Lethbridge is once again taking part in the City Nature Challenge.The challenge is an annual, global event where citizens spend four days in April finding and documenting as many plants and wildlife as they can find in their city.The Friends of Helen Schuler Nature Centre are hosting the event in Lethbridge as they enc...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding their third rally of the month this Friday, in partnership with Friends of Medicare and Inclusion Lethbridge.The rally is being held in protest of changes being brought forward by the Alberta government, which would switch some residents with disabilities from the Assured Inco...

Career Transitions hosted its 15th Annual EPIC (Exploring Possible Industries & Careers) Day on April 22, welcoming around 600 students from 34 southern Alberta schools and nearly 80 businesses.Intended for Grades 9 and 10, the event rotated students through five 20-minute sessions with exhibitors across Agricultur...

Lethbridge County says its annual spring street sweeping is about to get underway. Crews are scheduled to begin on Monday, April 27, and anticipated to finish by Thursday, April 30. Work is set to include hamlets, residential subdivisions, and industrial areas, as well as business districts, to remove leftover gravel a...

Lethbridge is once again taking part in the City Nature Challenge.The challenge is an annual, global event where citizens spend four days in April finding and documenting as many plants and wildlife as they can find in their city.The Friends of Helen Schuler Nature Centre are hosting the event in Lethbridge as they enc...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding their third rally of the month this Friday, in partnership with Friends of Medicare and Inclusion Lethbridge.The rally is being held in protest of changes being brought forward by the Alberta government, which would switch some residents with disabilities from the Assured Inco...

Career Transitions hosted its 15th Annual EPIC (Exploring Possible Industries & Careers) Day on April 22, welcoming around 600 students from 34 southern Alberta schools and nearly 80 businesses.Intended for Grades 9 and 10, the event rotated students through five 20-minute sessions with exhibitors across Agricultur...

Lethbridge County says its annual spring street sweeping is about to get underway. Crews are scheduled to begin on Monday, April 27, and anticipated to finish by Thursday, April 30. Work is set to include hamlets, residential subdivisions, and industrial areas, as well as business districts, to remove leftover gravel a...

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has issued a Special Weather Statement for Lethbridge and surrounding areas.Officials say bands of heavy snow are possible Thursday night through Saturday morning, with locally rapid snow accumulation and poor visibility. Rapidly deteriorating weather conditions are expected...

Lethbridge residents may have noticed an increased police presence in the downtown core as officers ramp up enforcement.Police say complaints and calls for service -- particularly along 2 Avenue A North -- have increased significantly in recent months, extending several blocks in all directions.Using CompStat data and ...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has launched a website to put the weight of the government's persuasive powers behind getting a democratic mandate for sweeping immigration reform. Smith says it's about ensuring Albertans have the information they need to understand the impact of a yes vote on her government's nine refer...

Alberta is formally moving to boost its number of legislature seats. Premier Danielle Smith's government has introduced legislation to increase the number of seats to 91 from the current 87. The change was recommended by the chair of a panel tasked with redrawing the election map to match Alberta's rising population ah...

Alberta's utilities minister says a public feedback report that suggests support for nuclear energy is still not a ``slam dunk'' for the industry in the province. Nathan Neudorf spoke to reporters in Edmonton about the report from Alberta's Nuclear Energy Engagement panel. Nearly six-thousand people spoke about their h...

Alberta's Opposition NDP say they will participate in a new review of provincial riding maps even though they believe Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives are using the review to rig the next election.NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says participating is the only way to at least try to hold Smith's United Conservativ...

Premier Danielle Smith is headed to Europe for a trip she says aims to attract investment, strengthen global partnerships, and promote Alberta as a reliable partner.The trip will last from April 23 to May 2, and include stops in Munich, Stockholm, and London."Alberta has what the world needs, and we're taking that...

Alberta's government is lowering the age for breast cancer screening to those as young as 40, a move that opens the door to self-referral so more people can access publicly funded mammograms by next year. Preventative Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says they're following the evidence that early detection significantl...

OTTAWA - Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is set to head to the International Space Station later this year, joining NASA's SpaceX Crew-13. A news release from the Canadian Space Agency said it will be Kutryk's first space mission. He will be the eight...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s Indigenous Relations minister says two First Nations nearing the end of their treaty process have developed "accommodation packages" with some neighbouring nations, but there's still more work to do. The Union of British Columbia Indi...

VANCOUVER - The federal government has made an application to exclude some evidence over national security risks at the trial of Iain Hunt, whose wife was reported missing in 2021 from their home in Port Moody, B.C. The Attorney General of Canada says...

VANCOUVER - Former RCMP officer William Majcher says he wants to get back home to his family and hopes for a not guilty finding on a charge alleging he prepared to threaten a B.C. resident to convince him to return to China. Majcher is accused in B.C....

WASHINGTON - Canada's top envoy to Washington apologized Thursday for sending an English-only invitation to members of Parliament at a committee meeting in Ottawa where he faced questions about supply management and the state of trade negotiations with...

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it has charged a consultant with fraudulently overbilling the federal government. An RCMP news release says 62-year-old Andrew McDermott and his company, AM Government Consulting Inc., face two counts of fraud over $5,000. The re...

Washington (AP) - President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Leb...

FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Two groups exchanged gunfire inside a food court Thursday at the Mall of Louisiana, killing one person and wounding five more, police said. Authorities had initially said as many as 10 people were injured, but the ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa. Leo also as...

ROME (AP) - Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official. Iran has not withdrawn from the Worl...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Justice's internal watchdog said Thursday that it is reviewing the department's compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The review from the inspector general's office...