With the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation nearing its $30 million goal for a new cardiac care centre, a Lethbridge cardiologist and educator is looking forward to seeing it become reality.Dr. Sayeh Zielke says the new centre, to take up empty space currently available in the hospital, will mean patients will have c...

Two members of the U of L's alumni community are committing a life insurance gift towards a program that helps student teachers in rural settings with travel and living expenses. The Paving Road to Success fund, started in 2024, is near and dear to Dr. Toby and Dr. Bernadine Boulet, both teachers and graduates of the u...

The City of Lethbridge is rolling out a new project to ensure better safety for pedestrians at intersections around town.Known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals, or LPI, crosswalk signs will change to 'walk' a few seconds before vehicle traffic gets a green light.Done in other cities in Canada and the U-S, it's meant to ...

Monday night's Lethbridge Bulls game against the Okotoks Dawgs at Spitz Stadium has been postponed due to rain.The club says the game will be made up on Tuesday, June 16th with a 6:35 p.m. game start.The weather was also behind the cancellation of Sunday afternoon's game between the Bulls and Dawgs in Okotoks.The first...

Renowned Alberta archeologist Bob Dawe has stood at this spot, near the windy, windswept craggy sandstone cliff of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta, thousands of times during his career.But his mind always goes back to what it was like at the site of what was basically an early abattoir for thousand...

The Government of Alberta have launched new flood mapping studies this spring that they say will provide detailed information on flood hazards.The studies will produce about 260 kilometres of new or updated flood mapping for 10 communities, such as Barrhead, Birchwood Village Greens, Didsbury, Driftpile, Eckville, Jarv...

Beginning Monday, June 1, childcare facilities across Alberta will be required to post on-site notices of high-risk, potentially criminal incidents reported through their programs. Under the new rules, the notices will need to go up within one business day after incidents are reported and in an area which parents have ...

On the latest episode of The Everything Red Deer Podcast: Thomas Lukaszuk, proponent of the Forever Canadian petition.Listen here: --If you ask Thomas Lukaszuk, perhaps you won't be surprised to hear that he isn't too happy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.Smith announced last week that Albertans will go to the poll...

Monday night's Lethbridge Bulls game against the Okotoks Dawgs at Spitz Stadium has been postponed due to rain.The club says the game will be made up on Tuesday, June 16th with a 6:35 p.m. game start.The weather was also behind the cancellation of Sunday afternoon's game between the Bulls and Dawgs in Okotoks.The first...

The Lethbridge Bulls improved to 2-0 Friday night with their second home win in as many nights, 21-6 over the Swift Current 57's.Delayed by close to 30 minutes, thanks to a passing thunderstorm, the Toros had control of the game almost from start, only trailing once, 1-0, before they had their first bat.While the one-s...

The Lethbridge Bulls opened their 2026 Western Canadian Baseball League schedule on a winning note Thursday night, upending the Brooks Bombers 8-3 at Spitz Stadium.With many of his regular players still in college, head coach Ryan MacDonald was able to evaluate some new talent."I don't know a lot of these guys...t...

While southern Alberta currently goes through a major rain event, some good news coming in from the province's latest crop report for Region 1.A May 26th survey of producers in the Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Strathmore, and Foremost areas found that close to 95 percent of seeding was complete, a jump of about 15 percent...

The Lethbridge-based group, Farming Smarter, is in its final year of a project that helps farmers measure moisture in their fields.The Smart Irrigation project provides specialized sensors to producers to track the conditions of their soil, but also offers up a five to seven-day model instructing the farmer on the best...

With significant rainfall and strong winds expected this weekend, Lethbridge County is urging residents to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature brings our way.Among its suggestions: to move downspouts away from foundations, clear gutters and eavestroughs, check culverts and ditches for blockages, and make sure sump p...

MONTREAL - Quebec political leaders are denouncing a white supremacist rally held Saturday in Shawinigan, in Quebec's Mauricie region. Masked individuals displayed a banner reading "I remember a white Quebec'' near the city's cenotaph. Quebec Premier C...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted again. Statistics Canada said Friday that real gross domestic product decline...

OTTAWA - A survey commissioned by the federal government late last year suggests nearly half of Canadians believe the country is admitting too many immigrants. The survey found 47 per cent of respondents believe "too many" immigrants are coming to Cana...

MONTREAL - An international student from the Democratic Republic of Congo says she was blocked from returning to Montreal due to Ebola-related travel restrictions. Merdie Sanga says she had believed the measure wouldn't apply to her since she hadn't be...

MONTREAL - Quebec's domestic security minister has opened an investigation linked to the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy in September on Montreal's South Shore. Ian Lafrenière says the administrative investigation will examine the actions of Longu...

OTTAWA - South Korean defence firm Hanwha says it has reached a deal with Algoma Steel to supply military-grade steel for the possible manufacturing of land defence vehicles in Canada. Hanwha said in April it had reached a separate agreement with Canad...

DENVER (AP) - Tina Peters, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by President Donald Trump, was released from prison Monday after the president successfully pressured Colorado's Democr...

LONDON (AP) - Peter Mandelson assured the British government it would "never regret" appointing him as ambassador to the United States, according to documents released on Monday, a pledge that was dramatically proven wrong within months. ...

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - Bombastic pro-Trump lawyer Aberaldo de la Espriella pulled ahead as a leader in Colombia's race for the presidency in the first round of elections over the weekend, capitalizing on a growing appetite for heavy-handed crackdowns ...