Environment & Climate Change Canada has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for a large section of eastern and central Alberta, including Lethbridge. It warns that conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The storms, the weather agency adds, are capable of pro...

Dubbed The Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada, the Town of Picture Butte is celebrating its 100th anniversary later this year. Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas, who represents the community, stood in the House of Commons on Friday, June 12th to acknowledge the milestone. "From its farms and local businesses, to its s...

A longstanding organization in the Bridge City has undergone a name change. The Chinook Sexual Assault Centre will now be known as the Aurora Centre.During a name unveiling Monday, board chair Cayley King said the group was looking for a brand that better reflected the breadth of their work and vision for the future. S...

With streamflows easing on the Oldman River in recent days, an earlier boating advisory issued by Lethbridge's fire chief has now been lifted.In a release from the City yesterday, it said that river flow rates have decreased and conditions have improved since the June 2nd warning was imposed.However, with the possibili...

The Alberta government has announced an investment of $3.1 million to increase rates for foster, kinship and permanency caregivers, in an effort to strengthen existing supports.Effective April 1, 2026, government officials say foster, kinship and permanency caregivers received a two per cent rate increase to help cover...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the art of dealing with U-S President Donald Trump is to stop panicking every time a new tariff is threatened. Smith says negotiators need to recognize that Trump, as a businessman, always has a plan A, B, and C up his sleeve. She says he'll ask for the moon but can settle for someth...

Alberta's Minister of Technology and Innovation, Nate Glubish, is set to travel to Paris, France, from June 16-19, to showcase the province's role in artificial intelligence.For four days, Glubish will join tech leaders, major companies, public institutions and investors at VivaTech 2026. While there, he will hold a ...

Alberta RCMP are reminding the public on how to share roads with commercial vehicles.As the traffic increases throughout the summer, police say sharing the roads with semi-trucks, tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles requires extra caution."A variety of vehicles share our roadways every day, and it's eve...

A Lethbridge-raised wrestler arrived back home in Alberta this weekend after competing at last week's World University Combat Championships in Brazil, her sixth international competition. Angelina Ellis-Toddington was one of four members of the Canadian squad to earn a silver.Wrestling in the 68-kilo class for about a ...

The Lethbridge Bulls are leaving Fort McMurray with four more wins under their belts, capping a four-game sweep of the Giants with a 12-3 decision Saturday.Unlike earlier games where the Toros trailed and had to rally, this one belonged to them from the beginning and was highlighted by a five-run second inning.Top Bull...

The Lethbridge Bulls have climbed back into a first-place tie with the Okotoks Dawgs after a 7-2 victory over Fort McMurray in WCBL play Thursday night. For the second time in two nights, the Toros scored three runs in the third inning, before adding another three in the ninth to put a cap on the win. The Bulls and Daw...

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...

Culvert replacement work this week will result in one-day road closures in Lethbridge County and, in each case, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, crews will shut down Range Road 24-2 between Township Road 11-4 and 12-0 . On Wednesday, it'll be Township Road 12-2 between Range roads 24-3 and 24-4.Thursday ...

It appears producers in Southern Alberta were able to get most, if not all, of their seedings finished ahead of our recent five-day rainstorm.The first weekly crop report of June from Alberta Agriculture shows a 100 percent completion rate for durum, mustard, flax, potatoes, chickpeas, lentils, and corn, and only a fra...

WEST KELOWNA - Residents of two West Kelowna, B.C., neighbourhoods are being rushed out of their homes ahead of a fast-moving wildfire burning near Okanagan Lake. The emergency management centre for the Central Okanangan says tactical evacuations were...

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he will take time over the summer to review the work of a committee tasked with determining whether Canada is ready to allow people with mental illness access to medically assisted dying. Committee co-chair Ma...

CHILLIWACK - British Columbia's workplace safety agency says it is investigating after 12 students were hospitalized Monday in what appears to be an electrical incident at a water park. WorkSafeBC says in an email that it has issued a stop-work order a...

MONTREAL - A coalition of Black community groups has joined calls for an independent public inquiry into racism within Montreal's police force. Members of the Afro Youth Summit issued the call today following allegations of racist behaviour by members ...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are accusing the federal government of trying to ram through a bill to help police and spies after the Liberals warned they would take steps to speed up committee scrutiny of the legislation. The Liberals say the bill will en...

The Parole Board of Canada rejected Jacob Hoggard's bid for full parole this month because it found the former Hedley frontman, now convicted sexual offender, requires professional supervision. The board instead granted Hoggard six months of day parole...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of ...

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration's massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year, accusing them of coordinating efforts to block arrests and deportations as part of a conspiracy against th...

LONDON (AP) - A Russian warship fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, authorities said, an incident that caused no damage but illustrated heightened tensions between the two countries. ...