If your plans this weekend include travelling west into B.C.'s southern Interior region, you may wish to postpone your trip for a day or two, after Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) expanded an Orange Alert for air quality for a large section of southern B.C.The updated warning now includes the Kootenays, ...

Just under 500 homes and businesses in Lethbridge County will receive curbside recycling service starting October 1. Director of Operations Ryan Thomson is thrilled about the new venture."I'm super excited that some of our communities will have curbside service starting this Fall and it's a great benefit for resid...

The Southwest Alberta Regional Alliance, also known in short as Alberta Southwest, is forming a partnership with four local governments and its airports in the region. The facilities in Cardston County, the MD of Pincher Creek, MD of Willow Creek, and Town of Fort Macleod, are each unique in their own way. The idea is ...

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued Yellow alerts for air quality for the southwest corner of our province, due to wildfire smoke.In a weather statement late Thursday afternoon, it said smoke is expected to cause poor air quality and reduced visibility, and while conditions had improved earlier in the day,...

Alberta's Opposition NDP say Albertans will not be fooled by what it calls "last-minute, disingenuous town halls" on AI data centres. The government announced on Thursday that it would hold three in-person town halls, along with a virtual one. One of the in-person ones would be held in Grande Prairie on Sept....

If your plans this weekend include travelling west into B.C.'s southern Interior region, you may wish to postpone your trip for a day or two, after Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) expanded an Orange Alert for air quality for a large section of southern B.C.The updated warning now includes the Kootenays, ...

Canada's Governor General will visit Medicine Hat next week to cheer on athletes competing at the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.Louise Arbour will be in the city from Aug. 10 to 13 for the event, marking her first visit to Medicine Hat and the first time a governor general has attended the Special Olympics ...

The provincial government says it is doing a couple of things to share information on AI data centres. A series of four town halls will be held. The first meeting will be held in Ponoka on August 19, followed by Sturgeon County on August 20, a virtual one on August 27, and another in-person get-together in Grande Prair...

Two prominent members of Taber's sports community were recognized last week during the reopening of the community's large ice surface, by being inducted into the Wall of Fame.Dr. Gerry Beckie is the former president of Taber Minor Baseball, and was given the Alberta Baseball Association's Award of Merit in 1990, before...

Vauxhall's Adam Macko is on the move, once again, and it came on Major League Baseball's Trade Deadline Day.The 25-year-old Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is now a Texas Ranger after being dealt by the club Monday for infielder Josh Smith and minor league pitcher Josh Stefan.Macko, who made his major league debut May 18th a...

Lethbridge's Evelyn Beaton is one of 19 gold medal winners for Canada at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.The 21-year-old earned the honour, beating Sofia Asvesta of Cyprus this past Friday (July 31) in the final of the women's 52-kilogram division in Judo.Beaton had never beaten the Cypriot in previ...

The Canadian Grain Commission is updating grading procedures for amber durum, wheat and lentils for the 2026-27 crop year, which begins August 1.In a release Wednesday, the CGC said the revisions will include updated procedures, definitions, and photo reference material. New grading factors will include: darkened and s...

New traceability requirements for beef cattle proposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have been shelved. The move followed a large influx of industry opposition with producers calling the new rules too burdensome. Heather Brown, the CFIA's national manager of humane transport and livestock traceability programs...

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...

Evacuations are underway around Summerland, B.C., after a new wildfire near Okanagan Lake exploded in size. Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen's emergency operations centre says the fire was first detected at 5:30 p.m., b...

TORONTO - The federal government has reinstated full coverage for a handful of health-care services for refugees, but doctors say it's not nearly enough. On May 1, Canada's Interim Federal Health Program imposed a 30 per cent co-payment requirement fo...

OTTAWA - Canadian dairy farmers are warning against any concessions involving their sector as trade talks intensify with the United States ahead of President Donald Trump's tariff deadline. A new round of 50 per cent American tariffs on a range of Cana...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in tents. The unanimous ruling by a panel of three judges overturned a Nova Scotia Supreme Court decision last yea...

OTTAWA - The federal government said Friday it is selling 10 of its used CC-130H Hercules aircraft to B.C.-based aerospace company Coulson Aviation, which will convert them into firefighting aircraft. They're part of a fleet of 12 retired by the Royal ...

TORONTO - A pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month's deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, police said Friday, vowing to heighten security around other major street festivals. Jessiah Massaro-Gill a...

RICHFIELD, Utah (AP) - A helicopter helping battle a large Utah wildfire crashed Friday with no word on the conditions of the two people aboard as officials said they couldn't immediately reach the crash site. The helicopter was one of se...

The Senate on Friday confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, returning the former Navy SEAL to the embattled agency he led temporarily last year only to be fired after he publicly opposed eliminating it. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a yearlong campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinforce U.S. support for Ukraine and try to force President Vladimir Putin's hand ...