Officials with parkrun Canada say this year's event set a national participation record on Aug. 22, during its 10-year anniversary celebrations. Organizers note parkrun started in Lethbridge seven years ago, and has held 317 events during that time. What is parkrun? parkrun is a free, community-led 5K event where you c...

University of Lethbridge researchers are collaborating with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to prototype extraterrestrial biomanufacturing (ET-bio), a concept that supports human space exploration and could also benefit Canadians living in remote areas on Earth.When humans eventually settle on the moon or Mars, ULethbr...

Thanks to overwhelming community support, the inaugural Hearts & Health Classic Golf Tournament raised $222,175 in support of the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation's Bringing Hearts Home campaign.Held on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Paradise Canyon Golf Resort, Foundation officials say the tournament welcomed 30 teams...

UPDATE: The driver of the vehicle in the story below has been identified and it has been determined that nothing criminal had occurred.Police thank the public for their assistance in sharing the appeal.ORIGINAL STORY:Lethbridge Police are seeking the public's assistance to identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a...

Alberta is introducing Canada's first watercraft dip tank at its Dunmore inspection station as the province works to keep invasive aquatic species out of its waterways.The tank uses hot water to treat trailered boats, killing mussels, larvae and other invasive species on hulls, intakes, engines and ballast tanks.The sy...

Alberta's finances have swung back in the black after war in the Middle East sent global energy prices surging. The province's latest fiscal update predicts a $2-billion surplus, a huge turnaround from the $9.4-billion deficit originally expected for the 2026 fiscal year. It's the latest reversal of fortune for the oil...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her technology minister are set to take part in a virtual town hall tonight about developing artificial intelligence data centres in the province. It's the third of four town halls the government has organized to tell Albertans about its approach to attracting and regulating the major...

Federal funding has been renewed for the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) to the tune of $50 million.The money will allow CAAIN to continue its programming, which carries a primary mandate of funding the development and adoption of innovation for the purpose of increasing the productivity,...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Prospects training camp gets underway Thursday at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.35 players - 19 forwards, 11 defencemen, and five goalies will be split up into two squads to be evaluated over the course of two days.Main camp will began on Saturday with 33 players including goaltender Leif Oate...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced its annual season ticket pick up events for the 2026-2027 season. Officials say the Hurricanes will hold their Premium Member Pick Up on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Details for the Premium Member Pick Up will be distributed directly to Premium Ti...

A southern Alberta basketball player was part of Canada's Senior Women's National Team that beat Mexico 83-53 in Guadalajara on Sunday, Aug. 23, to win the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2026.Delaney Gibb, from Raymond, was instrumental in the match, along with Yvonne Ejim of Calgary. Officials from the...

The Canadian Grain Commission is updating grading procedures for amber durum, wheat and lentils for the 2026-27 crop year, which begins August 1.In a release Wednesday, the CGC said the revisions will include updated procedures, definitions, and photo reference material. New grading factors will include: darkened and s...

New traceability requirements for beef cattle proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have been shelved. The move followed a large influx of industry opposition with producers calling the new rules too burdensome. Heather Brown, the CFIA's national manager of humane transport and livestock traceability programs...

The first window of time for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan to obtain strychnine to deal with burgeoning ground squirrel populations is about to run out, and many producers are now hoping for better luck next spring.Wade Nelson, who farms near High River, Alta., about 66 kilometres south of Calgary, said it's best...

British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...

OTTAWA - Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog's recommendations. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne's office said a year ago t...

VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...

OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and advocates are outraged after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on Thursday. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari:io, which means "...

OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada is changing its language policy to state that direct attribution will no longer be required when describing 9/11 as an act of "terrorism." The decision comes after CBC came under fire over its long-standing policy of not label...

OTTAWA - Premiers are sharply divided over whether to use Canada's natural resources as leverage in the trade war with the U.S., and potash has emerged as a key point of contention. Canada is a major global supplier of potash, a key ingredient in ferti...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day. ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric pla...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana...