Board members with Lethbridge Polytechnic have approved a balanced three-year operating budget that begins this Fall and goes through the 2028-29 school year.President and CEO, Dr. Brad Donaldson, says they have moved through a period of challenge and into one of stability.Dr. Donaldson, in a prepared statement, added ...

The victim in the case of a reported knife attack on the weekend at Henderson Lake in Lethbridge has come forward.Police say they receive calls of two men in an altercation on a walking path northeast of the golf clubhouse at around 6:30 Sunday night.While they were able to locate and arrest a person they believe was t...

With just under 15 weeks to go for the annual Whoop-Up Days celebration, Excite Lethbridge kicked off the countdown with a launch party, of sorts, Wednesday morning.Mayor Blaine Hyggen, who spoke at the event, admitted afterwards the five-day event is a big draw annually for the city."The most important event, pro...

A long-awaited project on road safety in the City of Lethbridge is now complete.Known as the Traffic Safety Culture Framework, its intention was to help reduce traffic-related injuries, fatalities, and collisions linked to risky driving behaviours.The City, in announcing the report's completion, says it marks an import...

Alberta Fish and Wildlife is sharing some tips to help residents not take the bait when it comes to purchasing a sportfishing license.Fish and Wildlife says fraudulent websites are claiming to sell Alberta fishing licenses; however, the only authorized online platform is AlbertaRELM.Anyone looking to purchase their lic...

A report says foreign actors are increasingly generating articles, podcasts and social media posts riddled with disinformation about Alberta's separatist movement. The report from a team of researchers, published by the Canadian monitoring platform DisinfoWatch, says the campaigns are coming out of Russia and the Unite...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's chief of staff says a caucus staffer who attended a meeting about what was later found to be a massive data breach thought it was just about a new voter tool. Rob Anderson says in a social media post there's no way the United Conservative Party caucus staffer could have known the websit...

The Government of Alberta says reaching out to 211 is now the main access point for mental health and addiction services in the province.It explains that by making 211 the go-to, it is simplifying access.211 can either be called or texted, plus one can visit ab.211.ca, all of which are available 24 hours a day."Wi...

The Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball Showcase and Festival is coming to Lethbridge.The ten-day spotlight, a joint venture between the Bulls baseball club, the City, Lethbridge Tourism, and the Sport Council, takes place from May 21-30, and Bulls' president and CEO Kevin Kvame couldn't be happier."This isn't about o...

In their first trip to the Esso Cup final since hosting it in 2015, the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, which includes a player from Lethbridge, beat Ontario's Stoney Creek Sabres to claim a national championship on Saturday in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The Chiefs ended up going undefeated in the tournament, winning all five...

The Calgary Surge, a professional team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced they'll play two out-of-market games this regular season in Red Deer and Lethbridge.The announcement was made by REAL Entertainment & Culture Inc., which added that the Surge will also play a game on July 9 at the Scotiabank S...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...

Local nonprofit Farming Smarter is seeking the public's help as they launch their 2026 season. The organization held a media event Tuesday, March 31, to showcase their past efforts while looking at upcoming and ongoing projects. "There's a lot of change here," says executive director Ken Coles. "There's ...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has allocated 14 inches from the farm gate for irrigation this season.Chairman Cory Nelson says the board carefully considers a number of factors when deciding on allocation."Based on modelling and snowpack data supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, we are v...

OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's next governor general on June 8. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday the retired Supreme Court justice will replace Mary Simon, who became Canada's first Indigenous viceregal in 2021. Arbo...

OTTAWA - The government estimates that implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care services will cut public costs by about $140 million. To address a soaring price tag for the Interim Federal Health Program, the...

TORONTO - Two Canadians are among the 30 passengers who disembarked a cruise ship that's been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Ship operator Oceanwide Expeditions says the individuals left the boat on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote address today at a conference of Canadian conservativ...

OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they support age restrictions for social media like In...

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is set to address a conference of Canadian conservatives today as the Canada Strong and Free Network meets in Ottawa. The Tory leader is scheduled to give a keynote address just before noon. The annual event also features a f...

LONDON (AP) - A U.K. border official and a former Hong Kong police officer were convicted Thursday of assisting China's spy agency by conducting "shadow" policing operations in Britain. Peter Wai, 38, and Bill Yuen, 65, both dual Chinese ...

LONDON (AP) - A man has been arrested for possessing an offensive weapon near the home of the former Prince Andrew, police said Thursday. Norfolk Police said that the arrest came Wednesday after a man was reported "behaving in an intimida...

BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences Thursday to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The court said Wei was guilt...