A group of local post-secondary students were hard at work to support seniors who are suffering from abuse.The students are part of the Therapeutic Recreation - Gerontology (TR) program at Lethbridge Polytechnic.They spent February engaged in fundraising initiatives and efforts to raise awareness for the Lethbridge Eld...

The RCMP is continuing to investigate a fatal collision in southern Alberta.It occurred just after 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the intersection of Highways 4 and 845.A spokesperson with the RCMP told LNN that a person driving a Honda CRV was traveling along Highway 845 and tried to cross Highway 4, result...

The RCMP is asking for your help in finding a person from Brooks.Officers say 32-year-old Joshua (Astrid) Kinsella-Gow was last seen on February 19, 2025, at the 7-Eleven in Okotoks.RCMP believes they might have been traveling to the Calgary area.Kinsella-Gow is described as 5'7" with waist-length dirty blonde hai...

Youth One, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth through mentorship and community programs, will mark its 10-year anniversary with a Black Tie Gala on March 29, 2025. The event, presented by Allied Marketing Group, aims to recognize the organization's impact on young people in the region while raising ...

Alberta's government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites -- from wellheads to corporate head offices - but the NDP says it's an illegal and performative distraction.Premier Danielle Smith says the goal is to keep federal staffers away from any place where oil and g...

The union for school support staff in Edmonton says its 3,000 members are to return to work Thursday after ratifying a new deal with the public school board.Members voted 93 per cent in favour of the new deal, which the Canadian Union of Public Employees has said includes a higher wage package.Workers from the Parkland...

Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has released a statement expressing concern about unpaid oil and gas property taxes, as the financial burden gets passed to municipalities and their residents instead. A member survey recently conducted by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) found that as of Dec. 31, 2024, at leas...

Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) has partnered with the Government of Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, Rajan Sawhney, to launch the Skilled Pathway Program, an initiative aimed at equipping veterans, reservists and their family members with the skills needed for successful careers in the construction industry."T...

A group of local athletes made quite the racket at a tournament south of the border.Coby and Kathy Iwaasa, as well as Makaio White, participated in the Shamrock Shootout in Cutbank, Montana this past weekend.Coby Iwaasa dominated the Men's Open Singles top division, and alongside his Montanan partner, Chris Weber, emer...

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 Government of Alberta has proposed updates to the Agricultural Operations Practices Act, intended to help reduce waste, allow farmers to supplement fertilizer with organic materials and help attract job-creating investment. This act and its regulations provide the rules and standards for all agricultural operations...

This year, March 16-22 marks Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, an annual national event aimed at highlighting the importance of farm safety. "Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is a good time to remind those working on farms and ranches about the importance of farm health and safety measures to keep operations sa...

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...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership - prompted in large part by growing concern about Russia's war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing talk of annexing Canada. In an in...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members of the media after the Friday afternoon cabinet meeting, saying the government is "focused on action." "We...

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security risk." The university says it reached the decision after a review of public information and third-party assess...

MONTREAL - Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage. The city says its fleet of street sweepers, sidewalk washers and other cleaning staff will need between four and six weeks to pick up what is expected to be at least 50...

SUDBURY, Ont. - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he'll "set a deadline" to approve all federal permits for mining in northwestern Ontario's Ring of Fire region within six months. Poilievre said that a Conservative government would also commit $1 billion over three years to building a road n...

MONTREAL - Quebec is taking some halting steps toward scrapping interprovincial trade barriers with measures that will reduce red tape for funeral directors, real estate brokers and racehorse owners. The government announced today it is planning to withdraw at least five of its exemptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agr...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled during legal challenges, The Associated Press h...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A jury found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children in need. Aimee Bock - the founder of Feeding our Future, the group that prose...

FLORENCE, Arizona (AP) - An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend's ex-husband was executed Wednesday, the second of four prisoners scheduled to be put to death this week in the U.S. Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, was lethally injected with pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Flor...