Residents of Lethbridge are being told there will be new investments in urgent healthcare. A total of $15 million will be spent to support plans for eight new urgent care centres in Alberta, including one in Lethbridge. The others are in west Edmonton, south Edmonton, Westview, east Calgary, Medicine Hat, Cold Lake and...

The historic Empress Theatre in Fort Macleod will close for six months starting May 1, 2025, as part of a $250,000 renovation to upgrade seating, flooring, and washrooms.Chair of Empress Theatre Society Denise Joel says, "We are giving our current hardworking seats some love to ensure our patrons have a cushy, squ...

A new digital marketing campaign looks to ensure visitors stay in Lethbridge for longer amounts of time and experience more of what the region has to offer.VisitLethbridge.com is set to launch its new campaign called Experience Lethbridge Longer (ELL).Shilpa Stocker, project manager for the Lethbridge Lodging Associati...

Alberta's best golfers will be in Lethbridge early this summer for a major provincial tournament.Paradise Canyon Golf Resort will host the 2025 Alberta Men's Amateur Golf Championship on June 25-27.Matt Barkway, Executive Golf Professional at Paradise Canyon, says he is excited to welcome so many high-level players to ...

"I believe that, in 2025, the environment should absolutely be in every conservation we're having in a national economy that is based in resource extraction." Those are the words of Amber Murray, Lethbridge's candidate for the Green Party of Canada in the federal election. Murray has experience in project and...

Voters will have two opportunities to hear from everyone who is running in Lethbridge riding in the federal election. The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Federal Election All-Candidates Forum on Tuesday, April 8 at the Yates Memorial Theatre. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the forum will run from 6:00 p.m. t...

The New Democrats have announced their candidate for Lethbridge in the federal election.Nathan Svoboda says he wanted to run with the NDP because they are fighters, not talkers.He told LNN that he was inspired to join them after seeing them get real results for Canadians, like pharmacare and dental care coverage, despi...

After just over one year of existence, Alberta's Navigation and Support Centres have helped more than 10,000 residents access supports and services, the government reports. Navigation and Support Centres act as a one-stop shop for vulnerable residents to access a wide range of supports in one place, including financial...

If passed, Alberta's Budget 2025 would provide more than $100 million over three years for school boards to grow career education programs, including funding for more collegiate and dual-credit programs across the province. Career education programs let students gain credits toward graduation while gaining hands-on exp...

Alberta's government is providing one time funding of $7.5 million to help make sure schools have the resources and staff needed to conduct the additional reading, writing and math screenings it began this year. This is in addition to the $10 million allocated for reading, writing and math support this next school year...

The Government of Alberta has issued a temporary regulation enabling Alberta-based Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves to take reservist leave to support security measures at the G7 Summit planned for June in Kananaskis. On March 27, Matt Jones, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade, and Alberta's Military Liaison Justi...

Alberta's best golfers will be in Lethbridge early this summer for a major provincial tournament.Paradise Canyon Golf Resort will host the 2025 Alberta Men's Amateur Golf Championship on June 25-27.Matt Barkway, Executive Golf Professional at Paradise Canyon, says he is excited to welcome so many high-level players to ...

Medicine Hat's Co-op Place and the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre have acquired a new certification that verifies they're better equipped to assist guests with sensory sensitivities, the first entertainment venues in Alberta to have earned it.KultureCity's Sensory Inclusive program has been widely embraced by venue...

There are just a few days to go before the start of the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs and the Lethbridge Hurricanes now know who they will be facing.The Canes will take on the Brandon Wheat Kings in the first round, a team Lethbridge has a favourable record against. They won three of four games against Brandon i...

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...

The Government of Alberta has proposed updates to the Agricultural Operations Practices Act, intended to help reduce waste, allow farmers to supplement fertilizer with organic materials and help attract job-creating investment. This act and its regulations provide the rules and standards for all agricultural operations...

This year, March 16-22 marks Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, an annual national event aimed at highlighting the importance of farm safety. "Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is a good time to remind those working on farms and ranches about the importance of farm health and safety measures to keep operations sa...

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and the United States will begin comprehensive negotiations for a "new economic and security relationship" immediately after the Canadian election following a Friday morning phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.In a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office,...

CALGARY - Tyra the Tyrannosaurus, the lovable landmark that towers over the Drumheller skyline in the heart of the Canadian Badlands, is facing an extinction-level event. The 25-metre-high attraction -- billed as the World's Largest Dinosaur, and the backdrop to hundreds of thousands of tourist photos over a quarter of...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is walking back a key portion of its controversial tariff response law, admitting the proposed legislation "didn't get the balance right." He says the legislation known as Bill 7 needs appropriate "safeguards" after a wave of critici...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say they are investigating 28 anti-Tesla incidents and will deploy more than 130 extra officers to "maintain order" at protests targeting the electric carmaker this weekend. The force says in a statement that the incidents targeting Tesla are suspected to be politically motivated ...

MONTREAL - Canada's most wanted fugitive has been arrested in Italy after more than a year at large. Dave (Pik) Turmel, alleged by police to be the head of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia, was arrested in Rome on Thursday after local police were tipped off about his presence in the Italian capital. Quebec City po...

MONTREAL - A United States helicopter company is facing a $50-million lawsuit in the 2019 crash that killed the founder of a Quebec greenhouse farming company and his teenage son. The estate of Stéphane Roy, the late founder and ex-CEO of Savoura, has launched a lawsuit against Robinson Helicopter Company Inc. i...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yv...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The three-judge panel found the Trump administration is likely to show that DOGE's involvement doesn't violate the Constitution. The ...

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Drenching rain along the Texas-Mexico border let up Friday, but rescues were still ongoing a day after severe storms trapped residents in their homes, forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. At least three people died. Hidalgo County officials said in a ...