Author Archives: David Opinko

Whoop-Up Days gets underway on Tuesday, August 19, and the parade will serve as the official kickoff. Paul Kingsmith, Director of Event Development at Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE), says ...

The City of Lethbridge assures that Whoop-Up Drive is still safe for motorists. Work to assess the damage caused on August 6 continues, after a piece of heavy equipment struck the underside of the bri...

The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended a woman accused of abusing her one-year-old son. In May 2024, police say the child was taken to Chinook Regional Hospital with life-threatening inju...

Pincher Creek RCMP would like to thank the media and community for their assistance in locating Andrew Berndt. Mounties say Andrew Berndt was located safe.

CAMROSE - Advance polls in a historic federal byelection for Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot open today. For the first time ever, Elections Canada says voters must fill out a blank ballot. The agency ...

Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to an apartment fire in the Ashgrove Road South area on Friday, Aug. 1. City officials say crews from five stations, including 28 firefighters, were di...

WASHINGTON - Canada has been hit with 35 per cent tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase duties if Ottawa didn't agree to a trade deal. The White House sa...

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has made another large-scale drug bust. On Monday, July 28, 2025, officers at the Coutts port of entry were conducting a secondary inspection of a commercial t...

For the first time since 2003, Australia has opened its market to beef and beef products from Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a news release this is "opening a door to a key Indo-P...

Signs of resilience in the Canadian economy were enough for the Bank of Canada to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday, but the spectre of U.S. trade uncertainty continues to cast a s...