Officials with Primary Care Alberta say the Screen Test program will be in Taber in July to provide screening mammograms to eligible individuals aged 45 to 74.The agency notes, a mobile mammography trailer will be at the Taber Heritage Inn & Conference Centre, located at 4830 46 Avenue, on July 11 and July 13-15.Sc...

The Town of Coalhurst has mailed 2026 Property Assessment and Tax Notices to property owners as of June 15, 2026. Property taxes are due by Friday, July 31, 2026. To avoid penalties, town officials note that payment must be received by the due date. Penalties for unpaid taxes are applied as follows: 12% penalty on any ...

The annual Pride Parade returns to downtown Lethbridge this Saturday, June 20. City officials note, the route and road closures are the same as last year. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Stafford Drive South, next to the Civic Ice Centre, and will travel downtown, ending on 5 Street South along the west side of Galt Ga...

It's Father Day Weekend, and if you're a youngster looking to do something with Dad, the Magrath & District Recreation Committee has a suggestion - drop by Family Fishing Day Saturday (June 20) from 10 a.m until 1 p.m.Committee chair Melissa Stanford tells us the event will be held at the community's fishing pond a...

Officials with Primary Care Alberta say the Screen Test program will be in Taber in July to provide screening mammograms to eligible individuals aged 45 to 74.The agency notes, a mobile mammography trailer will be at the Taber Heritage Inn & Conference Centre, located at 4830 46 Avenue, on July 11 and July 13-15.Sc...

The Town of Coalhurst has mailed 2026 Property Assessment and Tax Notices to property owners as of June 15, 2026. Property taxes are due by Friday, July 31, 2026. To avoid penalties, town officials note that payment must be received by the due date. Penalties for unpaid taxes are applied as follows: 12% penalty on any ...

The annual Pride Parade returns to downtown Lethbridge this Saturday, June 20. City officials note, the route and road closures are the same as last year. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Stafford Drive South, next to the Civic Ice Centre, and will travel downtown, ending on 5 Street South along the west side of Galt Ga...

It's Father Day Weekend, and if you're a youngster looking to do something with Dad, the Magrath & District Recreation Committee has a suggestion - drop by Family Fishing Day Saturday (June 20) from 10 a.m until 1 p.m.Committee chair Melissa Stanford tells us the event will be held at the community's fishing pond a...

Home sales in the Bridge City were up 2.5 percent last month when compared to May 2025, according to the latest figures from the Lethbridge & District Association of Realtors. 202 purchases were recorded last month in the city, with 154 classified as single family homes. On the flip side, however, total sales for t...

Some changes are coming, starting next Wednesday, June 24th, for Lethbridge Transit users that will impact all cityLINK routes. #1 Gold, #2 Blue, #3 Green, and #4 Orange will be getting schedule adjustments during afternoon peak hours. Service is also being stopped along 13th Street North and Uplands Boulevard North fo...

Alberta's participation in the Canada Strong Pass will allow Albertans to visit a great number of museums and sites in the province this summer at a discounted rate.General admission to these sites will be free for children 17 and under, and half-price for those aged 18-24. There is no limit on visits."We're pleas...

About 35 people rallied today at a Calgary hotel ballroom to formally launch a campaign to convince Albertans in an upcoming referendum that its time to quit Canada. The campaign is called ``Let Alberta Decide.'' Organizers promise it will be a serious, fact-based initiative to persuade people that Alberta has the work...

Chiefs for First Nations on Treaties 6, 7, and 8 say legislation announced by the federal government this week aimed at improving drinking water conditions doesn't make the grade.The federal Ministry of Indigenous Affairs shared this week more about Bill C-37, also known as the First Nations Clean Water Act.The commitm...

Alberta has launched a new patient-focused surgery funding model that pays hospitals based on the number and type of procedures they perform rather than through fixed surgical budgets. The pilot program began last month at 12 public hospitals and currently covers hip and knee replacements, cataract surgeries and rotato...

Albertans who apply for $100 payments from the province could see the money land in their bank accounts within two weeks of applying. Premier Danielle Smith has said her government is doling out the affordability payments instead of reducing its tax on gasoline at the pumps. Smith says cuts to gas taxes don't always ge...

The Historical Society of Alberta (HSA) has announced it has received an official commitment from the Honourable Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, for $133,000 in one-time, transitional provincial funding over the next three fiscal years. HSA officials say the funding structure will provide $76,...

OTTAWA - Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a federal proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction that could exclude "entire swaths of government-held records" from public scrutiny. Maynard...

OTTAWA - Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation. It introduced a new AI strategy, a bill requiring social media platforms to ban kids under 16 and a long-...

Two carved cedar totems now flank either side of the Canadian end of the Chilkoot Trail, a permanent reminder that the route best known as the path to the Yukon gold fields during the 1890s gold rush has a history that stretches back much further. The ...

VANCOUVER - Members of the union representing 60,000 British Columbia nurses have voted to reject a tentative contract deal in what the union says reflects "growing frustration" with the pressures facing the nursing profession. The BC Nurses' Union sa...

PRINCE GEORGE - A tornado watch issued Friday for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George has ended. Environment Canada had said conditions were ripe for severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes. It also warned of high winds, pin...

OTTAWA - Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on the federal government to be better partners, saying Canada must respect Inuit rights to governance and self-determination. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wrapped up a two-day Arctic sovereignty conf...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump changed his tune Friday heading into South Carolina's runoff next week, saying either Republican contender for governor - not just Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, whom he endorsed before the primary earlier this mon...

SEATTLE (AP) - Christian Pulisic's injury absence didn't hurt the Americans one bit. The U.S. national soccer team found a way to advance to the knockout round without the injured forward on the field, beating Australia 2-0 Friday for its...

LONDON (AP) - Two trains collided north of London on Friday, killing a driver and seriously injuring dozens of people on board. A passenger described being thrown forward by the impact then seeing fellow travelers with broken bones and bloody injuries....

SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. star Christian Pulisic will miss Friday's World Cup match against Australia because of a calf injury and was replaced in the starting lineup by Ricardo Pepi. United States coach Mauricio Pochettino made the announcemen...

LONDON (AP) - A British court sent two men to prison Friday for setting fire to property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a plot orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure. Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans continue to disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling Iran, while his overall presidential approval holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted as Trump suggested a deal with Iran had bee...