A post-secondary student from Lethbridge Polytechnic has been recognized with a silver medal at a recent national skills competition. Second-year Heavy Equipment Technician Apprenticeship student Brandon Slingerland was in Toronto, Ont. last month representing Lethbridge Polytechnic and Team Alberta at the 2026 Skills ...

October's provincial referendum will not include a question on whether or not to approve coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. That fact was confirmed yesterday by Premier Danielle Smith, when asked about a recently-handed in petition headlined Water Not Coal. As she understands it, all ballot quest...

Alberta's Child and Youth advocate would like to see more data collection by the Province as it relates to youth homelessness. Terri Pelton, in releasing a 40-page report Wednesday, said she found it hard to find any provincial figures, adding they just don't exist.She feels it's becomes far more difficult to know wher...

The final preparations are underway for this year's edition of Warner Day on June 27th.Amy Son with the Village says the day will include all kinds of activities for the entire family, beginning with a pancake breakfast and farmers market at 8 a.m., the parade with plenty of floats at 11 a.m., and winding down with the...

EDMONTON - An Alberta Court of Appeal hearing is underway for a separatist group's attempt to have a ruling that quashed its referendum petition set aside. A judge ruled last month that the Stay Free Alberta petition shouldn't have been issued and that...

October's provincial referendum will not include a question on whether or not to approve coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. That fact was confirmed yesterday by Premier Danielle Smith, when asked about a recently-handed in petition headlined Water Not Coal. As she understands it, all ballot quest...

Statistics Canada says Alberta's population continues to grow. It says that the population in the second quarter of 2026 is 5,057,077 people. That is 8,926 more people than lived here in the first quarter of this year, and 46,999 more than in the second quarter of last year. Alberta ranks fourth in total population amo...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is suggesting it may be too late to put an anti-coal mining petition question to a provincewide referendum this fall. Earlier this month, Alberta musician Corb Lund delivered what he said were more than 200,000 signatures in support of his petition. By law, if the signatures are verified,...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes have announced they'll begin their 2026-27 campaign with a home date against Highway 3 rival Medicine Hat. The club says the Dairy Queen Home Opener will take place Friday, September 18th, with puck drop at 7 p.m. at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. While it's the 24th time the two clubs will meet e...

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 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...

EDMONTON - An Alberta Court of Appeal hearing is underway for a separatist group's attempt to have a ruling that quashed its referendum petition set aside. A judge ruled last month that the Stay Free Alberta petition shouldn't have been issued and that...

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney is shifting gears today as he goes from one of the world's largest political events to the world's biggest sporting event. Carney is just back from the G7 Summit in France meeting with top world leaders, and is i...

OTTAWA - The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation is repeating calls for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to one of her members for a remark she says was offensive. Chrissy Isaacs, a Grassy Narrows woman suffering from mercury poisoning, was in ...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons will rise for the summer following question period today. A motion was adopted unanimously to push through some final pieces of legislation, including the government's controversial lawful access bill. Bill C-30, to implem...

MONTRÉAL - Montreal-area police are warning the public about a rash of violent crimes targeting sellers of Pokémon cards and MacBooks. Laval police say they arrested 10 young men between 16 and 18 years old on June 9 and June 11. They say the suspects ...

OTTAWA - The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually. The federal government announced a plan in the 20...

LONDON (AP) - Police in eastern England on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo near the English university city of Cambridge. Cambridgeshir...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger's capital of Niamey early Thursday morning, leading to an exchange of fire and explosions, witnesses and a local security official said. Security forces were deployed to rep...

BRUSSELS (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe whose outcome will depend on how fast the Europeans take responsibility for their own securit...