The City of Lethbridge will be hosting an international Tae Kwon-Do event this summer.The 2026 Tae Kwon-Do International World Cup will be bringing over 600 participants from more than 20 counties to Lethbridge to compete, along with upwards of 400 spectators and 80 officials and volunteers.Members of Lethbridge city c...

A Lethbridge organization is working to ensure more high school students can cross the graduation stage by removing the cost of formal wear.MyCityCare has launched its annual Cinderella Project and Tux Shop, offering dresses and suits to students who may face financial barriers.The program, now in its ninth year, was c...

CAREERS The Next Generation is bringing hands-on career exploration to southern Alberta with its Young Women in Trades and Technologies Camp, a two-day, immersive experience designed to introduce participants to high-demand careers in the skilled trades. Organizers say female students in Grades 10-12 will step into a w...

Alberta's government has announced an investment of more than $28 million to help protect families, communities and the economy from future floods and drought.Government officials acknowledge that many communities face challenges keeping up with water demand, drought-proofing their infrastructure or preventing floodwat...

The City of Lethbridge will be hosting an international Tae Kwon-Do event this summer.The 2026 Tae Kwon-Do International World Cup will be bringing over 600 participants from more than 20 counties to Lethbridge to compete, along with upwards of 400 spectators and 80 officials and volunteers.Members of Lethbridge city c...

A Lethbridge organization is working to ensure more high school students can cross the graduation stage by removing the cost of formal wear.MyCityCare has launched its annual Cinderella Project and Tux Shop, offering dresses and suits to students who may face financial barriers.The program, now in its ninth year, was c...

CAREERS The Next Generation is bringing hands-on career exploration to southern Alberta with its Young Women in Trades and Technologies Camp, a two-day, immersive experience designed to introduce participants to high-demand careers in the skilled trades. Organizers say female students in Grades 10-12 will step into a w...

Alberta's government has announced an investment of more than $28 million to help protect families, communities and the economy from future floods and drought.Government officials acknowledge that many communities face challenges keeping up with water demand, drought-proofing their infrastructure or preventing floodwat...

Canada's Western Gateway (CWG) Trade and Logistics Corridor will be hosting an information session aimed at helping the trucking industry with tips and practices to navigating crossing the Coutts border crossing as efficiently as possible. CWG officials note, Saving Time & Money Crossing the Coutts Border will give...

Agriculture Sciences - Agronomy student Paul Skretting has been named valedictorian for Lethbridge Polytechnic's Spring 2026 Convocation class. Polytechnic officials say he will lead the procession of graduates and speak at the afternoon ceremony planned for 2 p.m. May 22 in the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. "I was sho...

Alberta RCMP is reminding motorists to avoid speeding as the weather warms up and conditions improve.Mounties say exceeding posted speed limits is unsafe even during ideal conditions.In 2025, Alberta RCMP issued over 47,900 speeding tickets, including 4,949 in April 2025 alone.Mounties say you can avoid a ticket and st...

Alberta's government has announced an investment of more than $28 million to help protect families, communities and the economy from future floods and drought.Government officials acknowledge that many communities face challenges keeping up with water demand, drought-proofing their infrastructure or preventing floodwat...

An Alberta First Nation is in court looking to get a petition urging the province to quit Canada put on ice. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King's Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds that First Nations' consent is required. It's alleging a failure by Alberta, the ...

Transport Canada is asking Canadians to weigh in on headlights.The agency has launched an online survey to collect feedback from drivers and pedestrians about their experiences with headlight glare.The survey will remain open until April 20.The agency says feedback will remain anonymous, and the data will be used for r...

The Government of Alberta is reminding Albertans of upcoming eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations.Starting April 7, eligible Albertans can receive an additional immunization at no cost at participating pharmacies or Primary Care Alberta public health clinics.According to the province, eligibility criteria is in line w...

There was an earthquake in Alberta on April 1, and that's no joke.According to Earthquakes Canada, the Magnitude 4.5 tremor struck around 5:30 p.m., 18 km northeast of Morinville.There are reports of it being lightly felt as far south as Bowden, and in other areas like Whitecourt, Lesser Slave Lake, and Lakeland Provin...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Liberal huddle for 1st big policy convention without Trudeau Liberal party members are gathering in Montreal and, for the first time in more than a decade, Justin...

More than 18,000 people have died of drug overdoses since British Columbia declared the issue a public health emergency on April 14, 2016. The crisis has touched the lives of many more survivors, and the friends and families of victims. Here are some...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has sent a letter to Indigenous leaders, saying he regrets not having more time in the legislative calendar to talk about the government's plans to suspend sections of a law that has created political and l...

VANCOUVER - Edwin Bergsson's friend broke down the door of his recording studio in Victoria about five years ago, found him unconscious, and saved his life. "It's incredible that I'm here today," Bergsson said in an interview. He had overdosed after...

OTTAWA - Liberal party members are gathering in Montreal and, for the first time in more than a decade, Justin Trudeau and his personal brand of politics won't tower over the party's proceedings. Party faithful will gather as Mark Carney's ever-expandi...

TORONTO - Lawyers for Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach are expected to argue today that some of the complainants in his sexual assault case were coached by prosecutors before trial. Defence lawyers are set to bring an abuse of process motion ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz during the war, in a message that may be intended to pres...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz during the war. The reports came from the I...

HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a scenic cliffside hike with ocean views last year has been convicted of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter. A Honolulu jury returned the v...

Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not identify was arrested in Abaco and is...

SEATTLE (AP) - Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay fi...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge agains...