The RCMP has charged a woman in connection with a series of thefts across the region.In April 2025, officers say they became aware of several break and enters in southern Alberta.The suspects allegedly targeted cannabis dispensaries, liquor stores, convenience stores and other businesses in rural areas. The investigati...

As the spring weather continues to warm up, residents will be able to enjoy more time outside.The City of Lethbridge has opened its annual Outdoor Patios, Parklets and Street Vending program.It allows businesses to transform streets and sidewalks into vibrant spaces.Jacob Ramsdell, Manager of The Penny Coffee House, sa...

The City of Lethbridge says its transportation department is hard at work making the streets safer.It is part of its efforts under the Transportation Safety Plan to reduce the number of collisions involving fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2040.The scope of the project includes understanding and shifting the ...

A 57-year-old man remains behind bars after an alleged incident with a teenager in Lethbridge.The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says, on April 21, a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unknown man.They say she was walking along the 300 block of 3 Street South around 9:30 p.m. when she was approached by a ma...

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...

Parts of Alberta's personal information protection legislation have been ruled unconstitutional.But a judge is upholding an order to stop an American facial recognition company from collecting images of Albertans.The company, Clearview AI, scrapes the internet for images of people and adds them to a database, which it ...

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 ...

Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver has resigned from cabinet amid speculation he will run for the vacant position of Speaker of the house.Premier Danielle Smith says she's grateful for McIver's commitment and hard work in serving Albertans.She says Tourism Minister Joseph Schow will take on McIver's portfoli...

According to Statistics Canada, Alberta has now reached five million people.You can see StatsCan's live population tracker here.Alberta hit four million in October 2013, it was summarized by an economic post by ATB Financial's Mark Parsons on Monday.Based on the medium-growth projection from Alberta Treasury Board and ...

A long-time member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes has decided what his future holds.Logan McCutheon has committed to Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He says it is a great hockey school."They love their hockey at [Quinnipiac] and it's a good program that won it a couple of years ago, so I think it's rea...

A prominent member of the Lethbridge Hurricanes this past season is returning to his home country.Vojtech Port has announced that he has signed with the HC Vitkovice in the Czechia pro league.The 19-year-old was originally drafted by the Red Deer Rebels in the first round (49 overall) in the 2022 CHL Import Draft.He wa...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have added another member to their roster, signing 2006-born defenceman Nathan Maloney to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.The 18-year-old was undrafted in the WHL Prospects Draft.The Strathmore, AB, product has spent the 2024-2025 season with the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Juni...

The City of Lethbridge could soon explore different business models for Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE).It was proposed at a meeting of the Economic Standing Policy Committee this week that LDE be split into two separate entities - one focused on operating the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre and one to serv...

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 ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... After festival tragedy, a long road to recovery Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On ...

RIMOUSKI - Jury selection is beginning in the trial of a man charged with killing three people with a truck in eastern Quebec. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Gagnon turned himself in to police after a truck struck pedest...

MONTREAL - A coroner is scheduled to release her report today into the death of a homeless Innu man whose body was found inside a portable toilet in Montreal. Fifty-one-year-old Raphaël "Napa" André died in January 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. His body was found steps away from a shelter tha...

A former member of Canada's world junior hockey team is expected to continue testifying today at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Tyler Steenbergen began testifying by videoconference Wednesday afternoon at the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote. The ...

Eleven people were killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on April 26, when an SUV drove through a crowd at high speed. Here is what we know about the victims, whose identities have been confirmed by Vancouver police and festival organizer Filipino BC: Jendhel Sico Filipino BC and the Lapu Lapu Day festival ...

VANCOUVER - Even the smallest victories are being celebrated by Roland Nulada and his family, as he recovers from devastating injuries suffered in the Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver. On Monday, it was Nulada's first meal in 16 days - soup and baked macaroni, "the very soft ones," says his older sister...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis. An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the city's Nasser Hospital...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year. The haka is a chanting dance of challenge of great cultural importance in New Zealand, and the three lawmakers fro...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump - and denied by South Africa - that "genocide" is being committed against white farmers in the majority Black country. The meeting...