One of Lethbridge's biggest annual conventions is coming up shortly.The Home, Garden & Leisure Show will take over the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre from March 13-15, 2025.Marc Belisle, co-producer of the event, says the building is once again completely sold out with over 300 vendors from a variety of related s...

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services says its members are battling an active grass fire on the south side Friday afternoon.It is located west of Scenic Drive between the Scenic Drive Dog Run and Scenic Heights Apartments.Scenic Drive remains open, but residents and motorists are asked to avoid the area for the time b...

With spring on the horizon, the City of Lethbridge has resumed weekly reporting of water levels in the area's reservoirs.As of Friday, February 28, 2025, the City says two of three local reservoirs are more full than they were at this time last year, but are still below historic averages:Oldman ReservoirCurrent storage...

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire Thursday evening, February 27.At approximately 8:00 p.m. members responded to a home on Temple Crescent West, where they found a "significant fire" on the front porch, spreading toward the attic.Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze an...

Medicine Hat's two local provincial representatives are holding a town hall on Tuesday. Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Danielle Smith, who also serves as premier, and Cypress-Medicine Hat's Justin Wirght will take a mixture of pre-submitted and on-the-spot questions at the forum. It's the third such town hall the two United C...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an external reviewer is to be announced next week, as her government continues to face questions surrounding allegations of corruption in health-care contracts.The scandal stems from a lawsuit from the former CEO of Alberta Health Services.It alleges high-level government officials i...

A day after her government released its budget, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hit the road to sell its perks.Alberta is projecting a $5.2-billion deficit, but is offering income tax cuts that will pull more than $1 billion from provincial coffers.The tax break was first promised in the 2023 election, and could sav...

Alberta has a new minister of infrastructure.Martin Long has been appointed to the cabinet post after the previous minister resigned earlier this week.Long, the member for West Yellowhead, says he will continue building infrastructure to keep up with population growth.First elected in 2019, Long has served as a parliam...

He is the second player from Lethbridge to be recognized this week by the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).The league announced its Doug Birks Division Awards, with Top Goaltender going to Brenner Fyfe.The Lethbridge native played 1,725 minutes with the Kamloops Storm this past season, the fourth mos...

Prominent athletes, teams and sports builders are being recognized for their contributions to sport in Lethbridge.The Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 inductees and the Kinsmen Sports Persons of the Year.They will all be formally honoured at the induction ceremony on May 9, 2025 at the Agri-food Hu...

A local junior hockey player is being recognized.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced this year's Bill Ohlhausen Division Award Winners.Lethbridge's Grady Sterling-Ponech was named the division's Top Defenceman.He produced 39 points in 44 games this season with the Princeton Posse, a ne...

With spring on the horizon, the City of Lethbridge has resumed weekly reporting of water levels in the area's reservoirs.As of Friday, February 28, 2025, the City says two of three local reservoirs are more full than they were at this time last year, but are still below historic averages:Oldman ReservoirCurrent storage...

Among the 300+ vendors at Ag Expo in Lethbridge are several that are pushing the boundaries of technology.The event, running February 26-28, 2025 at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre, brings together farmers, equipment manufacturers, salespeople, marketers, researchers and much more.LNN spoke with a few of the vendors...

The Government of Alberta says its tax-friendly business environment is encouraging businesses to grow.The Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit was launched in spring 2023, which provides a 12 per cent tax credit when companies invest at least $10 million in a project to build or expand a value-added agri-processing f...

Leaders from Canadian Ukrainian organizations say they are shocked by Friday's clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump berated Zelenskyy for being "disrespectful" in an Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal that Trump ...

MONTREAL - Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal today to continue their calls for a boycott of the company after it decided to shutter its Quebec warehouses in the province in January. Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that unionized last Ma...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Canadian-made moon dust repellent is expected to land on the moon Sunday as part of a NASA-led study. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched from Florida on Jan. 15, carrying samples that will be tested for their ability to repel lunar dust. Two of those samples are treated with a coa...

Chrystia Freeland joined the growing ranks of high-profile Canadian politicians taking to U.S. airwaves to spread their message to Canadian and American viewers since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. On Friday night, Freeland took swings at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trud...

MONTREAL - From pages inked with poems to a locket containing a lock of hair, memorabilia belonging to the late Canadian poet and singer songwriter Leonard was auctioned on Friday, raking in thousands of dollars. The Montreal icon died at the age of 82 in 2016 and Julien's Auctions billed the event held in Los Angeles ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to London this morning ahead of a European defence summit tomorrow seeking to set the conditions toward a lasting peace in Ukraine. The summit was announced earlier in the week to involve European leaders, but takes on a new focus with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel said Sunday it is stopping the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip. The prime minister's office did not elaborate on the decision but warned of "additional consequences" if Hamas does not accept what Israel says is a U.S. proposal for an extension of the ceasefir...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump's bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a lega...

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis remained in stable condition Saturday a day after respiratory crisis, and spent long periods of the day off the noninvasive ventilation he needed to recover with less intensive high-flow supplemental oxygen. Francis had no further episodes of bronchial spasms, no fever, was feeding himself and ...