LETHBRIDGE, AB - Around one week and a half later, Canada Post employees remain on the picket lines.Dozens of members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are still stationed outside of the downtown Lethbridge post office as they and Canada Post have been unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement....

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A third-party review shows just how poorly Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) was run under its former leadership.Deloitte has unveiled its investigation into the organization at the City of Lethbridge committee meeting on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.City Manager Lloyd Brierley says what he foun...

TABER, AB - The RCMP is investigating a collision that occurred Tuesday morning.At approximately 8:30 a.m., officers said they were on scene of a "serious motor vehicle collision" on Highway 36 just north of Township Road 102. That is at the very northern end of the community.At the time of the news release, ...

Alberta Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi says a decision not to mail out voter registration cards due to the Canada Post strike could hurt turnout in a provincial by-election that's been called for a week before Christmas.Nenshi, who leads the province's NDP, says in a letter to Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure th...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Around one week and a half later, Canada Post employees remain on the picket lines.Dozens of members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) are still stationed outside of the downtown Lethbridge post office as they and Canada Post have been unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement....

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A third-party review shows just how poorly Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) was run under its former leadership.Deloitte has unveiled its investigation into the organization at the City of Lethbridge committee meeting on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.City Manager Lloyd Brierley says what he foun...

TABER, AB - The RCMP is investigating a collision that occurred Tuesday morning.At approximately 8:30 a.m., officers said they were on scene of a "serious motor vehicle collision" on Highway 36 just north of Township Road 102. That is at the very northern end of the community.At the time of the news release, ...

Alberta Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi says a decision not to mail out voter registration cards due to the Canada Post strike could hurt turnout in a provincial by-election that's been called for a week before Christmas.Nenshi, who leads the province's NDP, says in a letter to Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure th...

Heavy snow didn't stop a steady stream of voters in Crowsnest Pass from casting ballots Monday in favour of bringing King Coal back to this scenic rocky patch of Alberta's southwest. The issue has polarized debate, but signs visible on the way to voting in the community hall were clear: "I (love) Crowsnest Coal&qu...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A pair of retired teachers looks to do their part to support the next generation of educators.Toby and Bernadine Boulet hope to get Paving Roads to Success off of the ground. It is a fundraising initiative at the University of Lethbridge that would help third-year student teachers who are pursuing rura...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is taking steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap. Suggestions include a legal challenge to the cap, passing legislation to give the province exclusive authority over emissions data and banning federal employees from designated o...

Three 4-H Alberta programs are splitting over $730,000 in joint funding from the provincial and federal governments.The money going to the Intro to 4-H, Agriculture and Mental Health Workshop, and the Senior Spring Symposium will be spread over five years.Intro to 4-H is meant to build connections between city and coun...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is looking for ways to encourage pipeline companies to boost capacity and increase Alberta's oil and gas export volumes to the U.S.But Smith says her government is not interested in directly subsidizing a cross-border pipeline project, preferring instead to find ways t...

Canada Post has released a statement regarding the ongoing CUPW national strike, and ongoing deliberations. In the statement, Canada Post said it is "committed to reaching a new agreement at the bargaining table."Across the country, Canadians enter the busy Black Friday online shopping week and holiday season...

You can learn more about the upcoming changes to Alberta's auto insurance system.On Thursday, November 21, Premier Danielle Smith announced major reforms to the system that she says will help to save drivers up to $400 per year on their premiums.Now, the province has launched a new website aimed at giving people more i...

The Government of Alberta is looking into ways of improving access to justice and wants to hear from you on how to make that happen. They have launched an online survey where Albertans can share their views and experiences on how family justice services could better support their needs. Justice Minister Mickey Amery sa...

Canada's warmest winter on record is unlikely to make a repeat performance this year, The Weather Network's chief meteorologist says, as a new seasonal forecast suggests the season will try to "salvage its reputation." Chris Scott says the forecast suggests this winter will be generally colder and more impact...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau to meet with premiers today following Trump tariff threat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country's premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of th...

ATHABASCA, Alta. - Residents of a northern Alberta town are over the moon that it could share its name with the first Canadian rover set to explore the dark, cold terrain of Earth's closest celestial neighbour. The Canadian Space Agency is seeking a moniker for the four-wheeled, one-metre-tall robot set to scour for wa...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet with the country's premiers this afternoon, after they asked for an urgent meeting on U.S.-Canada relations ahead of the incoming Donald Trump administration. That request came Monday, before the U.S. president-elect threatened to impose a 25-per-cent import tariff ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he needed a strong, fresh mandate to negotiate with the federal government on issues such as carbon pricing. And in Tuesday's election, voters gave the Progressive Conservative leader what he wanted. With most polls reporting, the Tories were elected or leading in 42 of th...

HALIFAX - Tim Houston gambled that Nova Scotia voters would re-elect the Progressive Conservatives with another majority - even though he ignored his government's fixed-election-date legislation. It was the first law his government passed in 2021, setting the next election for July 2025. Instead, he called voters to th...

THE HAGUE (AP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar's military regime for crimes committed against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a c...

THE HAGUE (AP) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar's military regime for crimes committed against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who took power from elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a c...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine police officials on Wednesday filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting and disobeying orders from authorities in a recent altercation in Congress. The criminal complaints filed by the Quezon City police were separ...

Long-displaced residents of south Lebanon started returning to their homes amid celebrations hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group took effect early Wednesday morning. The ceasefire has brought relief across the tiny Mediterranean nation, coming after days of some of the most intense a...

The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militants has begun as a region on edge wonders whether it will hold. Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the ceasefire agreement, which was announced Tuesday. Residents of Beirut and its southern suburbs had endured the most intense day of Israeli str...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Three weeks after Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana the state moved a step closer to allowing it Tuesday when a judge ruled that the petitions that put the question on the ballot were valid. The decision by Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong was a victory for advocat...