LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a man with multiple drug and weapons offenses following a bike stop.On September 18, 2024, around 7 p.m., police observed a group of people in the downtown core and noted a man on a bicycle which did not have brakes or a bell/horn visible. Officers approached the man but ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - You can check out some of the best and brightest new homes in the city.BILD Lethbridge is gearing up to host the 2024 Parade of Homes from September 21 to October 6.Executive Officer Bridget Mearns explains that it is a showcase of 12 "stunning" new homes in six Lethbridge neighbourhoods.&quo...

A major collegiate softball tournament is being held in Coaldale this weekend.The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns softball team is among the eight teams competing in their league play tournament at the Quads-Baseball and Soccer Fields from Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22. View this post on Instagram A ...

OYEN, AB - RCMP in Alberta have charged a man with the death of a Lethbridge woman in Oyen.At 11:14 on September 17, 2024, Oyen RCMP were dispatched to a location where clothing and other personal effects were located in a treeline along a rural road. Police deemed the matter suspicious, and the Alberta RCMP Major Crim...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged a man with multiple drug and weapons offenses following a bike stop.On September 18, 2024, around 7 p.m., police observed a group of people in the downtown core and noted a man on a bicycle which did not have brakes or a bell/horn visible. Officers approached the man but ...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - You can check out some of the best and brightest new homes in the city.BILD Lethbridge is gearing up to host the 2024 Parade of Homes from September 21 to October 6.Executive Officer Bridget Mearns explains that it is a showcase of 12 "stunning" new homes in six Lethbridge neighbourhoods.&quo...

A major collegiate softball tournament is being held in Coaldale this weekend.The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns softball team is among the eight teams competing in their league play tournament at the Quads-Baseball and Soccer Fields from Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22. View this post on Instagram A ...

OYEN, AB - RCMP in Alberta have charged a man with the death of a Lethbridge woman in Oyen.At 11:14 on September 17, 2024, Oyen RCMP were dispatched to a location where clothing and other personal effects were located in a treeline along a rural road. Police deemed the matter suspicious, and the Alberta RCMP Major Crim...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - An instructor and researcher at Lethbridge Polytechnic is gearing up to undertake a new multi-year research project.Dr. Adriana Morrell, Agriculture Sciences instructor and scientific lead for the institution's Mycology Research Laboratory, has secured a grant of nearly $250,000 through Alberta Innovat...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge (U of L) has chosen its Alumni of the Year for the Pronghorns.Cam Slomp received his BA in 1992 from the U of L, was a former Pronghorns men's basketball standout and works as a financial advisor.He earned Canada West Second Team All-Star honours during his post-secondary c...

CN Rail's decision to pull operations out of the Rocky Mountain tourist town of Jasper, Alta., will have a devastating impact on local families, says mayor Richard Ireland.Ireland says CN Rail's presence in town is a key part of the community's identity, and he hopes the company will reconsider.The company announced th...

Following the provincial government's $8.6-billion announcement to fast-track the building of new schools, both public and private; the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) is urging more action.READ MORE: Alberta premier announces boost to school building budget amid population growthThe ATA says it does recognize the ...

A new survey reveals Alberta's Premier is one of the most popular provincial leaders in Canada.The Angus Reid Institue has released its latest Premier Approval survey for September 2024.It shows that Manitoba's Wab Kinew is the country's most popular premier with an approval rating of 66 per cent.After that, there is a...

The Government of Alberta has announced support as the Jasper townsite rebuilds from a major wildfire.The province is committing up to $149 million through the Disaster Recovery Program, which provides financial assistance for uninsurable losses or damages resulting from a disaster.Eligible expenses can include volunte...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government's $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones.Smith said the ultimate goal is to create thousands of new spaces for an exploding number of new students at a reduced cost to taxpayers."We want to put...

Zoos and aquariums around the world need to undergo an evolution from just focusing on entertainment to conservation in order to remain relevant with the public, an international conference has been told. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is hosting more than 2,000 zoo professionals from around the world at the Associat...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further. Joly has been urging Canadians to leave the country for months after attacks between Israel and Lebanon. But the ...

OTTAWA - Canada is setting aside $151 million for the fight to eradicate polio worldwide. International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the news at a Rotary International conference in Toronto. The funding comes a month after Palestinian officials announced the first cases of polio in 25 years in the Gaza S...

VANCOUVER - Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged "atrocious," "racist" and "horrible" behaviour detailed by a fellow officer. A schedule from the RCMP shows Constables Philip Dick, Ian Solven and Mersad Mesbah are slated to appear next February f...

MONTREAL - Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Châteauguay, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, say the three men were in their fifties and suffered only minor injuries, with one transported to hospital. The suspect entered the Musl...

OTTAWA - The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian landlords are using the same AI software that sparked an antitrust lawsuit in the United States. The U.S. Justice Department filed the lawsuit last month against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme...

MONTREAL - Quebec's public security minister says he's shocked by reports that a 14-year-old boy's death southeast of Quebec City is linked to organized crime. François Bonnardel was reacting to multiple media reports that the body of a teenager from Montreal was found near a Hells Angels bunker in Frampton, Que...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn't get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty on Friday to all the charges he faced in connection with a car-chase crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, changed his plea in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Paul Martin, 53. The charges ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand. The board voted 3-2 to approve the rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general's office, the secretary of state's office and an association of cou...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof. A five...

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand. The board voted 3-2 to approve the rule, going against the advice of the state attorney general's office, the secretary of state's office and an association of cou...

LONDON (AP) - Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, was a "monster' who raped and sexually abused young women, lawyers representing dozens of his accusers said Friday. The abuse went on through much of Al Fayed's 25-year tenure - from 1985 on - at the helm of the world-renowned London department store, the...