There will be no more open fires in the coulees in Lethbridge.The City of Lethbridge has activated its fire ban for the River Valley, which is effective immediately and until further notice.It impacts the use of the campfire pits in the River Valley.Elsewhere in the city, the public is still allowed to use propane/natu...

Alberta Open Farm Days is set for Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17, 2025.The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand, and try and buy locally produced products.Several operations in southern Alberta are taking part.Theoretically Brewing - LethbridgeFarming Smarter A...

The City of Lethbridge assures that Whoop-Up Drive is still safe for motorists. Work to assess the damage caused on August 6 continues, after a piece of heavy equipment struck the underside of the bridge. Director of Infrastructure Services Joel Sanchez says that there are six steel bridge girders that support the road...

The University of Lethbridge (U of L) has established a new award, honouring a local student.Brayden Day Chief is the first recipient of the Poomaksin Pens Award, which includes $500 and a pen set. The U of L says Day Chief was chosen due to his academic success and his vision for leadership in business and governance....

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...

The board chair with Alberta Canola uses words like shocking, devastating, and not great news to wake up to, in describing a new tariff from China. The country announced a 76 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed after it conducted an anti-dumping investigation on Tuesday. Valhalla Centre farmer Andre Harpe says tari...

Day two of the Canada Summer Games in St. John's Newfoundland was a productive day for Team Alberta.As of Monday evening, the athletes representing our province have accumulated 10 medals including three gold, four silver, and three bronze.On Monday they claimed three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.This inclu...

The provincial government is helping support 388 athletes as they represent Alberta at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland.The games, which started last week on Aug. 8 and will run until Aug. 25, features Alberta athletes who represent the highest level of talent in their sport and the pride of the...

The federal and provincial governments say they have made it easier for farmers and ranchers to cut crops for feed.AFSC will adjust the low yield allowance in some parts of Alberta, adding in a release that this is being done "particularly in the Peace."It will go to 300 kilograms per acre for several crops, ...

The Lethbridge Bulls went down in round one of the playoffs.They faced the Sylvan Lake Gulls on Thursday and Friday last week, dropping both contests in the best-of-three series.The Bulls were shut out 8-0 in the opening contest, while game two went 6-2 to the Gulls.Lethbridge finished the regular season third in the W...

The rosters for a major upcoming international U-18 hockey tournament have been announced.The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) says 60 players from its member leagues will compete at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Brno, Czechia, including five who play for teams in southern Alberta. Representing the Lethbridge Hurricanes is 17-...

The Lethbridge Bulls will have to wait a bit longer before they get the chance to play in the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) playoffs.Game 1 of the Western Division semi-finals at Gulls Stadium in Sylvan Lake was cancelled on Wednesday night due to rain and has been rescheduled.The first contest in the series ...

Alberta Open Farm Days is set for Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17, 2025.The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand, and try and buy locally produced products.Several operations in southern Alberta are taking part.Theoretically Brewing - LethbridgeFarming Smarter A...

The board chair with Alberta Canola uses words like shocking, devastating, and not great news to wake up to, in describing a new tariff from China. The country announced a 76 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed after it conducted an anti-dumping investigation on Tuesday. Valhalla Centre farmer Andre Harpe says tari...

A researcher from Lethbridge Polytechnic has been recognized nationally for his contributions in developing a lower cost, less wasteful crop testing method.Results Driven Agriculture Research chair Dr. Chandra Singh is also the director of the Advanced Post-harvest Technology Centre in Lethbridge Polytechnic's Centre f...

PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fire on Vancouver Island has led to evacuation orders from both the Alberni-Clayoquot and Cowichan Valley regional distric...

Wildfires are threatening communities across Canada, raising questions about how people can best prepare for evacuations. Officials ordered the evacuation of parts of a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, and thousands more in the metropolitan area may need to flee at a moment's notice as they remain under an evacu...

OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler has joined thousands of Jews calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and starvation in Gaza. The longtime human rights activist, a strong supporter of Israel, has signed an open letter saying Netanyahu's policies on Palestinians "are...

The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants has signalled its intent to strike Saturday. Flight attendants have issued 72-hour strike notice and could walk off the job at 12:58 a.m. ET on Saturday if a deal isn't reached to avoid a work stoppage. In an update posted online, the union said it has m...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada, attendants yet to call job action There's no official word yet whether Air Canada and the union representing some 10,000 of its flight attendants have averted a possible strike or lockout that could begin as soon as Sa...

Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave. Relief is expected in southern and eastern Ontario, but Environment Canada says temperatures are still above average for this time of year, with forecasted highs in the low 3...

NEW YORK (AP) - Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open after a two-year absence, receiving a wild-card invitation on Wednesday to compete in singles at Flushing Meadows at age 45. The American will be the oldest entrant in singles at the tournament since Renee Richards was 47 in 1981,...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car amid heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Offic...

BERLIN (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for talks with European and U.S. leaders ahead of the Trump-Putin summit later this week, the German government said. Merz has convened a series of virtual meetings on Wednesday in an attempt to...