japan and Malaysia as the Carney government shapes its diplomatic and trade approach to the Indo-Pacific region. Anand will meet with her Japanese counterpart in Tokyo this week as the two finalize an agreement on sharing defence information and boosting tr...

VANCOUVER - The chief justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court says all criminal trials that were to take place in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and New Westminster during the FIFA World Cup next year will have to be rescheduled. Chief Justice Ron Skolrood says in a notice posted Monday that the tournament is ...

OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems is appealing a federal government directive ordering it to shutter its Canadian operations due to national security concerns. Hikvision says it is asking for a judicial review of a June 27 federal government order stating that the company must close down its Canad...

MONTREAL - A federal Crown prosecutor has upgraded a charge of uttering threats to a terrorism offence for a convicted al-Qaida supporter. Prosecutor Samuel Monfette-Tessier says he's invoking a section of the Criminal Code that would allow the court to sentence the accused to life in prison. Mohamed Abdullah Warsame, ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says he will be sending letters to countries around the world today as he seeks trade deals - but Canada is not being affected by Wednesday's tariff deadline. On Sunday, Trump said he's sending correspondence to up to 15 countries hit by the president's "Liberation Day"...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons transport committee is meeting to decide whether to study BC Ferries' decision to purchase four Chinese vessels. BC Ferries announced last month that it hired China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards to build four new ships after a five-year procurement process that did not include a Cana...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - About 90 members of the California National Guard and over dozen military vehicles like Humvees are helping protect immigration officers Monday as they carry out a raid in a Los Angeles park, defense officials said. The operation in MacArthur Park, which is in a neighborhood with a large immigrant po...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A 27-year-old man was killed Monday after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, authorities said. Federal agents returned fire at the man, who had an assault rifle and was carrying a utility vest, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told reporters Monday morning. Rodri...

Russian's transport minister was found dead Monday, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials said was an apparent suicide. Roman Starovoyt, who served as Russia's transport minister since May 2024, was fired in a presidential decree earlier in the day. His dismissal came after a weeken...