The Conservative Party of Canada has announced its candidate for the Bow River riding in southern Alberta.David Bexte looks to fill the shoes of retiring Conservative MP Martin Shields, who has held that office since 2015.He provided the following answers to LNN in a questionnaire:Why did you want to run in the 2025 fe...

Municipal leaders from 28 communities across the country have traveled to Lethbridge for a conference.The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is gathering mayors to continue work on developing the first municipally-led, integrated standards for treatment, harm reduction, recovery, prevention and enfor...

Voters in Coaldale will have a chance to meet their candidates in the federal election later this month.The Coaldale Chamber of Commerce is set to host a federal candidates forum at Civic Square on Monday, April 14, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event begins at 7:00 p.m.Chamber President Robert Woolf says, &quo...

Environment and Climate Change Canada confirmed a tornado occurred in southern Alberta 10 km north of Rolling Hills on Saturday. Northern Tornadoes Project said analysis of photos, video, radar and the storm environment indicated that it was a "landspout"-type tornado". ECCC said the tornado was generate...

The Conservative Party of Canada has announced its candidate for the Bow River riding in southern Alberta.David Bexte looks to fill the shoes of retiring Conservative MP Martin Shields, who has held that office since 2015.He provided the following answers to LNN in a questionnaire:Why did you want to run in the 2025 fe...

Voters in Coaldale will have a chance to meet their candidates in the federal election later this month.The Coaldale Chamber of Commerce is set to host a federal candidates forum at Civic Square on Monday, April 14, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event begins at 7:00 p.m.Chamber President Robert Woolf says, &quo...

A total of 20 people are looking to represent the four federal ridings south of Calgary.Elections Canada has released its list of every candidate for the 2025 federal election.LNN has reached out to all candidates in the local ridings and has published articles on many of them, but there are still a few that we are wai...

A public safety advisory has been issued in Alberta as bears begin emerging from hibernation across the province. With increasing bear activity expected throughout the coming months, Forestry and Parks and Public Safety and Emergency Services are reminding Albertans to take the appropriate precautions while enjoying th...

The Alberta government and its auditor general are at odds over the province's decision to bring its lawyers directly into the investigation surrounding multimillion-dollar health contracts.The issue arose after the Opposition NDP revealed a leaked email from Alberta Health that directs public servants to contact lawye...

EDMONTON Alberta's top doctor for public health says officials are working to contain the spread of measles as case counts continue to rise. Health officials say there are 58 confirmed cases of measles in Alberta and that they are paying close attention to rising case counts within the south and central zones. Chief me...

A fatality inquiry is to take place in June for the three people killed five years ago when a tour bus tumbled down an embankment on the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park.Three people died and 14 suffered life-threatening injuries after the bus lost control and landed on its roof in the popular tourist destinat...

Game 2 of Lethbridge's WHL playoff series against the Calgary Hitmen has gone to the Hurricanes.Playing in Calgary on Saturday, April 12, the Canes came out with a 2-1 win.Brayden Edwards scored the game's first point at the 14:22 mark in the second period. Assists were made by Noah Chadwick and Miguel Marques.With jus...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes got off to a great start in the second round of the playoffs.Game 1 against the Calgary Hitmen took place on Thursday, April 10 at the Scotiabank Saddledome with the Canes securing a 4-0 win.Different members of the Lethbridge team scored all four goals.Kooper Gizowski secured the win for the ...

For the first time since the 2018-19 season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are entering the second round of the WHL playoffs.They face the Calgary Hitmen in a best-of-seven series.Lethbridge beat the Brandon Wheat Kings in the first round 4-1, and are now the third-ranked team in the Eastern Conference. The Hitmen stand at...

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...

Registration is now open for any place that wants to be a host farm for Alberta Open Farm Days. This year's edition is set for August 16 and 17. The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand and try and buy locally produced products. The theme this year is Water, The Lifeb...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million f...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre campaigning in Montreal today Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today, days before the federal leaders take part in debates. Poilievre will hold ...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today, days before the federal leaders take part in debates. Poilievre will hold a press conference in Montreal at 9 a.m. ET. Carney will make an announcement in Dorval, Que., at 10 a.m. ET. NDP leader Jagmeet ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials - and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he'll ban what he calls "shadow l...

MONTREAL - An Ontario family is asking the public for help in finding their 22-year-old son who disappeared while on a ski trip in Mont-Tremblant, Que. 70 days ago. Liam Toman went missing at around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski village north of Montreal after a night of dinner and drinks with friends...

SHAWINIGAN - Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl's relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the victim fell into a silo at the former Belgo factory, a paper mill that h...

Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recovering from a stroke, suggests a study from researchers, including a team from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Gustavo Balbinot, an assistant professor in neurorehabilitation, said the research op...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country's political freedoms but was criticized for lackluster leadership, has died of heart disease. He was 85. Abdullah entered the critical care unit at the National Heart Institute on April 25, 2024 afte...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor's mansion where he set a fire had planned to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a hammer if he found him, according to court documents released Monday. The fire lef...

ROME (AP) - Talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program appeared ready Monday to leave the Middle East, as an Italian source said the next round of negotiations would take place in Rome. A source in the Italian government confirmed that the next round would take place in Rom...