A group of local post-secondary students were hard at work to support seniors who are suffering from abuse.The students are part of the Therapeutic Recreation - Gerontology (TR) program at Lethbridge Polytechnic.They spent February engaged in fundraising initiatives and efforts to raise awareness for the Lethbridge Eld...

The RCMP is continuing to investigate a fatal collision in southern Alberta.It occurred just after 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at the intersection of Highways 4 and 845.A spokesperson with the RCMP told LNN that a person driving a Honda CRV was traveling along Highway 845 and tried to cross Highway 4, result...

The RCMP is asking for your help in finding a person from Brooks.Officers say 32-year-old Joshua (Astrid) Kinsella-Gow was last seen on February 19, 2025, at the 7-Eleven in Okotoks.RCMP believes they might have been traveling to the Calgary area.Kinsella-Gow is described as 5'7" with waist-length dirty blonde hai...

Youth One, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth through mentorship and community programs, will mark its 10-year anniversary with a Black Tie Gala on March 29, 2025. The event, presented by Allied Marketing Group, aims to recognize the organization's impact on young people in the region while raising ...

Alberta's government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites -- from wellheads to corporate head offices - but the NDP says it's an illegal and performative distraction.Premier Danielle Smith says the goal is to keep federal staffers away from any place where oil and g...

The union for school support staff in Edmonton says its 3,000 members are to return to work Thursday after ratifying a new deal with the public school board.Members voted 93 per cent in favour of the new deal, which the Canadian Union of Public Employees has said includes a higher wage package.Workers from the Parkland...

Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has released a statement expressing concern about unpaid oil and gas property taxes, as the financial burden gets passed to municipalities and their residents instead. A member survey recently conducted by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) found that as of Dec. 31, 2024, at leas...

Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) has partnered with the Government of Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, Rajan Sawhney, to launch the Skilled Pathway Program, an initiative aimed at equipping veterans, reservists and their family members with the skills needed for successful careers in the construction industry."T...

A group of local athletes made quite the racket at a tournament south of the border.Coby and Kathy Iwaasa, as well as Makaio White, participated in the Shamrock Shootout in Cutbank, Montana this past weekend.Coby Iwaasa dominated the Men's Open Singles top division, and alongside his Montanan partner, Chris Weber, emer...

For the first time since 2019, the Lethbridge Hurricanes will be kicking off its WHL playoffs schedule at home.The team has announced the following home dates for its round one games:Game 1 - Friday, March 28th - at VisitLethbridge.com Arena (7:00pm) Game 2 - Saturday, March 29th - at VisitLethbridge.com Arena (6:00pm)...

Two Alberta teams will celebrate small town baseball heritage this season.The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) has announced that the Lethbridge Bulls and Sylvan Lake Gulls will compete in its first-ever Rural Roots game on June 8, 2025 in Oyen.The league says the special contest marks the 30th anniversary of th...

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...

Four young southern Albertans are getting some help on their way to their bright careers in agriculture.The Rotary Club of Lethbridge East has announced the winners of its Agricultural Scholarships, given out annually to the region's top students who are pursuing a post-secondary education in agriculture.Damon BectellB...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Local news coverage in steep decline: report The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular "starving" for local coverage, a new report found - and cr...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government will table new legislation today to strengthen secularism in the province's schools. Education Minister Bernard Drainville says that religious accommodations have no place in Quebec schools, and that science, sex education and gender equality must be taught properly. The government is p...

British Columbia's Green Party says the NDP government needs to "explain why" its proposal for broad-reaching emergency cabinet powers is needed before its two members support the legislation. Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote said in a statement that while he understands the "urgency of the situation"...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's critics have been asking pointed questions lately about the assets in the former central banker's blind trust - a tool meant to allow politicians to avoid conflicts of interest. How do blind trusts work? What is a blind trust? A trust is a legal arrangement that forms whenever a be...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership - prompted in large part by growing concern about Russia's war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing talk of annexing Canada. In an in...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members of the media after the Friday afternoon cabinet meeting, saying the government is "focused on action." "We...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed, French officials said Thursday. The release of Olivier Grondeau comes as France and the rest of Europe try to pursue negotiations with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump mea...

DEIR-AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes overnight killed dozens of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, medics in the territory said Thursday. The strikes hit houses in the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza and the northern town of Beit Lahiya, they said. Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, because there are no detainees there now and the program has stumbled during legal challenges, The Associated Press h...