Two local Members of Parliament are set to continue playing prominent roles within the Conservative Party of Canada.Leader Pierre Poilievre has announced his leadership team and shadow cabinet, saying his party will fight for a Canada that is affordable, safe, united, and self-reliant."Now, our bigger and better t...

Residents of Lethbridge can help support Canadians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an event this coming weekend.For the 10th year in a row, the MS Walk, sponsored by Jayman BUILT, is set for Sunday, May 25.Nicole Sullivan, Director of Community Fundraising for MS Canada, says the walk helps to raise much-needed ...

The Government of Alberta is continuing to advance a school modernization project in Coalhurst.Although exact dollar amounts were not specified, they are moving along the modernization of Coalhurst High School from planning to design.Palliser School Division Superintendent Dave Driscoll says was "extremely pleased...

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) put three people behind bars following an allegedly violent incident.At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2025, police responded to a home on the 1000 block of 13 Street South. Three men and one woman were arrested.According to LPS, the suspects broke into the home of a 21-y...

A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party fortresses ...

Lethbridge's federal Conservative candidate is set to enter her fourth term in office.Rachael Thomas won an estimated 60.8 per cent of the votes in Monday's federal election."I'm really excited for the opportunity to once again represent the constituents of Lethbridge. I feel honoured, and yeah, I'm just full of j...

Two local mayors have re-committed to working with the woman who is set to enter her fourth term as the MP for Lethbridge.Lethbridge Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Coaldale Mayor Jack Van Rijn have issued statements on the projected re-election of Conservative candidate Rachael Thomas.She is estimated to have secured an estim...

BANFF - Top economic officials from the G7 are gathering for a full day of closed-door discussions in Banff, Alta., to examine pressing topics including the global economy and the war in Ukraine. The meeting in the Rocky Mountains, which wraps up Thursday, is a prelude to the G7 leaders summit in June in nearby Kananas...

YELLOWKNIFE - Premiers from Western Canada are to meet Wednesday to kick off a two-day conference in Yellowknife. Set to attend are Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, British Columbia's David Eby, Saskatchewan's Scott Moe, Manitoba's Wab Kinew, Nunavut's P.J. Akeeagok, Yukon's outgoing Premier Ranj Pillai and Northwest Te...

Alberta has confirmed 48 more cases of measles, bringing the province's total case count to 486 since the beginning of March.The province says all but two of the new cases of the highly contagious disease are in southern Alberta, the area that has seen about 70 per cent of all cases.Government data shows that close to ...

As part of Paramedic Services Week, Alberta Health Services is inviting Albertans to say thanks for playing an "integral role in serving the public." As part of this initiative, Albertans are invited to send an online thank-you note to all paramedics for their "hard work and professional care."AHS c...

Medicine Hat Tigers goaltender Harrison Meneghin has put pen to paper on a three-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.Meneghin was the MVP of the 2025 WHL Playoffs, helping backstop the Medicine Hat Tigers to their sixth title in franchise history, going 14-1-0 while boasting a 2.35 GAA and 0.906 SV% ...

Lauchlan Irish is out to prove that he is the best collegiate triple jumper in the world.The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns have announced that he has qualified for the 2025 FISU Summer World University Games, set to take place July 21-27 in Bochum, Germany."Being selected to represent Canada at the FISU Game...

A group of local paddlers will represent Canada at international competitions.The Dragonboat Association of Southern Alberta (DASA) has announced that six people have earned spots on the 18U and 24U National Dragon Boat Teams. The 18U team will feature Ella Veilleux, Sierra Smith, Bobby Zhao, Kylie Marshall, and Madiso...

Local vendors are gearing up for the return of the Lethbridge Farmers' Market. The indoor market kicks off June 14, running every Saturday at the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., while the outdoor downtown market is on Wednesdays, starting July 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Festival Squa...

A new provincial report states that farmers have had a good start to the season.As of May 6, 49.7 per cent of crops that are planned to be planted in the south region were already in the ground.That is up from the 10-year average of 34.8 per cent and the five-year average of 31.9 per cent.Southern Alberta's farmers are...

The City of Lethbridge could soon explore different business models for Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE).It was proposed at a meeting of the Economic Standing Policy Committee this week that LDE be split into two separate entities - one focused on operating the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre and one to serv...

WASHINGTON - A resolution with bipartisan support was introduced in the United States Senate today to recognize the U.S.-Canada partnership, a relationship badly strained by President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats of annexation. Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons. He's named 48 Conservative members of Parliament to critic roles, while another 14 will become associate critics. Most of them are returning MPs, though some rooki...

OTTAWA - A defence expert says that if Canada wants to fully join U.S. President Donald Trump's "golden dome" missile defence project, it should make a decision soon. David Perry, president of the Canada Global Affairs Institute think tank, says Ottawa has a tendency to punt politically sensitive decisions on...

BLAINVILLE - Police north of Montreal say they have opened a criminal negligence investigation into Tuesday's fatal collapse of retaining walls at a construction site. One worker died and two were injured, and a woman was treated for shock after the mobile office she was in fell into the excavated hole after the collap...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to take questions from reporters on Parliament Hill this evening after holding a secretive, two-day retreat with his new cabinet in Gatineau, Que. Carney will speak with journalists after emerging from what his office called a cabinet "planning forum" held at Meech L...

The International Slackline Association says a fatal fall near Squamish, B.C., on Saturday happened after a woman "forgot to re-tie" her safety leash, resulting in an 80-metre fall. The association says in a social-media post on Tuesday that the 22-year-old woman was a brave and bright recent graduate from th...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers' strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, was intentionally set, investigators said Wednesday. The fire at the Clayborn Temple, which was undergoing a yearslo...

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The ruling Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ends the lawsuit brought by two of the three fired board members in February. The five-member board is an independent w...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. The changes would not expand abortion access in Texas or list specific me...