The owners of the Runners Soul athletic store in Lethbridge are being recognized by the University of Lethbridge.Shawn and Erin Pinder will be honoured with the University of Lethbridge Volunteer Award for their commitment to a healthy, active lifestyle for people of all ages.The Pinders are known for their role as spo...

Lethbridge Plays is launching their new Kid's Map, a tool to help kids point the way to fun features in Lethbridge's parks.Designed for kids, the map uses easy-to-follow illustrations and icons to help families discover more than 50 spots like splash pads and skate parks."This map helps kids see their city through...

A new exhibition at the Galt Museum & Archives in Lethbridge is taking visitors back in time to when Alberta went dry, examining the social and political ripple effects of prohibition decades later.Dried Out: Prohibition in Alberta, now on display, aims to explore the province's 1915 ban on alcohol and the wide-ran...

Officials with Lethbridge County say they are aware of recent public commentary regarding a warning letter issued under the county's Land Use Bylaw related to signage on a rural property. To be clear, the county notes it does not regulate viewpoints or political beliefs. County officials say the Land Use Bylaw governs ...

Alberta's government is making some changes to get more instructors into classrooms. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has introduced four new expedited teaching certificates to help qualified individuals enter classrooms sooner. The new certificates will allow bachelor of education students in their final year o...

Hear the full conversation with Parliamentary Secretary Corey Hogan on the April 24, 2026 episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast! --A Calgary MP is of the firm belief that now's the time for an 'energy renaissance' in Canada, adding it starts in Alberta. Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to Tim Hodgson, Canada's...

An Albertan will be the next Canadian in space.The Canadian Space Agency says in a social media post that Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to the Crew-13 mission that will go to the International Space Station.The agency says the flight will not launch before September of this year.The post also says that Kutryk will &q...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has launched a website to put the weight of the government's persuasive powers behind getting a democratic mandate for sweeping immigration reform. Smith says it's about ensuring Albertans have the information they need to understand the impact of a yes vote on her government's nine refer...

The Calgary Surge, a professional team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced they'll play two out-of-market games this regular season in Red Deer and Lethbridge.The announcement was made by REAL Entertainment & Culture Inc., which added that the Surge will also play a game on July 9 at the Scotiabank S...

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced its top on-ice award winners, with Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Brady Magarrell earning Most Valuable Player honours.Nitehawks head coach and general manager Terry Jones said the Coaldale native was deserving of the recognition in a league filled ...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced that 2007-born defenceman Kyle Heger and 2008-born forward Gavin Lesiuk have been listed in the final rankings by the National Hockey League Central Scouting Service for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Hurricanes officials note that Heger, 18, was ranked 66th among North Am...

The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...

Local nonprofit Farming Smarter is seeking the public's help as they launch their 2026 season. The organization held a media event Tuesday, March 31, to showcase their past efforts while looking at upcoming and ongoing projects. "There's a lot of change here," says executive director Ken Coles. "There's ...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has allocated 14 inches from the farm gate for irrigation this season.Chairman Cory Nelson says the board carefully considers a number of factors when deciding on allocation."Based on modelling and snowpack data supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, we are v...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday. The spring economic statement comes one year to the day after the party secured a...

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU - The sound of singing rises up from the packed pews of St-Jean-l'Évangéliste Cathedral in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. But the congregation is dressed in blue, white and red Montreal Canadiens jerseys, and the song they're s...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will move to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew told fellow New Democrats on Saturday night. Kinew told some 900 people at a party fundraiser that the...

TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. If he remains in remission for abou...

MONTREAL - Montreal's airport authority has installed a memorial to two Air Canada pilots who died in a runway collision at LaGuardia Airport last month. The memorial at the Jacques-de-Lesseps plane spotting park states that Antoine Forest and Mackenzi...

TUMBLER RIDGE - Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community's "ongoing healing journey" months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General say...

LONDON (AP) - Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Sawe smashed the men's world record by winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The tim...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a "terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug traffi...

CHICAGO (AP) - A police officer died and another was critically injured after a man in police custody and receiving treatment at a Chicago hospital opened fire on them Saturday, according to officials. "Officers transported an individual...