LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of research projects will look into ways of improving agricultural practices in southern Alberta.The University of Lethbridge (U of L) is providing $50,000 per year over four years to support five researchers at the institution.Vice President of Research Dr. Dena McMartin says the results of t...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge's Encampment Response Team (ERT) have provided city council with the latest on its efforts.There was a 19 per cent increase in the number of reported encampments between August 27 and November 26 (221 encampments) compared to the same time last year (186).However, as Community Soc...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Plans to advertise the Lethbridge-West by-election have been laid out.Normally, Elections Alberta would mail "Where to Vote" cards to all addresses in the riding. As members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been on strike since November 15 and there appears to be no signs o...

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 series of research projects will look into ways of improving agricultural practices in southern Alberta.The University of Lethbridge (U of L) is providing $50,000 per year over four years to support five researchers at the institution.Vice President of Research Dr. Dena McMartin says the results of t...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Members of Lethbridge's Encampment Response Team (ERT) have provided city council with the latest on its efforts.There was a 19 per cent increase in the number of reported encampments between August 27 and November 26 (221 encampments) compared to the same time last year (186).However, as Community Soc...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Plans to advertise the Lethbridge-West by-election have been laid out.Normally, Elections Alberta would mail "Where to Vote" cards to all addresses in the riding. As members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been on strike since November 15 and there appears to be no signs o...

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, ...

Prairie premiers are urging Canada to act on American concerns over illegal cross-border traffic of people and drugs to stave off the looming threat of 25-per-cent tariffs.Alberta's Danielle Smith, Saskatchewan's Scott Moe, and Manitoba's Wab Kinew said Tuesday that Canada must better address the concerns of its larges...

Canada Post says in its latest update on strike negotiations with CUPW, that talks have "ground to a halt." Canada Post says it remains committed to the bargaining process and put forward a detailed proposal "to bring more flexibility to its outdated mode of delivery." However, Canada Post says they...

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...

OTTAWA - Some Liberal MPs say they think their government should consider expanding the eligibility for an upcoming government rebate to include seniors who are no longer working. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week said the government was responding to concerns about the cost of living by temporarily taking the fe...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after acting dishonourably by refusing to negotiate the funding terms. The top court dismissed the province's appeal of a ruling that said Quebec violated the principle of good faith and failed to uphold the honour...

OTTAWA - The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says the dream to open an Inuit-led university is one step closer to realization after a $50 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation. The organization, which represents 70,000 Inuit, says the funding will allow ITK to build key capacities and advance academic ...

OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn't working.MacKinnon says the special mediator appointed to help end the labour dispute says the two sides are too far apart on cr...

TORONTO - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says responders have fielded more than 300,000 calls and texts since the launch of the national 988 suicide helpline a year ago. Dr. Allison Crawford, the chief medical officer for the helpline, says people having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can...

OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is summoning Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to his office today as federal mediation to end the nearly two-week old strike isn't working. MacKinnon says the special mediator appointed to help end the labour dispute says the two sides are too far apart on c...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to dis...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a measure that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he has signed. DeWine signed the law over the objections o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said Wednesday. The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. "Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years," the White House said in a statement. Eric ...

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...