If you are in the Pavan Park area and see several uniformed police officers, do not worry, it is just a training exercise.The Lethbridge Police Service says it will partake in a training scenario on Tuesday, April 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m."There will be a highly visible police presence in the area during this ...

It is an annual spring tradition in Lethbridge - the sweeping of the streets.The City of Lethbridge says residential street sweeping starts on Tuesday, April 8 and will happen every weekday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the next eight-to-10 weeks.Street sweeping vehicles will pass through each neighbourhood to clean ...

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) and Wounded Warriors Canada (WWC) are teaming up to better protect local police officers.They have created a Down Regulation Skills Training (DRS-T) program, the first of its kind in North America. It is made for police and other responders who regularly face the threat of death, ser...

While the provincial rate of unemployment increased this past month, things stayed about the same in Lethbridge.Statistics Canada says 5.1 per cent of people in the Lethbridge Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes some immediately-surrounding communities, were out of work in March 2025.That is an increase of 0...

If you are in the Pavan Park area and see several uniformed police officers, do not worry, it is just a training exercise.The Lethbridge Police Service says it will partake in a training scenario on Tuesday, April 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m."There will be a highly visible police presence in the area during this ...

It is an annual spring tradition in Lethbridge - the sweeping of the streets.The City of Lethbridge says residential street sweeping starts on Tuesday, April 8 and will happen every weekday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the next eight-to-10 weeks.Street sweeping vehicles will pass through each neighbourhood to clean ...

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) and Wounded Warriors Canada (WWC) are teaming up to better protect local police officers.They have created a Down Regulation Skills Training (DRS-T) program, the first of its kind in North America. It is made for police and other responders who regularly face the threat of death, ser...

While the provincial rate of unemployment increased this past month, things stayed about the same in Lethbridge.Statistics Canada says 5.1 per cent of people in the Lethbridge Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes some immediately-surrounding communities, were out of work in March 2025.That is an increase of 0...

A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared.The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum, the...

UPDATE (Monday at 12:30 p.m.): The Coaldale RCMP is asking for the public's help in identifying those responsible for the theft and vandalism of election signs in the town. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Coaldale RCMP at 403-345-5552. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-22...

With Acute Care Alberta now quite operational, the UCP shared Monday a new funding model for acute care is coming into play.The government claims its new model will increase accountability, efficiency, and volume of high-quality surgical delivery.As the UCP government pointed out, the health care system has, until now,...

Premier Danielle Smith is fighting back after federal Liberal Leader Mark Carney mocked her during an election campaign stop, accusing him of being intimidated by a "strong conservative woman."Carney joked on the weekend about premiers appearing on Fox News, saying it would be a "bad idea" to put Sm...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is fighting back after federal Liberal Leader Mark Carney mocked her during an election campaign stop, accusing him of being intimidated by a "strong conservative woman." Carney joked on the weekend about premiers appearing on Fox News, saying it would be a "bad ...

Minister of Agriculture RJ Sigurdson will represent Alberta in Washington, D.C. on Monday to engage in important discussions on how agriculture is beneficial on both sides of the North American border."I want every ag producer and processor in our province to know that we have your back and will continue to advoca...

The Government of Alberta made water more available for communities, businesses, and irrigators by removing unnecessary holdbacks.On Friday, the province announced they've removed the 10 per cent holdback on most water licence transfers as the barrier often prevents available water to be used safely by those that need ...

Brooks RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Yasmine Agostino, 20, was last seen approximately a week ago in Brooks, RCMP said Friday. Police said she may be located in Red Deer and that there is concern for her safety. Agostino is described as having dark complexion, five-foot-four-inches ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney, Poilievre kick off week in B.C. The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia - a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go t...

FREDERICTON - A national legal group has apologized and begun an internal review after facing widespread criticism for cancelling a keynote speech by a prominent Syrian refugee. The Advocates' Society last month rescinded an invitation to Tareq Hadhad, owner of the Nova Scotia confectioner Peace by Chocolate to speak a...

LAVAL - A second psychiatrist is expected to tell a trial today that the man accused of driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should not be held criminally responsible for killing two children and injuring six others. Dr. Sylvain Faucher is scheduled to take the stand for Day 2 of the trial of Pierre Ny St-Am...

OTTAWA - The top three federal party leaders will all be in Western Canada today. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is scheduled to hold a press conference in Edmonton at 8:30 a.m. before he makes his way to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for a rally in the evening. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh plans to make an announcement at...

The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go to the polls.The Liberals pledged environmental conservation measures and support for seniors, while the Tories offered more efficien...

VANCOUVER - A group of professors at the University of British Columbia say the school is wrongfully engaging in "political activity" by using Indigenous land acknowledgments, promoting equity and inclusion initiatives and by taking positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict. A petition filed in B.C. Supreme ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran 's foreign minister said Tuesday he'll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman for the first negotiations under the Trump administration seeking to halt Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the Middle East. Speaking to Iranian state television ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border. South Korea's military said about 10 North Korean soldiers returned to the North's territory after South Korea fired made warning broadcasts and fired warning shots. It says South Korea is clo...

MOSCOW (AP) - A U.S.-Russian crew of three launched Tuesday to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates lifted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan in a Russian Soyuz rocket. Their Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is set to dock at the station in just over t...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston's spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton's own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Clayton finished with 11 points, all in the se...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated rivers posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people since last wee...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a court order blocking the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under an 18th century wartime law. In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision, the court said the migrants still must get a chance to challenge their deportation before they are taken out of t...