Lethbridge School Division is providing an update on the current status of the provincial collective bargaining process involving teachers. "We recognize many in the community have questions about what may unfold in the coming weeks and months," reads a statement from Lethbridge School Division. "While t...

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a pair of early morning fires this week in north Lethbridge.Around 5 a.m. on Monday, June 9, crews from four stations were dispatched to the 200 block of 13 Street North for reports of a fire behind a strip mall. On arrival, firefighters found flames from two garbage ...

Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl. LPS says Makayla Wheaton was last seen June 8 at the Wade Galloway Skate Park along the 2300 block of Parkside Drive South. However, ongoing efforts to locate her have been unsuccessful and police are concerned for her well-being. W...

A new co-op program between the Davis Auto Group and Career Bridge appears to be a resounding success.That's according to organizers who say the most valuable employees are those who know a business from the ground up.When the University of Lethbridge and Davis Auto Group began constructing a new co-operative education...

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...

The United Conservative Party's Grande Prairie-Wapiti Constituency Association is among the sponsors of an upcoming town hall regarding Alberta's sovereignty.The Courage to Listen meeting will discuss the proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act, or Bill 1, and the possibility of Alberta separating from Canada to form its own ...

The Government of Alberta has named the recipients of the 2024 Alberta Sport Recognition Awards.For over 35 years, the awards have honoured the best athletes, teams, coaches and volunteers in the province.Recipients of the 2024 Alberta Sport Recognition Awards include individuals who demonstrated their unwavering devot...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is winning applause but also facing pointed questions from party members ahead of an upcoming rural byelection.Smith, in her role as United Conservative Party leader, appeared at a town hall meeting attended by about 300 in Three Hills this week.She came with Tara Sawyer, who is running u...

The fire danger remains extreme across most of the province, with some wildfires growing in size. Cooler, wet weather in the days ahead could provide a little relief. While some communities have allowed residents to return, evacuation orders and alerts remain in other places. Additional firefighting resources are comin...

Officials with Paradise Canyon Golf Club in Lethbridge are putting a call out for volunteers for the Alberta Men's Amateur Golf Championships June 25-27.Organizers need 23 volunteers on Wednesday June 25, 23 volunteers for Thursday June 26, and 13 volunteers on Friday June 27.Volunteers will be needed for registration,...

The Sylvan Lake Gulls continue their young 2025 WCBL season this weekend with the inaugural Rural Roots Baseball Classic.The event, which pits the Gulls against the Lethbridge Bulls, goes down at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen, with first pitch at 3:30."We are very excited for the Rural Roots Baseball Classic. This is ...

Hundreds of fans celebrated the Medicine Hat Tigers at Co-op Place on Monday in a bittersweet send-off to mark the end of a historic season.The Tigers were fresh off a Memorial Cup final loss to the London Knights on Sunday night in Rimouski, Que.Tigers game host Jesse Christianson reminded the crowd that even though t...

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...

OTTAWA - Luxembourg is officially opening an embassy in Ottawa as the small European nation moves to expand its economy beyond financial services. The country of 680,000, commonly referred to as a tax haven, is one of Europe's most sparsely populated nations. Luxembourg is a major financial hub and Statistics Canada ra...

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa's plan to slash the sales tax on housing would save an eligible first-time homebuyer an average of roughly $27,000 off the price of a newly built home. The federal government's fiscal watchdog predicts in a new analysis that a little over 71,000 new builds will qual...

OTTAWA - B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal says he has a meeting scheduled with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week to talk about his controversial decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 in Alberta next week. Dhaliwal says he's spoken with hundreds of people who disagree with Carney's decision to...

OTTAWA - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Ottawa between June 14 and 15 ahead of the G7 summit in Alberta next week. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the visit this morning. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump's tariffs to stay in effect amid appeal A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs will remain in place while a case is heard - extending an emergency stay granted af...

OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students - even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader softness in the job market. Statistics Canada shone a light on the difficult employment prospects for students heading back ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government survived a vote of confidence in the Polish parliament on Wednesday, with supporters rising and applauding him and chanting his name. Lawmakers voted 243-210 in favor of the government. There were no abstentions. Tusk requested the vote following the defeat ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war has climbed past 55,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants, but has said that women and children make up more than half the dead. The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border, in a move aimed at easing tensions. The South resumed the loudspeaker broadcasts in June last year following a yearslong pause in retaliation for North Korea flying trash-...