Environment & Climate Change Canada has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for a large section of eastern and central Alberta, including Lethbridge. It warns that conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The storms, the weather agency adds, are capable of pro...

Dubbed The Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada, the Town of Picture Butte is celebrating its 100th anniversary later this year. Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas, who represents the community, stood in the House of Commons on Friday, June 12th to acknowledge the milestone. "From its farms and local businesses, to its s...

A longstanding organization in the Bridge City has undergone a name change. The Chinook Sexual Assault Centre will now be known as the Aurora Centre.During a name unveiling Monday, board chair Cayley King said the group was looking for a brand that better reflected the breadth of their work and vision for the future. S...

With streamflows easing on the Oldman River in recent days, an earlier boating advisory issued by Lethbridge's fire chief has now been lifted.In a release from the City yesterday, it said that river flow rates have decreased and conditions have improved since the June 2nd warning was imposed.However, with the possibili...

Environment & Climate Change Canada has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for a large section of eastern and central Alberta, including Lethbridge. It warns that conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The storms, the weather agency adds, are capable of pro...

Dubbed The Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada, the Town of Picture Butte is celebrating its 100th anniversary later this year. Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas, who represents the community, stood in the House of Commons on Friday, June 12th to acknowledge the milestone. "From its farms and local businesses, to its s...

A longstanding organization in the Bridge City has undergone a name change. The Chinook Sexual Assault Centre will now be known as the Aurora Centre.During a name unveiling Monday, board chair Cayley King said the group was looking for a brand that better reflected the breadth of their work and vision for the future. S...

With streamflows easing on the Oldman River in recent days, an earlier boating advisory issued by Lethbridge's fire chief has now been lifted.In a release from the City yesterday, it said that river flow rates have decreased and conditions have improved since the June 2nd warning was imposed.However, with the possibili...

A 'heads up' from the City of Lethbridge on a planned power outage Tuesday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. northwest of Henderson Lake.Roughly, 130 customers will be without electricity in an area between 6th Avenue South and Crowsnest Trail, and from 25th to 27th Street South.Crews will be upgrading overhead power lines,...

Renovations at the Taber Health Centre are underway with planned upgrades to the hospital's two operating rooms and surgical services areas.According to Alberta Health Services, work was scheduled to begin Monday (June 15) but would not affect delivery of service or any of the day-to-day operations.Temporary barriers, ...

The Alberta government has announced an investment of $3.1 million to increase rates for foster, kinship and permanency caregivers, in an effort to strengthen existing supports.Effective April 1, 2026, government officials say foster, kinship and permanency caregivers received a two per cent rate increase to help cover...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the art of dealing with U-S President Donald Trump is to stop panicking every time a new tariff is threatened. Smith says negotiators need to recognize that Trump, as a businessman, always has a plan A, B, and C up his sleeve. She says he'll ask for the moon but can settle for someth...

Alberta's Minister of Technology and Innovation, Nate Glubish, is set to travel to Paris, France, from June 16-19, to showcase the province's role in artificial intelligence.For four days, Glubish will join tech leaders, major companies, public institutions and investors at VivaTech 2026. While there, he will hold a ...

Alberta RCMP are reminding the public on how to share roads with commercial vehicles.As the traffic increases throughout the summer, police say sharing the roads with semi-trucks, tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles requires extra caution."A variety of vehicles share our roadways every day, and it's eve...

CALGARY - Alberta is planning to ask residents in an Oct. 19 referendum whether the province should stay in Canada or if there should be a future binding referendum on separation.It was prompted by two citizen-led petitions.A petition from the group Forever Canada, asking if Alberta should stay in the country, was veri...

The first window of time for farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan to obtain strychnine to deal with burgeoning ground squirrel populations is about to run out, and many producers are now hoping for better luck next spring.Wade Nelson, who farms near High River, Alta., about 66 kilometres south of Calgary, said it's best...

MONTREAL - A coalition of Black community groups has joined calls for an independent public inquiry into racism within Montreal's police force. Members of the Afro Youth Summit issued the call today following allegations of racist behaviour by members ...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are accusing the federal government of trying to ram through a bill to help police and spies after the Liberals warned they would take steps to speed up committee scrutiny of the legislation. The Liberals say the bill will en...

The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard's bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman, now convicted sexual offender, requires professional supervision. The board instead granted Hoggard six months of day parole...

VICTORIA - An environmental group is condemning plans by the British Columbia government to look into building two new hydropower dams, including a fourth dam on the Peace River. Joe Foy with the Wilderness Committee says damming and diverting big rive...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday he hopes all three of the crime bills introduced by the Liberal government become law before Parliament rises for the summer. Bail Bill C-14 received royal assent and became law on Monday, in what is l...

OTTAWA - MPs are calling on the government to tackle the rise of antifeminist ideology by funding programs that undercut the "manosphere" of online influencers who blame women for men's problems. The House of Commons women's committee was set to addres...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of ...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration's massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them of coordinating efforts to block arrests and deportations as part of a conspiracy against th...

LONDON (AP) - A Russian warship fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that Ohio should abolish the death penalty, saying it is no longer a deterrent to violent crime, confirming his change of heart on the policy he helped write as a state legislator 45 years ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A freight train struck a bus at a level crossing in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, killing at least nine people including two children, police and rail authorities said. The crash occurred at a railway crossing in Triangle, ...

PALU, Indonesia (AP) - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia's Sulawesi island Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks. The initial temblor caused strong shaking lasting more than a minute around Palu, a city of about ...