In a region where fertile fields and steadfast producers define both landscape and livelihood, agriculture isn't just an industry, it's culture, history, and community. At the heart of this vibrant ecosystem, Excite Lethbridge has emerged as a pivotal force, championing gatherings and experiences that celebrate, educat...

Lethbridge City Council has approved a change to the way it structures its committees.On Tuesday, Feb. 11, members voted 7-2 in favour of Bylaw 6518 - Procedure Bylaw Amendment, which removes the five existing Standing Policy Committees (SPCs) and replaces them with a single Community Issues Committee (CIC).Most SPCs a...

Thursday, Feb. 12, is the 16th Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-A-Thon in Lethbridge.Radio hosts from six local stations are at Chinook Regional Hospital, aiming to raise $300,000 for the Bringing Hearts Home campaign.Among them are four on-air personalities from WILD 95.5 FM and All Hits B93.3 FM - Harley Myhovich...

An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intensive rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death.The attacker was 12 when he repeatedly stabbed the seven-year-old in the family's Lethbridge home last August.Police have said the older boy had claimed an unknown...

Police say a female teacher and five students were among the victims of a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says the 18-year-old female suspect Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, had a history of contact with...

"It is with heavy hearts that we learned of the tragic events that unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, yesterday."We extend our sincerest condolences to the families, friends, and community members who are grieving such an unimaginable loss. The Alberta RCMP is committed to supporting our BC RCMP colleagues and the pe...

The Alberta Teachers' Association is expressing their sympathies and extending condolences following the mass shooting involving Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Feb. 10, 2026. The statement is as follows:"The members of the Alberta Teachers' Association are deeply heartbroken by the horrific tragedy that occurre...

RCMP say eight people, including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident. Police say more than 25 people are hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secon...

The Milan Cortina Olympic Games have seen several CHL alumni competing.The league says 96 people who have been part of the league are taking part in the men's ice hockey tournament, running Feb. 11-12, 2026.CHL alumni actually make up more than 30 per cent of all players in the men's tournament - the most of any develo...

It is the highest level of competition for bobsleigh in the world, and a man from southern Alberta is gearing up for the gold. Taylor Austin will compete in two-man and four-man bobsleigh events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. He and his team arrived in Italy on February 1. This is his second time competing in the ...

When Sawyer Smith thinks about teammates Caden Fine and JJ Wright, he remembers an instance of team tomfoolery on the golf course.He was with Cameron Casorso on the course when Fine and Wright brought Timbits from a nearby Tim Hortons for them to smash off the teebox."Pretty much sums up how they were as people,&q...

Southern Alberta's largest and longest-running agricultural trade show is coming back this month.Taking place at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre from Feb. 25-27, more than 300 exhibitors will showcase the latest in agriculture equipment and technology.The 2026 edition will feature companies from six provin...

Recipients of the 2025 FCC 4-H Club Fund have been announced and several are from central Alberta. "FCC's long-standing partnership with 4-H Canada plays an important role in strengthening local clubs and the volunteers who lead them," said 4-H Canada CEO Christina Franc, in a news release this week. "Th...

A provincial agricultural research group has announced its 2026-27 Board of Directors.Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) says in a news release, "This year's Board brings together primary producers, ranchers, agronomists, researchers, and experienced agrifood business leaders to guide RDAR's mandate and en...

OTTAWA - Federal public health officials say a freezer door was left open at the national emergency stockpile in December 2024, causing the loss of $20 million worth of medication. Officials from the Public Health Agency of Canada were called before th...

OTTAWA - Culture Minister Marc Miller has accused a Conservative MP of misleading a Parliamentary committee over a comment made by the head of an independent producers' group. During a Heritage committee hearing today, MP Rachael Thomas mentioned the h...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab says changes to the refugee status claim process proposed in Bill C-12 are "better for the applicants" even as multiple organizations are heavily critical of the plan. The government's broad border and immigratio...

OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission has found that an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who later took his own life was conducted in a rushed, superficial and biased manner. Its conclusion come...

TORONTO - It's still "too early" to draw conclusions about the cause of the Delta Air Lines plane crash at Toronto's Pearson Airport, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday in an update on its investigation as the one-year anniversary ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office says Carney was invited by the town's mayor and that he has invited all other federal party leaders to join him. Nine people, m...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. U.S. District Judge Rich...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - A man who admitted to killing two men in a drive-by shooting in 2006 was put to death Thursday in Oklahoma's first execution of the year. Kendrick Simpson, 45, was pronounced dead at 10:19 CST following a three-dru...

LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC can go to trial in 2027, a U.S. judge has said. Judge Roy K. Altman of the federal court for the Southern District of Florida rejected an attempt by Britain's nati...