While the provincial rate of unemployment increased this past month, things stayed about the same in Lethbridge.Statistics Canada says 5.1 per cent of people in the Lethbridge Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes some immediately-surrounding communities, were out of work in March 2025.That is an increase of 0...

A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum, the...

A local candidate in the 2025 federal election says he was disappointed to see what happened to some of his signs.Photos circulated through social media this past weekend, showing a handful of signs in Coaldale for Lethbridge Liberal candidate Chris Spearman spray painted with foul language and hate symbols. Coaldale i...

Wear a green shirt on Monday to show your support for organ and tissue donation.April 7 has been declared by the City of Lethbridge as Green Shirt Day.It was inspired by Logan Boulet of Lethbridge, who was one of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. He died the following day.Logan was a regis...

A local candidate in the 2025 federal election says he was disappointed to see what happened to some of his signs.Photos circulated through social media this past weekend, showing a handful of signs in Coaldale for Lethbridge Liberal candidate Chris Spearman spray painted with foul language and hate symbols. Coaldale i...

The field of candidates in the 2025 federal election in Lethbridge has widened to six.The Christian Heritage Party has announced Marc Slingerland as its candidate in the southern Alberta city.Slingerland is no stranger to election campaigns as he represented the party in 2006 and 2019.He says abortion is his top policy...

Voters in Coaldale will have a chance to meet their candidates in the federal election later this month.The Coaldale Chamber of Commerce is set to host a federal candidates forum at Civic Square on Monday, April 14, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event begins at 7:00 p.m.Chamber President Robert Woolf says, &quo...

The Government of Alberta made water more available for communities, businesses, and irrigators by removing unnecessary holdbacks.On Friday, the province announced they've removed the 10 per cent holdback on most water licence transfers as the barrier often prevents available water to be used safely by those that need ...

Brooks RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Yasmine Agostino, 20, was last seen approximately a week ago in Brooks, RCMP said Friday. Police said she may be located in Red Deer and that there is concern for her safety. Agostino is described as having dark complexion, five-foot-four-inches ...

Call2Recycle has launched a new program in Alberta to give residents more convenient options to recycle batteries.The program, "Recycle your Batteries, Canada!" officially began April 1 and operated under the Alberta Recycling Management Authority oversight. According to a media release, Call2Recycle is Canad...

Referral eligibility for Alberta Health Services' (AHS) Prehabilitation Program has been expanded to include any adult in Alberta waiting for surgery. The program was launched at Edmonton hospitals in December 2023 and prepares individuals for surgical procedures in an effort to improve patient outcomes and experiences...

The Western Hockey League (WHL) has announced its year-end awards and the Lethbridge Hurricanes have been nominated in three categories. WHL Business Award The Canes are nominated for this award for the second time and in the four seasons. Attendance was up for the third consecutive season and merchandise sales grew by...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have taken their WHL first-round playoff series against the Brandon Wheat Kings.On home ice Friday evening, the Canes emerged with a 5-2 to clinch the series four games to one.All five goals were scored by different members of the Lethbridge Hurricanes.Brayden Yager started things off for Leth...

The very best collegiate athletes and coaches at the University of Lethbridge were honoured for their skills and contributions.Pronghorn Athletics hosted its 58th Annual Blue and Gold Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 3, honouring student-athletes during the 2024-25 season.The following information was provided by Pro...

Agricultural producers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region can rejoice - more water will be available to you this growing season.The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) set its water allocation for 2025 at 12 inches, an increase of 50 per cent from last year.SMRID board chair George Lohues says the initial all...

Registration is now open for any place that wants to be a host farm for Alberta Open Farm Days. This year's edition is set for August 16 and 17. The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand and try and buy locally produced products. The theme this year is Water, The Lifeb...

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million f...

OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders are both in British Columbia today, where the Liberals are promising measures targeting seniors and Tories are pledging more efficient approvals for resource projects. At the start of the third week of the federal election campaign, Liberal Leader Mark Carney is in Victoria...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal leaders enter week 3 of the election campaign With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toron...

LAVAL - The man accused of killing two children and injuring six others when the transit bus he was driving crashed into a Montreal-area daycare is back in Superior Court today. Both the Crown and defence are expected to argue at the Laval, Que., courthouse that he was not criminally responsible for his actions. Prosec...

OTTAWA - With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today following weekend campaign stops on the East Coast, where he announced plans to impose national rent control and to get every ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke Sunday with his counterpart in the United Kingdom about the fallout from the United States' global tariff campaign. A readout from Carney's office says he talked with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer about the United States' "unjustified trade actions" and the ...

MONTREAL - Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty. In Montreal, hundreds gathered in Mount Royal Park in a show of solidarity against his repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state, with many sportin...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners that it's terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East, a U.S. and U.N. official told The Associated Press. An official with USAID says about 60 letters canceling contracts ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two board members fired by President Donald Trump can go back to their jobs, a split appeals court ruled Monday ahead of a likely Supreme Court showdown on the president's power over independent agencies. A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued the ruling in the law...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd's 24 points. Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3). "Well, ...