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...

Residents of Lethbridge can help support Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an event this coming weekend.For the 10th year in a row, the MS Walk, sponsored by Jayman BUILT, is set for Sunday, May 25.Nicole Sullivan, Director of Community Fundraising for MS Canada, says the walk helps to raise much-needed ...

The Government of Alberta is continuing to advance a school modernization project in Coalhurst.Although exact dollar amounts were not specified, they are moving along the modernization of Coalhurst High School from planning to design.Palliser School Division Superintendent Dave Driscoll says was "extremely pleased...

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) put three people behind bars following an allegedly violent incident.At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025, police responded to a home on the 1000 block of 13 Street South. Three men and one woman were arrested.According to LPS, the suspects broke into the home of a 21-y...

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...

Alberta RCMP is encouraging families to discuss personal safety with their children.Mounties say as the weather gets warmer and kids spend more time outside, now is a good time to make sure they know how to stay safe.They are offering a list of tips parents can use:Remind kids never to go anywhere with someone they don...

BANFF - Top economic officials from the G7 are gathering for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. The meeting in the Rocky Mountains, which wraps up Thursday, is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananas...

YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are to meet Wednesday to kick off a two-day conference in Yellowknife. Set to attend are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, British Columbia's David Eby, Saskatchewan's Scott Moe, Manitoba's Wab Kinew, Nunavut's P.J. Akeeagok, Yukon's outgoing Premier Ranj Pillai and Northwest Te...

Alberta has confirmed 48 more cases of measles, bringing the province's total case count to 486 since the beginning of March.The province says all but two of the new cases of the highly contagious disease are in southern Alberta, the area that has seen about 70 per cent of all cases.Government data shows that close to ...

Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Harrison Meneghin has put pen to paper on a three-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.Meneghin was the MVP of the 2025 WHL Playoffs, helping backstop the Medicine Hat Tigers to their sixth title in franchise history, going 14-1-0 while boasting a 2.35 GAA and 0.906 SV% ...

Lauchlan Irish is out to prove that he is the best collegiate triple jumper in the world.The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns have announced that he has qualified for the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games, set to take place July 21-27 in Bochum, Germany."Being selected to represent Canada at the FISU Game...

A group of local paddlers will represent Canada at international competitions.The Dragonboat Association of Southern Alberta (DASA) has announced that six people have earned spots on the 18U and 24U National Dragon Boat Teams. The 18U team will feature Ella Veilleux, Sierra Smith, Bobby Zhao, Kylie Marshall, and Madiso...

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...

A new provincial report states that farmers have had a good start to the season.As of May 6, 49.7 per cent of crops that are planned to be planted in the south region were already in the ground.That is up from the 10-year average of 34.8 per cent and the five-year average of 31.9 per cent.Southern Alberta's farmers are...

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...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Half of Canadians trust their governments: poll Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests. The Leger survey, which polled 1,53...

YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are scheduled to wrap up a two-day conference in Yellowknife. The annual meeting of leaders from British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and the northern territories comes two weeks before all Canada's premiers are to gather with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon. Northw...

MONTREAL - A shareholder advocacy group says reviving a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec's Saguenay region would be costly and likely unprofitable. Investors for Paris Compliance says demand for LNG in Europe dropped by 18 per cent between 2022 and 2024, and Canadian exports would have a hard time competi...

BANFF - Finance ministers from the G7 are wrapping up their summit in Banff, Alta., with discussions including the global trade system roiled by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. Other topics on the agenda are artificial intelligence and the war in Ukraine. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and B...

VICTORIA - Kelowna resident and former federal NDP candidate Cade Desjarlais sees the party in "disarray." Desjarlais, who ran for the NDP in Kelowna-Lake Country in 2021 but voted for the successful Liberal candidate in the redrawn riding of Kelowna last month, said the NDP needed a working-class reset, a le...

OTTAWA - Most Canadians feel attached to their country, province and municipality but only about half of them trust their governments, a new poll suggests. The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadians between May 16 and 18, suggests that 82 per cent of Canadians feel attached to their country. Because the poll was co...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take "special measures in defense of our nuclear facilities" if Israel continues to threaten Tehran's atomic sites, raising the stakes further ahead of a new round of talks with the United States. The comments by For...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday rejected as unfounded a request to annul the presidential election by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent on Sunday. After deliberations on Thursday, Romania's Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the an...

LONDON (AP) - A British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, hours before the agreement was due to be signed on Thursday. The U.K. has agreed to hand Mauritius the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the lar...