Shifting winds from two wildfires in BC's Fraser Canyon has pushed smoke into the Lethbridge region.On Wednesday, several B.C. cities including Kamloops and Revelstoke were shrouded in smoke.The same smoke has now made its way into Calgary, and other Southern Alberta cities, including Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, and w...

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...

The Lethbridge Police Service continue to search for a missing 20-year-old woman last seen back in March of this year walking towards the Coulees. Araya Riemann is described as a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, with a thin build, brown hair and green eyes.Police say earlier tips of sightings of Riemann in Cranbrook...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has concluded its findings into the Spring 2025 death of a man while in police custody. In its report, released Wednesday, it said the incident in question centred around the arrest of an unwanted guest from a home on Scenic Drive. Lethbridge Police were called just before mid...

An Amber Alert was issued very late Wednesday night (around 11 p.m.) for a six-year-old boy whom police in Beaverlodge say has been taken by his mother.Beaverlodge is 30 minutes west of Grande Prairie.According to police, on July 7, Lanakai Morrison was taken by his mom, 35-year-old Krista Morrison, from Valhalla Centr...

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has concluded its findings into the Spring 2025 death of a man while in police custody. In its report, released Wednesday, it said the incident in question centred around the arrest of an unwanted guest from a home on Scenic Drive. Lethbridge Police were called just before mid...

OTTAWA - A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada's AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada's data centre capacity.But spokespeople for the government pushed back strongly on the figure, saying it is not a projectio...

The Government of Alberta announced they've accelerated the rebuilding of decades-old technology using advanced artificial intelligence tools.These tools are from companies like Google and Anthropic, which allowed the province to accomplish their goal in hours, which once took years to do.These tools help protect criti...

The Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre will be the place to be this weekend if you love to watch traditional tae-kwon-do.Some 520 competitors of all ages are coming in from around the world to compete including athletes from such countries as the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, and India, to name a few...

The Lethbridge Bulls are the hottest team in the Western Canadian Baseball League, earning their 7th and 8th wins in a row in a doubleheader over Fort McMurray on Canada Day at Spitz Stadium. The Bulls took the first game 14-9, scoring four runs in both the second and eighth innings, before beating the Giants 13-3 in t...

Make it six wins-in-a-row for the Lethbidge Bulls after another narrow one-run decision, 6-5, over West Division-leading Okotoks Tuesday night at Spitz Stadium.Caleb Eager (2/3) and Lee Matsuzaki (2/4) led the way for the Bulls at the plate.Noah Simpson earned the win throwing 43 strikes on 67 pitches over five complet...

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...

MONTREAL - Quebec's statistics institute is projecting that the province's population will decline slightly in the next few years before stabilizing. New demographic projections released today show the population could drop by about 50,000 people betwe...

MONTRÉAL - The Quebec government says it is tightening the rules to curb dangerous trucking, particularly for drivers from Ontario. As of today, truck drivers from Ontario with less than two years experience on the road who want to move to Quebec will...

OTTAWA - Canada is objecting to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes. The move would apply to the 2028 games in Los Angeles, opening the door for Russian athletes to compete, but the IOC says it will decide l...

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says the outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite that has infected more than 1,200 people in Michigan has not spread to Canada based on current information. The midwestern state announced an outbreak of cyc...

BOSTON BAR - A raging wildfire complex near Boston Bar, B.C., has destroyed a number of buildings and has grown significantly to almost 200 square kilometres. Video posted online by the Shayne Findlay, the operator of Blue Lake Resort, show a number of...

OTTAWA - Eddie Goldenberg, who served as chief of staff to former prime minister Jean Chrétien has died at the age of 77. A statement from Global Public Affairs CEO Randy Pettipas, where Goldenberg worked, says Goldenberg died "after a hard-fought bat...

BEIJING (AP) - A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded "an all-out search and rescue eff...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics...

BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak, as Taiwan and China's east coast braced for another major storm expected to make landfall in the coming days. Most...