Alberta Health Services says the Bow Island Health Centre emergency department is extending its hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and open from 7:00 a.m. Friday through Monday to 8:00 p.m.There is still an ongoing clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure regular 24-hour coverage...

Workers at the Town of Coaldale have been told that they are not allowed back onto their job sites.The municipality's lockout took effect at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 6, 2025.A total of 43 workers, who are employed by the Town and represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), took part in a de...

A roster shakeup has been announced as the Lethbridge Hurricanes work through the pre-season.It has reassigned Kale Tipler, Hunter Kapen, Aiden Across The Mountain, Trace Langan and Wesley Lizotte.The following bio sections were provided to LNN in a press release from the Lethbridge Hurricanes:Tipler, 19, has been re-a...

As a lockout and strike loom at the Town of Coaldale, the municipality is taking aim at its union.The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) issued a press release on September 2, which states that the Town has no problem paying high salaries to a large upper management team, but has little left to pay workers wh...

A long-standing member of the Lethbridge Herald has thrown his hat into the race for City Council.Al Beeber has announced his candidacy in the 2025 municipal election, set to take place October 8-20.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I believe ...

The race for Lethbridge City Council continues to grow.Kaitte Aurora is vying for one of eight seats in the 2025 municipal election, set to take place from October 8-20.She provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council?I am a progressive populist, and I am ru...

Another contender has stepped forward in the city council race in Lethbridge.Ryan Wolfe is running to become one of the city's newest representatives in the 2025 municipal elections, which take place October 8-20, 2025.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City...

Premier Danielle Smith will travel to Colorado next week with the intention of advancing Alberta as an energy partner, promote collaboration and reinforce Alberta's role in North American energy security.From Sept. 7-9, Smith will be in Colorado to engage with senior U.S. officials and industry leaders to highlight Alb...

EDMONTON - Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel "The Handmaid's Tale" was yanked from some shelves due to the province's sweeping new rules. In a social media post on Sund...

Albertans are asked to use caution when working or recreating outdoors this weekend due to hot and dry conditions.Current situation (as of 3 p.m., Sept. 5)There are 45 wildfires currently burning across Alberta in the Forest Protection Area, and one mutual aid fire.One is classified as out of control, seven are being h...

The Alberta government says it will begin creating standards for releasing treated oil tailings into the environment.Creating release standards is one of four policy recommendations pitched by a government-appointed committee tasked with studying tailings management options.Tailings are mixtures of water, sand, bitumen...

A roster shakeup has been announced as the Lethbridge Hurricanes work through the pre-season.It has reassigned Kale Tipler, Hunter Kapen, Aiden Across The Mountain, Trace Langan and Wesley Lizotte.The following bio sections were provided to LNN in a press release from the Lethbridge Hurricanes:Tipler, 19, has been re-a...

Four young hockey players are set to join the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The team has signed WHL Scholarship and Development Agreements for defenceman Liam McFadden and forwards Luka Samu, Graham Gard, and Hunter Kapen.McFadden, 14, was originally selected in the third round (54th overall) in the 2025 WHL Draft. The Edmont...

For the first time since the Eastern Conference Finals in April, it's game time for the Lethbridge Hurricanes.The WHL club is set to compete in its first pre-season game on Tuesday, September 2.It will be no easy task for the Canes, as they are set to face the reigning WHL Champion Medicine Hat Tigers.That contest is s...

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...

Lethbridge Polytechnic is celebrating the second-largest gift it has ever received.The estate of Joe and Laverna Hranac has given $2.8 million to the institution, which will support operations at the Lethbridge Polytechnic Research Farm.Dr. Brad Donaldson, President and CEO of Lethbridge Polytechnic, says the money wil...

SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are set to announce an update on a fugitive twice convicted of first-degree murder who has been on the lam for more than three years. The RCMP's Federal Policing Pacific Region and British Columbia's Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit have announced a news conference later today o...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it is sending a team of investigators to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to investigate the rough landing of a WestJet plane yesterday. The safety board says it will gather information and assess what happened to flight WS2276 from Toronto that experienced a hard landi...

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Quebec's aluminum sector is likely to receive "hundreds of millions of dollars" from a $5 billion fund to help sectors slammed by U.S. tariffs. Nearly all of Canada's aluminum is produced in Quebec. Joly says the federal government hasn't determined yet exac...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... WestJet flight from Toronto has rough landing WestJet says a flight travelling from Toronto had a rough landing at an airport on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten yesterday afternoon. The airline issued a statement on its websit...

TORONTO - Doctors are calling for restrictions on sports betting ads, saying they are setting youth up for a future of problem gambling. An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says the ads are everywhere during sports broadcasts and that the legalization of online gambling has made...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is set to release its revised school library book ban today. The government had promised an updated ministerial order Friday, but the announcement was rescheduled. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said in an email after the postponement that officials were taking the time needed...

SEATTLE (AP) - For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which forms the foundation of the marine food web and helps regulate the planet's climate, will decline sharply as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administration at the high court. The justices lifted a restraining order from a judge who found that "roving patrols" wer...

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a civil jury's finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault. In a ruling issued Monday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap...