With gusty winds and no rain in almost a week, the fire danger for Southern Alberta has been elevated back up to Extreme. Under the classification, forest fuels, which you'd find on the ground, are considered as extremely dry and pose a very serious fire risk.The rating also warns of the potential for fast-spreading, h...

The Town of Coalhurst is looking at getting more use out of its municipal camground this Spring and Summer.Operated in the past as a drop-in campsite, the Town is exploring the idea of offering it up as a venue for private functions, like weddings, or other group celebrations, like tournaments.Miners Park currently has...

A 1000-plus hectare piece of land near the hamlet of Manyberries in the County of Forty Mile is being preserved for future generations of ranchers and wildlife.About an hour south of Medicine Hat, the area, known as Sagebrush Flats, will help to protect several different species of birds.The Nature Conservancy of Canad...

A Lethbridge university student and active member of the volunteering community has been singled out by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation. Alejandro Figueroa was one of 30 people honoured in February by ACGC for its Top 30 under 30 program that recognizes exceptional individuals youth under the age of 30 in bu...

A total of 395 organizations across Canada, including many in Alberta, are receiving funding from the federal government to advance gender equality.The funding totals more than $77.5 million, and is being distributed through the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) via three streams.$44.4 million for 218 organi...

The Alberta government says the province's water supply outlook is promising with summer just around the corner.The May Water Supply Outlook report shows conditions are on track to be much better than last year, with strong snowpack and multiple spring snowstorms."Most of Alberta is heading into the summer season ...

In recognition of Melanoma Awareness Month, Primary Care Alberta is reminding Albertans of the importance of protecting themselves from the sun, whether working or playing outside.Officials say that melanoma is not only the most serious type of skin cancer but the fifth most diagnosed type of cancer in Alberta. Melanom...

The provincial government is continuing to invest in AI programs to serve Albertans in all aspects of life.Just this week, the province announced a new panel on strengthening post-secondary education to prepare students to enter an AI-driven economy.On Wednesday, May 20, they also committed $10 million over three years...

The first-ever Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball event opens Thursday in Lethbridge, but the Canadian College World Series games, which were to take centre stage at Spitz Stadium, have now been moved across town.In a Lethbridge Bulls Facebook post late Wednesday afternoon, club president Kevin Kwame said, due to field co...

It was a good turnout Friday night for the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony at the Trade & Convention Centre.Seven new entries were added into the hall including former Lethbridge Hurricane and Chicago Blackhawk Kris Versteeg who remembers playing hockey at a young age."I used to play for my...

Seven new entries will formally be added to the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony slated for tomorrow night (FRI) at the Trade & Convention Centre.Included: Ross Bekkering in Basketball, Wacey Rabbit and Kris Versteeg for Hockey, the 2016-17 Kodiak Women's Basketball National Championship squa...

The latest Alberta Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation shows below five and ten-year averages in seeding, except here in the South, where it's slightly above.Provincially, about 53-percent of seed is in the ground, down from the five-year average of 61% and 59%, when compared to the past ten y...

The reeve with the MD of Willow Creek is optimistic that 2026 will be a good year for producers in her neck-of-the-woods.Maryanne Sandberg believes the current Spring conditions are aligning nicely for a successful Summer."Given that our dams are full. We still have a great snowpack up there," Sandberg reiter...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...

OTTAWA - Inclusion Canada and dozens of other disability and mental health organizations are calling on Ottawa to call off a planned expansion of access to medical assistance in dying next year. People whose sole underlying condition is a mental illnes...

KANANASKIS - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says while separatist agitation bubbles away in Alberta - and even in his own province -- his party stands with Confederation. "We support a strong and growing province of Saskatchewan with the united nation ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Memo warned PM of public anxiety about mental health, firearms after B.C. shootings Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government ...

OTTAWA - Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government officials warned Prime Minister Mark Carney that online sentiment was shifting from collective grief toward "emerging accountability narratives" - including questio...

VICTORIA - The flagship of South Korea's submarine fleet is docked in British Columbia where it's serving as a floating floor model in the Asian nation's pitch for Canada to buy 12 like it. The crew of the ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho, a KSS-III-class diesel...

OTTAWA - Israel's mistreatment of Canadians participating in a flotilla trying to reach Gaza violated the Vienna Convention, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday. In a social media post, Anand said she spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Gi...

Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama's plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state's long-running redistricting case iss...

BUGGENHOUT, Belgium (AP) - A train traveling at high speed hit a minibus crossing a railway in Belgium on Tuesday, killing four people, including two children, and badly injuring five other children in what officials called one of the worst rail accide...

BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's military clashed with the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group on Tuesday along a strategic river in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops pushed farther north, days ahead of talks in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli delegati...