A member of Lethbridge's judo community is off to the Commonwealth Summer Games in Scotland.Evelyn Beaton is one of five women who will represent Canada at the international competition."It's based on points, so it's not a specific event that you place at. It's kind of how you do over the past two years or the las...

With Saturday being exactly six months away from Christmas Day, the folks behind Lethbridge's annual Christmas Hope campaign thought it might be a good idea to get out into the community.Danielle McIntyre with the Interfaith Food Bank says they'll be setting up tables at the Farmers Market at the Trade & Convention...

It looks like it could be another bad day for air quality Friday in the Lethbridge region with Environment & Climate Change Canada forecasting a level of 8 or high, on a scale which tops out at 10-plus.Conditions are expected to improve for Saturday, though, only slightly with a moderate risk.Under the 'high' ratin...

Alberta Health Services has issued a Water Quality Advisory for Golden Sheaf Park in the County of Forty Mile.It made the move after it found elevated levels of bacteria in Rattlesnake Lake along the park's beach.At its current levels, AHS believes it poses a risk of gastrointestinal illness if the water is ingested.It...

MLAs Angela Pitt, Glenn van Dijken and Chelsae Petrovic will attend the National Conference of State Legislatures in Chicago this week.From July 25-30, they will meet with and attempt to advance trade priorities with U.S. state legislators, the Government of Alberta notes in a release.According to the province, the sum...

An online poll suggests support for a 13-billion-dollar Meta artificial intelligence data centre in Alberta differs significantly depending on gender and political tilt. The proposed project, set for Sturgeon County near Edmonton, would be the tech giant's first A-I data centre in Canada and its largest outside the U-S...

Parks Canada says charges have been laid against two hikers who, along with their off-leash dog, encountered a grizzly bear in Banff National Park. Video of the encounter on Taylor Lake trail was posted to Instagram, and Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the people involved. The regulatory charges under the Ca...

The Armed Forces says three members were injured last week after falling into a crevasse during a training exercise in Jasper National Park. Maj. Bradley Roy says the three-person rope team was performing a rescue exercise when they dropped about 20 metres into the crevasse on the Athabasca Glacier. Roy says the three ...

Barclay Parneta has moved from his role as interim general manager to GM of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, agreeing to a more permanent role.While he says he didn't take the job because things needed to be changed, he says the philosophy of building teams has changed."I think the fans, the staff will see really see an...

The South Chief Rockies from Magrath are the U-15 A Tier 1 provincial champions, after beating Thorsby 12-4 in the final Sunday afternoon. Head coach Jordan Brame said his team faced some stiff competition in the five-team tournament, but they pushed hard to take the title."The championship game we knew Thorsby ha...

The Lethbridge Bulls started a six-game road trip through Saskatchewan on a sour note Sunday night, shut out 1-0 by the Weyburn Beavers - the lone run driven in on a single by the Beavers' Robert Gurney in the bottom of the eight inning.Bulls' pitcher Adryen Tietz pitched five-and-two-thirds innings of scoreless ball, ...

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...

Two wildfires threatening the village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding area merged late Saturday, a day after the Pear Lake blaze destroyed structures, including homes, on the outskirts of the community. An update from BC Wildfire Service said the...

MONTREAL - At 17, Jasmine Pernot is set to become the youngest skipper and one of only three women leading crews in Quebec's new offshore sailing race, hoping to show other young women they belong at the helm. Jasmine Pernot will lead a crew of seven i...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing byelections will be held in August for three electoral districts in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. Constituents in Beaches-East York, Chicoutimi-Le Fjord and North Vancouver-Capilano will head to the polls on...

VANCOUVER - It was more than three years ago when Vancouver police arrested a man after he was seen using multiple bank cards to make withdrawals at an ATM. A search revealed he was carrying 66 bank cards and $39,200 in cash. The strange discovery in M...

OTTAWA - One year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she could see an immediate effect of the federal government's defence spending boost: RCAF pilots are spending more time in the air. I...

OTTAWA - Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over wars in the Middle East. "Canada and Israel are both ...

PARIS (AP) - Tadej Pogacar confirmed his status as one of cycling's all-time greats after winning a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title in emphatic style. Daring mountain attacks from deep, multiple stage wins and an ice-cool temperament all hel...

MOSCOW (AP) - A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Serge...

BERLIN (AP) - The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen...