RCMP from the Taber-Vauxhall detachment responded to a train versus semi-trailer collision on Tuesday near Taber.At 2:17 p.m. on March 17, Mounties received a report of the collision on Range Road 160 alongside Highway 3, east of Taber near Fincastle.An RCMP spokesperson says officers informed CPKC, and the crew was th...

The Lethbridge Handmade market is celebrating 10 years next month.The market is inviting shoppers and vendors alike to join them in celebrating this milestone achievement and celebration of local artisans and creativity.New this year, the market is offering their lowest price yet for vendors, $26 per 11 hours, while ex...

The Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre has officially launched its new Go Friendly Shuttle to provide door-to-door transportation for seniors.The program was launched on Friday, March 13, with a new 2025 Ford Transit passenger van added to support shuttle services. The service allows seniors to attend programs, services, and s...

Lethbridge County says residents still have time to complete a short survey as part of the update to the Residential Land Use Strategy. The strategy is a long-term planning document that helps guide residential development in the county, with the survey to help plan in a responsible way that reflects community prioriti...

RCMP from the Taber-Vauxhall detachment responded to a train versus semi-trailer collision on Tuesday near Taber.At 2:17 p.m. on March 17, Mounties received a report of the collision on Range Road 160 alongside Highway 3, east of Taber near Fincastle.An RCMP spokesperson says officers informed CPKC, and the crew was th...

The Lethbridge Handmade market is celebrating 10 years next month.The market is inviting shoppers and vendors alike to join them in celebrating this milestone achievement and celebration of local artisans and creativity.New this year, the market is offering their lowest price yet for vendors, $26 per 11 hours, while ex...

The Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre has officially launched its new Go Friendly Shuttle to provide door-to-door transportation for seniors.The program was launched on Friday, March 13, with a new 2025 Ford Transit passenger van added to support shuttle services. The service allows seniors to attend programs, services, and s...

Lethbridge County says residents still have time to complete a short survey as part of the update to the Residential Land Use Strategy. The strategy is a long-term planning document that helps guide residential development in the county, with the survey to help plan in a responsible way that reflects community prioriti...

Charges have been laid against a Calgary man suspected of trafficking drugs between Calgary and Lethbridge. In April 2025, the Cochrane RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), with assistance from RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region, began investigating a male suspected of trafficking drugs between the two cities. Then on ...

Before winter fully melts away, there's still time to share your thoughts on snow route plowing, windrows and other City winter services. The City of Lethbridge says it is wrapping up the 2025/2026 season of the multi-year Snow and Ice Control Service Level pilot, and the transportation team is collecting final commun...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she travelled on a private plane on behalf of the Saudi government last fall. Smith says the provincial ethics commissioner had signed off on any non-commercial travel ahead of the trip and that it was proposed by the Saudi government for ``more efficient travel.'' The premier's offi...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday her long-term goal is to be able to balance the province's books even with moderate oil prices. In about 10 years, she said, she'd like Alberta to bring spending in line with revenues that US$60-per-barrel oil would bring to provincial coffers. ``That's where we have be. But ...

Disability advocates and the Alberta NDP are calling on the government to up its game when it comes to accessibility, saying it comes down to giving people dignity. Alberta is one of just two provinces to not have overarching accessibility legislation and standards, something critics say continues to be a major blemish...

Alberta may soon require oil and gas companies to be on top of their municipal property taxes if they want to keep producing. It's one of more than a dozen proposals contained in a new report released by the province and by the Rural Municipalities of Alberta. Unpaid municipal taxes by some in the energy industry is a ...

Primary Care Alberta is reminding everyone to take and store their medicine safely to prevent accidental poisoning.Mar. 15-21 is National Poison Prevention Week, and PCA is focusing on medicine safety this year.They say poisoning can happen if everyday medicines are improperly mixed, misused or stored improperly and ar...

The Government of Alberta is set to invest $275 million over the next three years into provincial parks and public land infrastructure.If the 2026 budget is passed, the funds will go towards supporting new and upgraded trails, expanding trailheads, and more campsites and improved park amenities"Budget 2026 is focu...

SWIFT CURRENT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA - Crown prosecutors have stayed charges against a cult leader whose group made life miserable for residents of a Saskatchewan village. Romana Didulo had been charged with failing to comply with an undertaking and int...

TORONTO - Health Canada has announced a recall of Tim Hortons ceramic mugs because they may crack or break when filled with hot liquid. The affected mugs are white on the outside and pink on the inside, with a pink handle and a chocolate dip donut des...

WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says talks with Canada ahead of the mandatory review of the continental trade pact are lagging behind those with Mexico. Speaking on Fox Business today, Greer says talks are moving ahead wi...

VANCOUVER - The Canada Revenue Agency says a worker arrested in Vancouver for alleged identity theft and trafficking of private information is no longer with the agency. A spokesman with the agency did not say when Yoan Zola's employment with the agenc...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's population edged down in the fourth quarter, dipping 0.2 per cent. The agency says preliminary estimates indicate the population fell by 103,504 people from Oct. 1, 2025 to Jan. 1, 2026 to bring the number ...

OTTAWA - Two Canadian cargo ships are stuck in the Persian Gulf and are unable to pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz as the war in Iran continues. The Miena Desgagnés and the Rosaire A. Desgagnés - owned by Quebec-based Desgagnés - were hauling ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehab...

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday put off a decision about barring government officials from major sporting events if their countries voluntarily withhold dues, pushing a potential conflict with President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials unt...

CAIRO (AP) - The latest heavy fighting between warring parties along Sudan 's border with Chad has killed 17 people and left many seriously wounded, a medical group said. Health authorities received 123 wounded people at a newly built hos...

MIAMI (AP) - Eugenio Suárez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a h...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House to advance to a November general election against Republican nominee Don Tracy, former state party chai...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for the murder of a young mother who had managed to get her attacker's cellphone while tied up in his car and frantically dialed 911. Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dea...