Anyone in the Lethbridge area who is looking for work will have dozens of options at their fingertips.Teamworks Career Centre and the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce are teaming up to host the Community Job Fair on Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre.Teamworks Manager Barb Wolstoncroft says they ...

If The Last of Us is anything to go by, communities like Lethbridge could see a major economic boost from film and TV projects.That is why the City of Lethbridge and Economic Development Lethbridge have teamed up to launch Screen Lethbridge.Ismail Okasha, Film Services Support at the City of Lethbridge, says he eventua...

A couple from Lethbridge has made a sizable donation to future healthcare services in the city.Glenn and Janice Varzari are giving $100,000 to the Bringing Hearts Come cardiac campaign.Janice says, "We are honoured to contribute this donation, as heart disease has touched the lives of many within our families and ...

We will likely see a brand new neighbourhood being created on the west side over the next several years.Lethbridge City Council has approved the land use concept for the University of Lethbridge South Campus Lands.It is a 100-acre property next to the university's Community Sports Stadium.Michael Kelly, CEO of the Univ...

A new contender has stepped forward in the city council race in Lethbridge.Tevi Legge has announced her campaign in the 2025 municipal elections, set for October 8-20.She provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I want Lethbridge to be a place where my ...

A current member of Lethbridge City Council is seeking her third term in office.Belinda Crowson is running for re-election in the 2025 municipal election, set for October 8-20, 2025.She provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? On October 20 I respectful...

A current member of Lethbridge City Council is seeking another term.John Middleton-Hope has confirmed that he will be running for re-election in the 2025 municipal elections, which take place from October 8-20, 2025.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Co...

The Alberta government says it will maintain a frozen industrial carbon tax price for 2026, putting the province at odds with federal rules.Premier Danielle Smith announced the freeze in May, saying Alberta's price would stay at $95 per tonne of emissions for an indefinite period of time.Alberta was set to increase the...

The union for educational assistants in Alberta, fresh off its own strike, says its members won't step in to help schools if teachers walk off the job next month.Canadian Union of Public Employees Alberta president Raj Uppal says members are being advised to refuse teachers' work and to get union officials to clarify a...

Premier Danielle Smith is directing her jobs minister to use all legal means possible to give Alberta more control over immigration.In a new mandate letter given to Joseph Schow, Smith says Alberta needs more control over immigration to ensure the province sees sustainable levels of newcomers.The letter says Canadian c...

Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel is in Grande Prairie tonight to brainstorm potential referendum questions aimed at wrenching more political control from Ottawa.The panel has been greeted by supportive crowds throughout its summer town hall tour around the province.It has often been cheered on in its proposa...

The 2024-25 season was a good one for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, not only for hockey results, but also for business.That is according to Terry Huisman, the team's General Manager of Business Operations.He announced at Monday's annual general meeting that the Canes closed this past season with a $1,103,133 profit.Huisma...

Now entering his fifth season with the WHL Club, Logan Wormald now sits at the head of the table.He has been named the 33rd Captain in Lethbridge Hurricanes history."I'm obviously super honoured," says Wormald. "Obviously, plenty of guys left from last year and someone had to take on [Noah Chadwick's] ro...

"I'm just beside myself looking at these numbers - they're spectacular this year!"Austin Moloughney, one of the organizers of the Lethbridge Terry Fox Run, made the exclamation as he announced the preliminary donation total for this year's event.He says the fundraising goal was $7,900.Online donations alone w...

An official with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is optimistic that drought conditions have been getting better in the region.Agroclimate Specialist Trevor Hadwen has provided his latest Canadian Drought Monitor report, covering the period of August 2025.He says the greatest improvement in Canada recently was seen in ...

Only a few days remain for post-secondary students in a region of southern Alberta to apply for funding.The St. Mary River Irrigation District says Sunday, August 31, 2025, will be the final day to apply for its annual scholarship.It awards up to 15 students with $2,000 each.Applicants must meet at least one of the fol...

The Government of Alberta is increasing access to low-cost loans for livestock producers, and the industry seems fairly happy about it. The increase is specifically to the lending limit on the Feeder Associations Loan Guarantee Program (FALGP). The program has been utilized enough to reach its previous limit of $150 mi...

OTTAWA - A think tank is urging the federal government to abandon plans for a single-payer pharmacare program in the face of tariff-related fiscal uncertainty. Rosalie Wyonch, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute, says in a new rep...

OTTAWA - Canada's short-term targets for reducing its emissions are now out of reach after emission levels remained unchanged last year, and recent federal policies have set back Canada's progress, Canada's leading climate policy research organization ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada, Mexico to sign partnership agreement Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Shein...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to Mexico, which starts today. Carney departed Ottawa for Mexico City shortly after 8 a.m. The agreement...

A shaggy, cool-green lichen hangs from the trunk of a tree in a forest on northeastern Vancouver Island, growing on the bark like coral on a rocky sea floor. Lichenologist Trevor Goward has named it oldgrowth specklebelly, and while the slow-growing li...

MONTREAL - Outgoing Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says Thursday's inauguration of a sixth UN office in the city is a reflection of the environmental, housing-focused agenda she's championed in her nearly eight years in office. Almost three years after...

WASHINGTON (AP) - At a moment of growing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S. adults view Israel's military action in the Palestinian territory as excessive than at the beginning of the war, according t...

WINDSOR, England (AP) - President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day state visit Wednesday, calling the hours of pageantry with King Charles III "one of the highest honors of my life" while...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year. D...