A new report by the Town of Coaldale reflects well on the community and its finances.The 2024 Comparative Analysis looks at neighbouring communities like Lethbridge, Lethbridge County and Taber, as well as similarly sized (8,000-10,000 population) municipalities such as Blackfalds, Innisfail, Drumheller, Olds, Hinton a...

Lethbridge had a bit of a different experience with jobs this past month than the rest of the province.Statistics Canada says the local unemployment rate in May 2025 was 5.2 per cent, falling from 5.4 per cent in April.An additional 900 people found work in that time.The population of the Lethbridge Census Metropolitan...

Residents on the west side will notice some traffic changes, heavy equipment and potential blowing dirt over the coming months.The City of Lethbridge says there are multiple construction projects underway in the area, including:Grading in Piers and Crossings subdivisions Large-scale earth and lot grading activities hav...

Due to an unexpected clinical personnel shortage and inability to secure coverage, the Fort Macleod Health Centre emergency department (ED) will temporarily close at 7 p.m. tonight (June 5). The ED will reopen June 6 at 7 a.m. to provide 24-hour service.During the temporary closure, nursing staff will remain on-site to...

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...

Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken is travelling to the U.S. today to attend the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Spring Agriculture Task Force meeting.The move is an effort to build on progress made by lawmakers to protect and deepen the ties between our economies.While there, van Dijken ...

Alberta's government says it is taking action against family violence by investing $6 million in grants for community-based supports and services.Until June 24, through the Taking Action on Family Violence Grant, the government says eligible organizations can apply for funding to deliver timely, direct services to supp...

Alberta's government is cutting red tape to help service rig operators spend more time working in the field, not waiting at inspection sites. An oilfield service rig is a mobile platform equipped with specialized oilfield equipment, designed to move from site to site for well servicing. These rigs travel in convoys tha...

KANANASKIS - Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general manager of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, that he wanted to visit the shop...

Hundreds of fans celebrated the Medicine Hat Tigers at Co-op Place on Monday in a bittersweet send-off to mark the end of a historic season.The Tigers were fresh off a Memorial Cup final loss to the London Knights on Sunday night in Rimouski, Que.Tigers game host Jesse Christianson reminded the crowd that even though t...

The Western Canadian Baseball League's (WCBL) regular season is underway, and the Lethbridge Bulls are gearing up for their first game at home. On Thursday, June 5, 2025, the Bulls will play host to Edmonton's Energy City Cactus Rats. The Cactus Rats, formerly known as the Edmonton Prospects, were the lowest-ranked tea...

Bill Peters has announced his next move after stepping away from the Lethbridge Hurricanes.He will be the new head coach of the Augsburg Panthers, a pro hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) league.Sporting Director Larry Mitchell says in a translated news release that they were able to attract an outstandin...

A new provincial report shows that farmers in the south region have made more progress on spring seeding than everywhere else in Alberta. As of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, it says 86.7 per cent of all crops in the area had been planted. That is compared to the provincial average of 73.1 per cent. It is also about 12 to 13 p...

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...

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...

OTTAWA - The federal department of justice is set to lay off up to 264 employees as it navigates what it calls "significant budgetary pressures." Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the department, says in an email that the department is taking "difficult but necessary" steps to manage available resource...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the implications of proposed federal legislation that would speed up approvals for major projects. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says she met yesterday with Prime Minister Mark Carney about the bill his government plans to table t...

MONTREAL - Montreal is bracing for a transit strike that could severely disrupt bus and metro service starting Monday. Service will be reduced or eliminated outside of peak hours for several days between June 9 and 17 if a planned maintenance workers' strike goes ahead. Montreal's transit agency is advising people to w...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has put forward promised legislation designed to speed up approvals for major projects deemed to be in the national interest. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The American ambassador to Canada says U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of enhancing American power aligns with Ottawa's aim of becoming the fastest-growing G7 economy. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra also says frequent talks between Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney show how much Washington is invested in boost...

Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate ticked up for the third consecutive month in May as the economy added 8,800 jobs. The national jobless rate rose to seven per cent last month, up a tenth of a point from April. StatsCan says that marks the highest unemployment rate since 2016 outside the pandemic years. Albe...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to pause a court order to reinstate Education Department employees who were fired in mass layoffs as part of President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the agency. The Justice Department's emergency appeal to the high court said U.S. District ...

OTTAWA - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., later this month. The summit runs from June 15 to 17. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press

GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term. Yet there is significant uncertainty regarding visa policies for foreign visitors planning trips to the U.S. for the two biggest events in sports. Trump...