The city of Lethbridge is implementing a new traffic flow improvement plan at the intersection of 13th Street North and 5th Avenue North. Starting March 25, alternating left turn signals will be introduced, allowing both northbound and southbound traffic to safely turn left in alternating cycles.Currently, only northbo...

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...

A former mayor of Lethbridge is looking to become the city's first Liberal Member of Parliament (MP).Chris Spearman won the candidacy for the Liberal Party of Canada by acclamation on Sunday, March 23, 2025.He served as Lethbridge's mayor for two terms between 2013 and 2021 and, for 18 years, was a trustee of the Holy ...

Drivers will be able to park for free in the downtown Lethbridge core on certain days. The Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone (BRZ) says the first free parking day of 2025 will be March 26. It will be offered on the last Wednesday of each month between March and August. "Why Wednesday? We want to enc...

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...

Alberta's Budget 2025 has allocated $10 million that, if passed, would support the Aboriginal Business Investment Fund (ABIF) to help community-owned Indigenous businesses buy or upgrade equipment and infrastructure needed to create jobs and contribute to sustainable and thriving communities. The ABIF program launched ...

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination acknowledges that injustices driven by racial discrimination still take place every day in Canada.Muhammad Yaseen, Alberta's minister of immigration and multiculturalism, said that progress continues to be made but there is always more to do to ensure t...

Premier Danielle Smith says she would form a panel to generate ideas on what Alberta should do if her demands of Canada's next government aren't met.Smith wants an end to a number of policies that were put in place under former prime minister Justin Trudeau that she says have done nothing but harm Alberta's oil and gas...

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...

Former Lethbridge Hurricanes defenseman Ty Prefontaine played a key role in the University of Saskatchewan Huskies' bronze medal finish at the 2025 U SPORTS Men's Hockey Championship in Ottawa.Prefontaine spent four seasons (2016-2020) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League (WHL), serving as an alt...

There will be some local representation in a major collegiate hockey tournament.The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has announced that 176 CHL alumni will take part in the 2025 U SPORTS Men's Hockey Championship.Tristan Zandee and Ty Prefontaine from Lethbridge will be among the tournament's competitors.The 21-year-old Za...

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...

VANCOUVER - Organizers of the Vancouver International Auto Show say the event broke attendance records after it attracted international headlines for banning Tesla on safety grounds. Supporters of the electric car company and CEO Elon Musk had called for a boycott of the show, but organizers say it instead set a new fi...

ST. JOHN'S - More than half of Canada's provincial and territorial governments buy critical internet and emergency communications services from Starlink - a satellite constellation owned by billionaire Elon Musk. And with Musk now acting as a top adviser to a U.S. president who has repeatedly threatened to annex Canada...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders enter first full day on campaign trail in five-week election Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to inject some Canadian symbolism and pride to his election campaign today with a stop in Gander, Nfld. Carney'...

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney will try to inject some Canadian symbolism and pride to his election campaign today with a stop in Gander, Nfld. The town in northeastern Newfoundland famously fed and housed thousands of passengers - most of them Americans - when flights were grounded after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror...

WHITEHORSE - The federal government says it has committed more than $56 million toward the construction of a new convention centre in the Yukon capital of Whitehorse. The announcement secures the funding needed for the Yukon Gathering Place project, estimated to cost about $75 million in total. Yukon's government will ...

OTTAWA - Canada's 45th general election got underway Sunday, with the leaders vying to become Canada's next prime minister each positioning themselves as best to strengthen Canada's economy and stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. Liberal Leader Mark Carney triggered the campaign midday by visiting Gov. Gen. Mary S...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The United Nations has said it will "reduce its footprint" in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer and wounding five others. Israel has denied it was behind the March 19 explosion at the U.N. guesthouse in central ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings across several agencies. In an emergency appeal filed Monday, the Republican administration argued the ruling should be put on hold because the judge didn'...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing two people, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry said, days...