LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says it was a busy night for traffic enforcement.The LPS, with assistance from the Alberta Sheriffs, conducted targeted traffic enforcement between 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 and 2:00 a.m. the following morning.During that six hour stretch, police say they issue...

A significant investment is being made in Coaldale.The Government of Alberta has announced that a $222-million cold storage facility is being built in the town by NewCold, with construction to begin "almost immediately".The facility will offer capacity for Alberta food processors to boost production. Official...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Mid-sized municipalities recorded small declines in housing starts last year.That's according to the BILD 2023 year in review housing report.The organization says on the other hand, the Calgary and Edmonton regions reached near all-time records of starts, driven mainly by population growth and elevated...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is resuming weekly green cart collection. Residents who have a green cart can expect to see it collected every week beginning on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The City says the seasonal approach to collection accounts for variations in yard waste generation, and helps deal with the od...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says it was a busy night for traffic enforcement.The LPS, with assistance from the Alberta Sheriffs, conducted targeted traffic enforcement between 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 and 2:00 a.m. the following morning.During that six hour stretch, police say they issue...

A significant investment is being made in Coaldale.The Government of Alberta has announced that a $222-million cold storage facility is being built in the town by NewCold, with construction to begin "almost immediately".The facility will offer capacity for Alberta food processors to boost production. Official...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Mid-sized municipalities recorded small declines in housing starts last year.That's according to the BILD 2023 year in review housing report.The organization says on the other hand, the Calgary and Edmonton regions reached near all-time records of starts, driven mainly by population growth and elevated...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is resuming weekly green cart collection. Residents who have a green cart can expect to see it collected every week beginning on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The City says the seasonal approach to collection accounts for variations in yard waste generation, and helps deal with the od...

CARDSTON, AB - Environment Canada is calling for a brief blast of snow this week.It has issued special weather statements for several areas in southwestern Alberta, including Cardston, Waterton Lakes National Park, Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass, and Claresholm.Snow is expected to begin Tuesday evening, April 30, 2024. ...

Retail and pharmacy chain London Drugs says in a post on social media that it has closed all of its stores in Western Canada temporarily due to what it called an "operational issue." Various news outlets reported the company shared by email that it was a cybersecurity incident, and that the store closures wer...

A significant investment is being made in Coaldale.The Government of Alberta has announced that a $222-million cold storage facility is being built in the town by NewCold, with construction to begin "almost immediately".The facility will offer capacity for Alberta food processors to boost production. Official...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Mid-sized municipalities recorded small declines in housing starts last year.That's according to the BILD 2023 year in review housing report.The organization says on the other hand, the Calgary and Edmonton regions reached near all-time records of starts, driven mainly by population growth and elevated...

The Government of Alberta is taking steps to better prepare for and respond to wildfires.The province will purchase two additional air tanker groups and two new night vision-equipped helicopters.These types of fire fighting helicopters were piloted during the 2023 fire season, and officials say it allowed for improved ...

A busy season for gymnasts begins this week.The 2024 Mountain Invitational will be held in Okotoks this week. The following weekend, the Alberta Xcel and Compulsory Championships will be hosted by St. Albert.Thousands of gymnasts will appear at both tournaments, including four young athletes from Redcliff's Twist and F...

January 6, 2014 had been fairly ordinary in the hours leading up to 19-year-old Damian Joel Pannenbecker's untimely and tragic death.Pannenbecker's mom Marlene, who now lives in Blackfalds, remembers her son as hilarious, smart, and having a heart of gold. He'd gone to work out of town that day, like he'd done countles...

Drumheller, known as the Dinosaur Capital of the World, once again honed their namesake as over 3,000 people dressed up as dinosaurs to try and set a new world record. The unofficial record of 1,163, set last year in Dundurn, Sask., appears to be shattered as people from across the country flocked to Drumheller Saturda...

WHITE ROCK, B.C. - British Columbia homicide investigators say they have arrested a 28-year-old man in relation to a deadly stabbing near the White Rock pier last week. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Mike Duheme is the new head of the RCMP, after filling in the role on an interim basis for the past year. Duheme was named interim commissioner in March 2023 following the retirement of Brenda Lucki. The Prime Minister's Office says in a press release Duheme's permanent appointment will bring stability to the ...

QUEBEC - The co-spokesperson of Quebec's second-largest opposition party has resigned only months into the job. Émilise Lessard-Therrien says the four months she spent as the public face of Québec solidaire left her completely exhausted, and she's been on leave since March. She wrote on social media that ...

OTTAWA - Legislation to create new oversight body tracking Canada's reconciliation efforts has passed a final vote in Parliament. The House of Commons unanimously agreed to adopt a final version of the bill as amended by the Senate. The soon-to-be-enshrined law would create a council of 13 directors to oversee Ottawa...

OTTAWA - India has summoned Canada's envoy in New Delhi following a large Sikh rally in Toronto attended by all three major federal party leaders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at the Khalsa Day rally in Toronto on Sunday. The rally commemorates t...

OTTAWA - The Crown is asking a judge to consider an Ottawa man's pro-Hamas comments at a Toronto protest to be an aggravating factor in sentencing for breaching the bail conditions of an unrelated charge. The Crown says Mohammed Assadi was supposed to be living under house arrest with his sister in Ottawa while out on ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override the Democratic governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The vote was 82-43 in the state House to reverse Gov. Laura Kelly's veto, but that was two votes shy of the necessary two-thirds majority. Two ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One of the winners of a historic $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng "Charlie" Saephan, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery that he and hi...

PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. The jurors in the case against George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than two days of del...

NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) - It was an unusual wildlife sighting Sunday when four zebras escaped from their trailer and galloped into a Washington neighborhood. Three of the four black-and-white striped animals were quickly captured, but the fate of the fourth wasn't immediately known Monday, Washington State Patrol Troope...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Numerous law enforcement officers carrying out a task force operation were shot Monday afernoon as they came under fire in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said. Officers from several agencies in the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out the investigation in a suburban neighborhood when &qu...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador announced Monday it has filed a complaint at the top U.N. court against Mexico over its decision to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador's highly criticized raid on the Mexican Embassy earlier this month. Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said in a st...