Fire investigators are looking into just what might have caused a fire in the Upper Eastside neighbourhood of Lethbridge this afternoon. 24 firefighters from four stations were called out to the rear of a commercial building in the 1400-block of 2nd Avenue South at around 1 p.m.Crews were able to quickly get the upper ...

Lethbridge Police say they've charged a 14-year-old boy with aggravated assault after a 19-year-old man was attacked and injured at a northside park just after midnight, July 23rd.An investigation by police revealed the teen and another individual, both wearing masks, approached the adult male, who was part of a larger...

A long-standing volunteer program at the Chinook Regional Hospital is proving to be a great way for young people to see healthcare up close. Volunteer resources coordinator Hilary Holt says some start as young as 13 and, in quite a few cases, has led to a future path into medicine."Most of our volunteers do come ...

The Kainai First Nation is getting ready to celebrate the grand opening of its new Twin Rinks Friday, August 14th. As part of the event, they're hoping to have photos up on display of some of the community former hockey stars, like Wacey Rabbit and Marvin Fox.Basically, they're looking for 'anything hockey' that might ...

Fire investigators are looking into just what might have caused a fire in the Upper Eastside neighbourhood of Lethbridge this afternoon. 24 firefighters from four stations were called out to the rear of a commercial building in the 1400-block of 2nd Avenue South at around 1 p.m.Crews were able to quickly get the upper ...

Lethbridge Police say they've charged a 14-year-old boy with aggravated assault after a 19-year-old man was attacked and injured at a northside park just after midnight, July 23rd.An investigation by police revealed the teen and another individual, both wearing masks, approached the adult male, who was part of a larger...

A long-standing volunteer program at the Chinook Regional Hospital is proving to be a great way for young people to see healthcare up close. Volunteer resources coordinator Hilary Holt says some start as young as 13 and, in quite a few cases, has led to a future path into medicine."Most of our volunteers do come ...

The Kainai First Nation is getting ready to celebrate the grand opening of its new Twin Rinks Friday, August 14th. As part of the event, they're hoping to have photos up on display of some of the community former hockey stars, like Wacey Rabbit and Marvin Fox.Basically, they're looking for 'anything hockey' that might ...

The sixth annual shoe drive by the Shoes for Kids YQL Foundation is coming up fairly fast - on Saturday, August 15th, in fact.President Mallory Kristjanson was asked, if it's just running shoes they were looking for, to which she answered "yes.""The reason being is that these kids can then walk to and fr...

The Town of Fort Macleod will carry out its Trap, Neuter, & Return program for feral and stray cats in the community, beginning Monday. It'll be focused on the 300-block of 10th Street and 100-block of 15th during the day, from 8:30 'til 4:30, until this Thursday. The Town says cats will be captured in humane traps...

Beginning Friday, Albertans will be able to pay out-of-pocket to bypass medical referral for diagnostic screening tests like an MRI or an ultrasound. The announcement by Premier Danielle Smith follows up on legislation passed by her United Conservative government this spring. Patients will pay for the tests when they r...

A search is underway in Waterton Lakes National Park for an 81-year-old man who hasn't been seen or heard from since last Sunday, July 19.Bob Toothill, a resident of Golden, B.C., had said he was planning to hike Section A of the Great Divide Trail, eventually to arrive in Coleman, in the Crowsnest Pass, on July 22.Too...

MLAs Angela Pitt, Glenn van Dijken and Chelsae Petrovic will attend the National Conference of State Legislatures in Chicago this week.From July 25-30, they will meet with and attempt to advance trade priorities with U.S. state legislators, the Government of Alberta notes in a release.According to the province, the sum...

An online poll suggests support for a 13-billion-dollar Meta artificial intelligence data centre in Alberta differs significantly depending on gender and political tilt. The proposed project, set for Sturgeon County near Edmonton, would be the tech giant's first A-I data centre in Canada and its largest outside the U-S...

Parks Canada says charges have been laid against two hikers who, along with their off-leash dog, encountered a grizzly bear in Banff National Park. Video of the encounter on Taylor Lake trail was posted to Instagram, and Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the people involved. The regulatory charges under the Ca...

The Armed Forces says three members were injured last week after falling into a crevasse during a training exercise in Jasper National Park. Maj. Bradley Roy says the three-person rope team was performing a rescue exercise when they dropped about 20 metres into the crevasse on the Athabasca Glacier. Roy says the three ...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree committed Monday "to get to the bottom" of the arrest of a Canadian in Europe on spying charges. The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said Saturday that "a Canadian national of Chinese origin" had...

CLINTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A video circulating on social media is providing insight into the wrath of a wildfire that triggered a battle to save the evacuated village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding community, where homes and other struc...

Most of the carbon emitted by Canada's record 2023 wildfires came not from burning trees, but from peat and soil, according to a new study that warns a warming climate is making the country's vast underground carbon deposits increasingly vulnerable to ...

TICONDEROGA - A year after a nine-year-old girl from Montreal was found dead near a swamp in Upstate New York, local resident Bridgette Cruz says new road signs are keeping her memory alive. The reflective signs with yellow lettering are dedicated to "...

WASHINGTON - No one is shocked these days when U.S. President Donald Trump calls Canada the "51st state" or refers to Prime Minister Mark Carney as a "governor." But Trump's habit of occasionally targeting Canada with crude insults has become much more...

TORONTO - The U.S. consulate in Toronto was shot at early Monday morning in the second such incident this year, prompting a brief high-speed police chase of the suspect vehicle before the pursuit was called off for safety reasons. No injuries were repo...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting. The emergency appeal comes after an appeals co...

GENEVA (AP) - One week after the World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino attacked perceived critics for "spreading hate and false rumors" about the tournament. Infantino praised FIFA for "delivering the best show in the world" an...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway and knocked out power to ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Police said Monday there were at least three suspects involved in a shootout at a crowded food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend. One of them was among those killed in the violence. In a document filed i...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a community in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people and injuring several others, residents said Monday, in the latest violence in the conflict-hit region. The attack occurred late Sunday ...

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged fire crews to "stay strong" as they battled Monday to bring a monster wildfire under control, warning that the fight will take time but vowing, "We will win this battle together." ...