Category Archives: Lethbridge and Area
Funding awarded for regional economy initiatives, employment opportunities
Calling it a shift towards a more connected approach, the province announced Tuesday that it's awarding $120,000 to the Highway 3 Alberta Tourism Corridor Development Project.Through its Northern and ...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Waterton Tourism)
Convocation ceremonies planned for Lethbridge Polytechnic
It's graduation week for a number of students at Lethbridge Polytechnic with the main ceremonies set for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday.The institute is also hosting an Honour Night for Indigenous gradu...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Alberta's rise in the industrial carbon tax will impact almost everything
The Alberta director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation believes almost everything you and I purchase will be impacted by a newly-agreed-to industrial carbon price for our province.Kris Sims adds t...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Lethbridge & Medicine Hat Kidney Walk on tap for this weekend
Southern Alberta's annual Kidney Walk, in support of those affected by kidney disease, is set to go this weekend in both Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.According to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, rough...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Less than three months to go for Whoop-Up Days
Whoop-Up Days 2026 is just under three months away and the CEO of Excite Lethbridge says his group is putting the final touches on this year's five-day celebration.CEO Kim Gallucci admits a lot of eff...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Excite Lethbridge)
Lethbridge to host Grand Slam of Baseball beginning Thursday
Starting Thursday and continuing through Sunday the 31st, Lethbridge will be home to the first-ever Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball Showcase and Festival. What started out as Spitz Stadium hosting a f...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Chinook Truck Lottery ticket sales underway
Calling it a long-standing southern Alberta tradition, the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation began selling tickets to its annual Truck lottery at 9 Tuesday morning.In the 16 years since starting, m...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation)
Public appeal in police impersonation case in the Bridge City
After charging a 20-year-old man with impersonating a law enforcement officer, police in Lethbridge are now asking the public if anyone might have been pulled over by the person charged in this case.A...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: LPS)
Province "short-sighted' in not funding integrated EMS model
A member of Alberta's opposition says it's time the UCP government steps up and funds integrated EMS in seven Alberta communities, including in his home riding.Lethbridge-West MLA Rob Miyashiro calls ...
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)
Strychnine program 'doomed to fail,' says one producer
While agreeing it's badly needed, a well-known producer in the Municipal District of Willow Creek believes a program to eliminate the Richardson's ground squirrel from farmer fields is doomed to fail....
May 19, 2026 (Image Credit: Dreamstime)