LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you are driving along the highways of Alberta this weekend, watch out for volunteers cleaning the roads.On Saturday, May 4, 2024, volunteer groups will be clearing provincial highways of trash as part of an annual cleanup. Helpers in orange safety vests will participate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.Driv...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended two people for allegedly committing an armed robbery.At approximately 3:40 a.m. on April 12, 2024, officers were called to the 7-Eleven on the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive South.Surveillance footage reportedly showed a man enter the store, place a...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Sunday marks a special time across the country.May 5, 2024 is Red Dress Day, and the City of Lethbridge will recognize the initiative, which serves to honour the memory of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit+ (MMIWG2S+) people.The promote awareness of the day, City Hall will ...

The Alberta government is providing $961,000 toward community justice initiatives.The Alberta Community Justice Grant aims to support ways to make the justice system more accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the province's diverse communities.Officials say it will allow for more options to resolve crimi...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you are driving along the highways of Alberta this weekend, watch out for volunteers cleaning the roads.On Saturday, May 4, 2024, volunteer groups will be clearing provincial highways of trash as part of an annual cleanup. Helpers in orange safety vests will participate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.Driv...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has apprehended two people for allegedly committing an armed robbery.At approximately 3:40 a.m. on April 12, 2024, officers were called to the 7-Eleven on the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive South.Surveillance footage reportedly showed a man enter the store, place a...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Sunday marks a special time across the country.May 5, 2024 is Red Dress Day, and the City of Lethbridge will recognize the initiative, which serves to honour the memory of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit+ (MMIWG2S+) people.The promote awareness of the day, City Hall will ...

The Alberta government is providing $961,000 toward community justice initiatives.The Alberta Community Justice Grant aims to support ways to make the justice system more accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the province's diverse communities.Officials say it will allow for more options to resolve crimi...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) has selected the winner of this year's Friend of Health Sciences Award.Former dean Dr. Chris Hosgood is this year's recipient of the award, which he in fact instituted."I was a little embarrassed when I learned I was to be nam...

LETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB - Artists are invited to submit their ideas in a new contest. MPE Link Pathway, the nonprofit behind building a multi-use 15-kilometre pathway connecting Lethbridge and Coaldale, has launched its inaugural T-Shirt Design Contest!Submissions will be accepted until May 24, 2024 at noon.The winning d...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you are driving along the highways of Alberta this weekend, watch out for volunteers cleaning the roads.On Saturday, May 4, 2024, volunteer groups will be clearing provincial highways of trash as part of an annual cleanup. Helpers in orange safety vests will participate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.Driv...

The Government of Alberta has announced extra funding that it hopes will help to protect the health of women and babies.Premier Danielle Smith says healthy families are the foundation of healthy communities."Investing in women's health and newborn screening means better outcomes and more peace of mind. We're givin...

A new report from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta was one of the country's top economic performers last year, despite national growth slowing.Real GDP growth for all of Canada was 1.2 per cent in 2023, falling from 3.6 per cent in 2022. Alberta's economy grew by 1.5 per cent, as supposed to 5.1 per cent the year p...

The Alberta government is providing $961,000 toward community justice initiatives.The Alberta Community Justice Grant aims to support ways to make the justice system more accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the province's diverse communities.Officials say it will allow for more options to resolve crimi...

The Government of Alberta is taking a step back from legislation proposed last week.Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act 2024, proposes changes to two components of municipal-related legislation: the Municipal Government Act and the Local Authorities Election Act. It would give the provincial governmen...

Nuclear power generation could become a possibility in two western Canadian provinces.The Governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance its development.Alberta's Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf says this work will go a long way in supporting bo...

CARIBOO, B.C. - B.C. libraries have been targeted by a hacker who demanded a ransom or they would release user data that includes the phone numbers and email addresses of some clients. The Cariboo Regional District says its library was among those involved, and data was obtained about users who received automated notif...

OTTAWA - A public inquiry has found foreign meddling attempts didn't change who won the last two elections, but they may have changed the result in one riding in 2021. A preliminary report by commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue says the impact of foreign interference in particular ridings is uncertain, but the number...

OTTAWA - After holding public hearings and gathering evidence in private, inquiry commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue has released an interim report into foreign interference in Canada's last two general elections. The public inquiry was established after a series of media reports in the Globe and Mail and Global New...

OTTAWA - A public inquiry into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two elections released its preliminary findings Friday, and concluded attempts to interfere did not impact the integrity of the 2021 and 2019 votes. The inquiry, led by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, provided a question-and-answer summa...

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen announced a $65-million aid package for Lebanon today. Canada is providing $38 million for development assistance and another $27 million in humanitarian aid. The development funding will be channeled through United Nations organizations such as UN Women. Globa...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court is ordering a new trial for a francophone man in British Columbia who says he was not informed of his right to have a trial in the official language of his choice. The top court ruled 5-2 in the decision released today. Franck Yvan Tayo Tompouba appealed his sexual assault conviction on the...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas denied any wrongdoing amid reports of pending indictments related to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. The longtime congressman released a statement Friday saying he and his wife "are innocent of these allegations." "Everything I have ...

HOUSTON (AP) - Officials in Houston are urging residents to prepare for worsening flooding after days of heavy rains that have led to high-water rescues and mandatory evacuation orders. "This threat is ongoing and it's going to get worse. It is not your typical river flood," Hidalgo County Judge Lina Hidalgo,...

NEW YORK (AP) - Hope Hicks, a former longtime adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign. Hicks, who served as White House communications director, is t...

NEW YORK (AP) - Hope Hicks, who served as Donald Trump's 2016 campaign press secretary and went on to hold various roles in his White House, took the witness stand in his New York hush money case on Friday. Her testimony on the trial's 11th day was the latest in a frenzied second week of witness testimony and followed ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. It is the latest advance in China's increasingly sophisticated space exploration program,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in custody and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted chang...