A large majority of residents in the South Canadian Rockies say tourism is important to their communities, though many are raising concerns about housing and affordability, according to a recent survey.The resident sentiment survey, conducted by South Canadian Rockies and Travel Alberta, found 87 per cent of respondent...

Officials with the City of Lethbridge say new water service installation is impacting a small portion of a busy roadway.Effective immediately, 5 Avenue North is closed between 18 Street and 19 Street North.Detours are in place for eastbound and westbound traffic.The city says the work is scheduled to be complete on Apr...

The Stitch It Forward Society of Lethbridge is celebrating its fifth anniversary.The charity organization is holding a sewing day on April 18 and inviting the public to join in the sewing, knitting, crocheting, and card making as part of the celebration.In the past five years, Stitch It Forward has made over 101,020 it...

A project to preserve the histories of artist-run centres in Canada has received funding through a Knowledge Synthesis Grant.The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has allocated $29,127 to Dr. Devon Smither's Oral Histories and Artist-Run Centres in Canada project.Smither, an associate dean in the Faculty ...

A large majority of residents in the South Canadian Rockies say tourism is important to their communities, though many are raising concerns about housing and affordability, according to a recent survey.The resident sentiment survey, conducted by South Canadian Rockies and Travel Alberta, found 87 per cent of respondent...

Officials with the City of Lethbridge say new water service installation is impacting a small portion of a busy roadway.Effective immediately, 5 Avenue North is closed between 18 Street and 19 Street North.Detours are in place for eastbound and westbound traffic.The city says the work is scheduled to be complete on Apr...

The Stitch It Forward Society of Lethbridge is celebrating its fifth anniversary.The charity organization is holding a sewing day on April 18 and inviting the public to join in the sewing, knitting, crocheting, and card making as part of the celebration.In the past five years, Stitch It Forward has made over 101,020 it...

A project to preserve the histories of artist-run centres in Canada has received funding through a Knowledge Synthesis Grant.The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has allocated $29,127 to Dr. Devon Smither's Oral Histories and Artist-Run Centres in Canada project.Smither, an associate dean in the Faculty ...

Officials with the City of Lethbridge say crane work will impact traffic and pedestrians along a portion of Stafford Drive South on Saturday, April 11. They say the project is scheduled to last for five hours.Beginning at 7 a.m., city officials say the northbound lanes between 4 Avenue South and 5 Avenue South will be ...

The Lethbridge and District Japanese Garden Society has appointed Jordan Jensen as the new executive director of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden.Jenson recently served as director of the Heartland Training and Support Hub in Raymond, where he worked on programs for rural health and well-being.Society president Dawn Sugimoto...

CALGARY - A man from Ontario has pleaded guilty in Alberta to two counts of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals and fined $70,000 in case involving the hospitality industry in Banff National Park. A joint investigation between the Canada Bord...

An Alberta judge has put up a roadblock on a petition drive to force a vote on the province quitting Canada. Justice Shaina Leonard says organizers can still collect signatures but says Elections Alberta can't verify the names or move the issue forward until a larger issue involving First Nations is settled in court. L...

Critics of Alberta's proposed public library restrictions for children are pushing back at the province. Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams says his bill would protect children 15 and under from stumbling upon graphic visual depictions of sex in public libraries. Williams says librarians will soon need to keep som...

Lawyers for the Alberta government say collecting signatures for a potential referendum on separation doesn't violate treaty rights nor would holding a vote. Neil Dobson has told an Edmonton courtroom that the need for consulting First Nations on the matter hasn't emerged because the province isn't taking action yet. M...

The president of the United Nurses of Alberta is calling for quicker installation of weapons scanners at urban hospitals, saying her members face ``threats of violence almost daily.'' Heather Smith's call follows a stabbing last week in the emergency department at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital that left a 42-year...

Alberta's government says it's providing $22 million for school security upgrades in the wake of the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. earlier this year. The province says school boards will receive funding based on student enrolment and can put it toward upgrading cameras, window coverings and other security meas...

VANCOUVER - After Lapu Lapu attack survivor AJ Sico sang the national anthem from his wheelchair in a Vancouver banquet hall, he was met with a standing ovation - a fitting tribute, his family says, to his stubbornness and resilience. Sico, fellow surv...

OTTAWA - A coalition of clean energy groups is calling on Ottawa to connect the country through a grid powered by renewable energy. The David Suzuki Foundation says Canada is facing an energy affordability crisis, while demand for energy is set to expa...

CALGARY - A man from Ontario has pleaded guilty in Alberta to two counts of unauthorized employment of foreign nationals and fined $70,000 in case involving the hospitality industry in Banff National Park. A joint investigation between the Canada Bord...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named well-known legal ethicist and former senator Brent Cotter to be the interim head of the RCMP watchdog. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Cotter will become chairperson of the Civilian Review and C...

OTTAWA - Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says Canada must break the stigma around careers in the skilled trades if the Liberals want to achieve their infrastructure and homebuilding agenda. Hajdu says when she was growing up in Thunder Bay, Ont., stu...

Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes says he is returning as interim chief executive officer effective immediately with the Vancouver-based company standing at a "turning point" due to artificial intelligence. Holmes' announcement made Monday morning on Link...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has begun an investigation into whether Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., engaged in sexual misconduct toward an employee working under his supervision, the panel announced Monday. The announcement...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday. ...

MIAMI (AP) - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in Florida in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday. The teen, identified by the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Trump administration agreed Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February. The government revealed the decision as it seeks to set...

BUDAPEST (AP) - Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar said on Monday that he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but not initiate a call. "If Vladimir Putin calls, I'll pick up the phone," he said Monday at his first press con...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungary's election winner, Péter Magyar, called Monday on the country's president to convene the parliament to form a new government "as quickly as possible," in hopes that he can take over from Viktor Orbán as prime minister a...