The Alberta group, Friends of Medicare, is behind a series of rallies tomorrow, including the Bridge City. FOM is calling on the federal government to stop Alberta's Bill 11 from becoming law. It believes the legislation will jeopardize universal public Medicare in the province, creating two tiers.Rallies are planned f...

Another opportunity is coming up for residents and businesses in the Town of Raymond to talk about the community's future progress.The town, as you may know, is looking at whether it needs to update its municipal development plan.While there is an online survey that can be filled out, an upcoming in-person session is a...

Weather permitting, water repairs are expected to continue Monday along a stretch of 13th Street North in the city. Both northbound lanes and one of the southbound lane on 13th will be shut down, with a detour in effect for northbound traffic. Construction is between 5th and 5A Avenue North with work scheduled to wrap ...

Another Lethbridge-based business is stepping forward to help the hospital foundation's Bringing Hearts Home. Flexahopper Plastics has donated $100,000 towards the building of a new cardiac care centre for the region. President Bill Spenceley describes it as a meaningful way to give back to the community. Spenceley say...

The Government of Alberta is launching a new licence plate to promote conservation, it announced Monday.Sales of the licence plate will be directed to the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA)."Alberta's wildlife and wild places are a source of pride for people across our province. This licence plate gives Albert...

Food Banks Alberta says their warehouse is critically low and is calling for corporate food donors and financial supporters to help restock the shelves.The warehouse supplies 112 member food banks across the province and said they got to this point because they shipped product out to their members faster than donations...

Alberta separatists converged outside the legislature in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon ahead of the province's birthday, with many praying, listening to sermons and saying Alberta would be better off without Canada after having joined Confederation 121 years ago."It's the corruption, the lies from out east. I'm j...

Premier Danielle Smith is set to speak in Calgary Sunday at an event marking Alberta Day.Alberta officially became a Canadian province on Sept. 1, 1905.Various festivities are planned this weekend ahead of the province's birthday on Tuesday.Smith's speech at Calgary's Heritage Park is set to come as the province's sepa...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Prospects training camp gets underway Thursday at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.35 players - 19 forwards, 11 defencemen, and five goalies will be split up into two squads to be evaluated over the course of two days.Main camp will began on Saturday with 33 players including goaltender Leif Oate...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced its annual season ticket pick up events for the 2026-2027 season. Officials say the Hurricanes will hold their Premium Member Pick Up on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Details for the Premium Member Pick Up will be distributed directly to Premium Ti...

A southern Alberta basketball player was part of Canada's Senior Women's National Team that beat Mexico 83-53 in Guadalajara on Sunday, Aug. 23, to win the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2026.Delaney Gibb, from Raymond, was instrumental in the match, along with Yvonne Ejim of Calgary. Officials from the...

The Alberta government says it's restoring private property rights by removing Water Act approval requirements.Right now, producers say they're facing unnecessary barriers when it comes to how they manage water on their own cropland.That can include everything from pooling water to having a seasonal wetland on their pr...

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...

OTTAWA - The federal government has 10 officials on the ground in Nepal to support Canadians affected by flooding, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday. In a statement posted on social media, Anand said the officials, which include a membe...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with a number of business leaders across different sectors to discuss Canada's trade relationship with the U.S. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office says the meeting covered recent developments on...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general is calling on social media giant Meta to implement the same protections for Canadian children who use its platforms that American children will receive. The company that operates Facebook and Instagram is ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to schedule another six byelections for the coming months. Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault officially resigned his Montreal seat on Friday, according to the House of Commons website. The MP for Laurier-Sainte-Mar...

Online posts claiming Canada blocked vessels from entering Lake Ontario through a canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway appeared online this week. The posts claimed a Fox News report said Canada would allow the vessels to pass through if they agreed to refe...

MONTREAL - The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec faced accusations of inconsistency on Monday after announcing her party would make it easier for doctors to work in both the public and private sectors if it forms a new government after the Oct. 5 p...

A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City's Times Square on Monday, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to officials. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Departmen...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departur...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - The bodies of a Texas chiropractor and at least one other person have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, and officials said Monday that one person remains unaccounted for after ...