LETHBRIDGE, AB - In a little less than one month, voters will decide who the next MLA for Lethbridge-West should be.According to Elections Alberta, the date for the by-election is Wednesday, December 18, 2024. There are two confirmed candidates: John Middleton-Hope and Rob Miyashiro.Miyashiro is representing the Albert...

LETHBRIDGE, AB-The University of Lethbridge (U of L) Pronghorns is gearing up to launch a service to ensure people get home safely.Luxie Lifts is a volunteer-run initiative where over 170 Pronghorn student-athletes will help to drive you and your vehicle after a night out.Formerly known as Operation Red Nose, people ca...

Canadians will still receive their government benefits in the mail, despite the ongoing strike at Canada Post.A member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has confirmed to Pattison Media that letter carriers will deliver cheques on Wednesday morning, November 20, 2024.Striking employees say they are doing th...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - In the first 10 months of this year, Lethbridge had the highest growth in housing starts in the country by percentage.That is according to new data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).Between January and October 2024, construction started on 624 houses in Lethbridge.That is an increase ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - In a little less than one month, voters will decide who the next MLA for Lethbridge-West should be.According to Elections Alberta, the date for the by-election is Wednesday, December 18, 2024. There are two confirmed candidates: John Middleton-Hope and Rob Miyashiro.Miyashiro is representing the Albert...

LETHBRIDGE, AB-The University of Lethbridge (U of L) Pronghorns is gearing up to launch a service to ensure people get home safely.Luxie Lifts is a volunteer-run initiative where over 170 Pronghorn student-athletes will help to drive you and your vehicle after a night out.Formerly known as Operation Red Nose, people ca...

Canadians will still receive their government benefits in the mail, despite the ongoing strike at Canada Post.A member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has confirmed to Pattison Media that letter carriers will deliver cheques on Wednesday morning, November 20, 2024.Striking employees say they are doing th...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - In the first 10 months of this year, Lethbridge had the highest growth in housing starts in the country by percentage.That is according to new data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).Between January and October 2024, construction started on 624 houses in Lethbridge.That is an increase ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - This is the third time in just one year that a "problem" property has been closed down by the Lethbridge Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Unit.The Alberta Sheriffs have obtained a court order to close the property at 94 Eagle Road North, effective at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 2024...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation (CRHF) says it is becoming an annual Christmas tradition for many. The non-profit is hosting its 30th annual Christmas Tree Festival at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. A total of 22 fantastically-decorated trees and a multitude of live auction items are on displa...

Alberta's new program aimed at increasing rural access to nurse practitioners removes previously restrictive boundaries once enforced by employers - a change that grants more autonomy, a key advocate says.-READ: New nurse practitioners program proving successful, health minister says-Nurse practitioners have primarily ...

The MLA for Vermillion-Lloydminster-Wainwright, Garth Rowswell, is travelling to Washington, D.C. today to promote Alberta's ability to meet U.S. energy demands at the Legislative Energy Horizon Institue (LEHI). Rowswell will be joining state legislators from across the U.S. in educational sessions and meetings. The LE...

The Alberta government says the number of nurse practitioners have seen an increase in rural Alberta since the province launched its new primary care program. "I am thrilled about the interest in this program," said health minister Adriana LaGrange in a statement Wednesday. The Nurse Practitioner Primary Care...

A former Canadian Prime Minister will take the lead on the Government of Alberta's investment agency. Stephen Harper has been appointed the Chair of the Board of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo). He will help oversee AIMCo's efforts to restore confidence and stability in Alberta's investment manage...

EDMONTON - Adebayo Chris Katiiti, jailed for being a transgender man in Uganda, was brutally beaten as a child for wearing his brothers' clothes. He says moving to Alberta in 2016 saved his life. "I found home in Edmonton," said Katiiti, 29, a therapist and life coach who works with the LGBTQ+ community. &quo...

Canadians will still receive their government benefits in the mail, despite the ongoing strike at Canada Post.A member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has confirmed to Pattison Media that letter carriers will deliver cheques on Wednesday morning, November 20, 2024.Striking employees say they are doing th...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP...

VANCOUVER - Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 - but only one was eventually determined to be in breach of the ban. The Canada Border Services Agency provided the figures after being asked about a law...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party's demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration's ambassador to Canada. Trump said in a statement that Pete Hoekstra would help him "once again put America first." Hoekstra thanked Trump on social media platform X, saying he was honoured f...

SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they launched an investigation in June 2023 into a criminal group alleged to be involved in trafficking "high-po...

OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest says the incident still affects him eight years later. A coroner's inquest into the July 2016 death of 38-year-old Abdirahman Abdi began earlier this week, with witnesses testifying today. Abdi died after police respo...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine says Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile overnight targeting Dnipro city in the central-east of the country, which, if confirmed, would be the first time Moscow has used such a missile in the war. In a statement Thursday on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine's air force d...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December. Iceland's meteorological office that monitors seismic activity said Wednesday's eruption occurred at 11:14 p.m. creating a f...

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December. The Associated Press

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, Australia's prime minister said Thursday, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four in the poisoning incident. Australian Prime Minister ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska's U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Begich was among the opponents Peltola defeated during her special and regular election wins in 2022, following the death of Republican Rep. Don Young. Yo...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska's U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Begich was among the opponents Peltola defeated during her special and regular election wins in 2022, following the death of Republican Rep. Don Young. Yo...