Seniors at a retirement home in Lethbridge are giving back to their community.Seasons Retirement Communities has announced the conclusion of its canned goods collection challenge.Between its 25 locations in Canada, a total of 8,527 cans of non-perishable food were given to local food banks, as well as $50,400 in cash.T...

Residents of Coaldale can help to shape the future of their community.The Town of Coaldale has launched its multi-phase public engagement initiative, which will aid in the creation of a new Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP).The downtown area, especially the corridor between 20 Street and 17 Street, has seen invest...

The region's premier maze made of maize is set to open on Friday, July 25, 2025.Theo Slingerland, owner and operator of the Lethbridge Corn Maze, says the design for this year's namesake maze is inspired by southwestern Alberta."We put our three buffalo in there that are falling off cliffs. We have, of course, the...

There is a new head of the table at the Lethbridge Polytechnic Board of Governors.Janene Moch has been appointed board chair by the Government of Alberta for a three-year term, effective June 30, 2025.She joined the board in March 2021, and says she brings decades of experience in finance, education and governance.&quo...

Another contender has stepped forward to potentially fill one of eight seats on Lethbridge City Council.Robin James will be on the ballot in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place from October 8-20, 2025. She provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Coun...

Another man has entered the city council race in Lethbridge. Suketu Shah has filed his nomination papers to run in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place October 8-20. He provided the following answers to a questionnaire from LNN: Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I'm running for city council...

A new report commissioned for the City of Lethbridge raises several issues with new regulations for this fall's municipal elections.PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) examined Bill 20, which was passed by the Alberta Government in late 2024, and came back to city council with a report at Tuesday's meeting. The province touts...

Officials with Alberta's government say they are working with front-line experts to make classrooms safer for students and teachers.The Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team held its first meeting on July 23, bringing together teachers, school leaders, school board trustees and other front-line professionals...

The agency that regulates alcoholic beverages, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities in Alberta will have a new Chair next month.Larry Spagnolo will begin serving as Board Chair of Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis, taking over for outgoing chair Len Rhodes, effective August 15.Spagnolo currently serves...

The Alberta government has changed the rules to make it easier for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses to get benefits when they experience job-related stress disorder.The United Nurses of Alberta says the government has followed through on a promise in contract bargaining to extend to nurses presumptiv...

Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party.But now two former members of Premier Danielle Smith's U-C-P caucus want to resurrect the P-C name and...

You can watch some of the best rodeo competitors in the country.The Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) Qualifying Reconciliation Rodeo is set to take place at the Bully's Rodeo Arena (Rocky Mountain Turf Club) on Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26, 2025.Nadine Tailfeathers, Senior Manager at Blood Tribe Administratio...

A deal has been made between two WHL clubs in the prairies.The Lethbridge Hurricanes have acquired 2007-born forward Hudson Kibblewhite, a fourth-round draft pick in 2026 and a conditional third-round pick in 2028 from the Saskatoon Blades.In exchange, the Blades will receive 2006-born defenceman Tristen Doyle and an e...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes are investing in their future with a newly announced deal.They are sending 2007-born forward Kash Andresen to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2028 WHL Prospects Draft.Warriors G.M. Jason Ripplinger says, "Adding Andresen to our group will provide us with ...

The South Alberta School of Agriculture (SASA), through the Prairie Rose Public Schools, plans to take agriculture education to the next level, giving students a pathway to enter the industry while they are still in high school with an ag-focused facility.The hopes are to have the location open to students by September...

An official with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it has been a challenging summer for farmers in the prairies, and it might not get much better in the immediate future.Agroclimate Specialist Trevor Hadwin has provided his latest drought monitor update, largely focusing on the conditions in June 2025.He says he re...

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...

Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the town where he was born, as he travelled across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday, he visited the town's community centre, spoke with ...

Rescue operations involving a remote-controlled scoop and drones are underway at the Red Chris mine in northern British Columbia, where three miners are trapped underground. Here is a look at some previous mine rescues in Canada and around the world. September 2021: Thirty-nine miners at Vale's Totten mine in Sudbury, ...

MAPLE RIDGE - Part of a quiet neighbourhood in Maple Ridge, B.C., is blocked off by police tape as RCMP investigate what they say was a dispute between neighbours that culminated in a murder-suicide. Police cordoned off the area of the violent scene that saw two vehicles set ablaze and a police Emergency Response Team ...

Five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team have been found not guilty of sexual assault in an encounter with a woman at a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago. One of the players, Michael McLeod, has also been acquitted of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault. Ontario Su...

HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Navy plans to retire some of its older warships this fall. The navy says eight of its 12 Kingston-class vessels will be removed from service following "paying off" ceremonies in Halifax and Esquimalt, B.C. The ships, officially known as Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels, were built...

Canada's premiers gathered in Huntsville, Ont., for three days from July 21-23, for the Council of the Federation meeting and have called on the federal government to improve the country's relationship with China in the face of the ongoing trade war with the U.S. With tariffs and constant economic threats from U.S. Pre...

Rapper GloRilla was arrested this week on felony drug charges after "a significant amount of marijuana" was found by police while they investigated a burglary at her home in Atlanta. GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Woods, voluntarily turned herself in Tuesday and was released on $22,260 bond the same day,...

PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza. Macron said in a post on X that he will formalize the decision at the United Nations General Assembly in September. "The urgent thing today i...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations after the latest response from Hamas "shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza." "While the me...