Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying the public of a recently confirmed case of measles in the community. They say a visitor traveled from Toronto to Taber on March 8, 2025, and was in public settings in the community while infectious. AHS warns that people who were in the following locations during the specified...

One company says a growing number of people are looking to visit Lethbridge.That is according to a new report from Airbnb, which says searches for domestic stays in its short-term rentals are up by nearly 20 per cent so far in 2025."More Canadians than ever are choosing to explore their own backyard, supporting th...

A pair of physicians that served southern Alberta have closed their practices, officials say.Doctors Joy and Andrew Okoror worked at the Bow Island and Foremost medical clinics.They closed their practices due to "unforeseen circumstances" as of March 12, according to a County of Forty Mile news release.The Fo...

The RCMP says it is investigating a serious motor vehicle.It was first reported to media at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.Details are sparse at this time, but the collision occurred at the intersection of Highways 4 and 845 southeast of Lethbridge.The RCMP says the south bound lanes are currently closed, while 5...

Statistics Canada says the population of Alberta grew at a faster pace than all other provinces and territories.The organization has released its latest population estimates.It says Alberta was home to 4,960,097 residents as of January 1, 2025, an increase of 168,221 people or 3.51 per cent over the last year. The prov...

OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests. The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and hi...

Alberta's energy minister says the government will never use public tax dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. Brian Jean says it will never be an option, despite a newly leaked government-funded report listing recommendations for how Alberta should reclaim its nearly 80,000 inactive wells. The recommendation...

Thousands of education support staff around Alberta are set to return to their posts in the coming days as a months-long strike winds down, union officials said Tuesday.The Canadian Union of Public Employees said tentative contracts with the Parkland School Division, the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catho...

For the first time since 2019, the Lethbridge Hurricanes will be kicking off its WHL playoffs schedule at home.The team has announced the following home dates for its round one games:Game 1 - Friday, March 28th - at VisitLethbridge.com Arena (7:00pm) Game 2 - Saturday, March 29th - at VisitLethbridge.com Arena (6:00pm)...

Two Alberta teams will celebrate small town baseball heritage this season.The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) has announced that the Lethbridge Bulls and Sylvan Lake Gulls will compete in its first-ever Rural Roots game on June 8, 2025 in Oyen.The league says the special contest marks the 30th anniversary of th...

The Lethbridge Sport Council has announced the recipients of the 2024 Lethbridge Sport Council Achievement Awards, celebrating contributions to local sports. Now in its 15th year, the awards recognize athletes, coaches, volunteers, and organizations that have made a lasting impact on the community.Executive Director of...

Four young southern Albertans are getting some help on their way to their bright careers in agriculture.The Rotary Club of Lethbridge East has announced the winners of its Agricultural Scholarships, given out annually to the region's top students who are pursuing a post-secondary education in agriculture.Damon BectellB...

A multi-million dollar grant will help an agri-food processor in Lethbridge to continue to innovate in plant-based protein markets.Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) has announced $2.3 million in funding for PIP Lethbridge Inc. PIP opened in the city in 2022 and both produces and researches yellow pea-based pro...

Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers says they will continue with a Team Canada approach in dealing with US tariffs. The ministers met in Ottawa on Thursday as part of what a release from the federal agriculture department calls "ongoing discussions related to the impacts and potential respons...

Statistics Canada says the population grew to 41,528,680 people as of Jan. 1 as the pace of growth continued to slow after peaking in the third quarter of 2023.The total number of people was up 63,382 compared with Oct. 1, 2024, for a quarterly growth rate of 0.2 per cent.The agency says it was the slowest growth rate ...

TORONTO - The federal government is promising billions in low-cost financing to help build thousands of rental homes in Toronto, including more than a thousand affordable units. Ottawa says it will provide $2.55 billion in financing through its Apartment Construction Loan Program, to be administered by the Canada Mortg...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is limiting the fees that banks can charge customers who don't have enough in their accounts to cover a cheque or other pre-authorized charge. The changes included in an order-in-council last week will take effect starting March 12, 2026. The new rules cap non-sufficient funds fees at $10 for personal d...

OTTAWA - A group of energy sector chief executives is calling on the leaders of the four federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis and use emergency powers to help speed the development of key projects in the "national interest." In an open letter to the political leaders, the CEOs of 10 o...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... End of carbon levy will ease pain at pumps: report Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new rep...

OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests. The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and hi...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the U.N. Office for Project Services, declined to say who carried out the strike but said t...

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a " fish doorbell " on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. The idea is simple: An underwater camera at Utr...

ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul's mayor - a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported. The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued warrants for some 100 other people. Authorities closed severa...