The Lethbridge Police Service and Circle K are bringing back a popular program that engages officers and youth in the community. Known as Operation Freeze, LPS Sergeant Steve Veale compares it to a positive ticketing campaign."If they (officers) notice anything good, anything positive behaviour. They notice youth ...

Bridge maintenance on University Drive West will affect a small section of the roadway Wednesday. Crews will be working above the pathway tunnel near Father Leonard Van Tighem School washing the deck and sealing minor cracks. All four lanes, the two northbound and two southbound, will remain open, but crews will close ...

Parade Day is Saturday for Miners Days in Coalhurst, and the town has come out with its honourary parade grand marshall for this year's event. Longtime resident Alison Arneson, who moved with her family to the community in 1972, is known for her years of public service.Mayor Deb Florence says Alison has served the comm...

While the situation isn't something that will change overnight, the City of Lethbridge appears to have made some strides in addressing unhoused encampments. In a quarterly update Tuesday, the Community Social Development department says there's been a lowering in the number of high-risk encampments downtown. Resident B...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he's open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario. Kinew says the pipeline could make Canada stronger and there are workers in his province who would be eager to h...

A senior member of Premier Danielle Smith's government is again skirting questions about how he'll vote in Alberta's upcoming referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen was asked repeatedly Tuesday whether he'd vote for Alberta to stay or vote to hold a second ref...

The RCMP is changing up the look of its vehicles for the first time in more than 30 years.In a release, they note the look is more modern but will also improve visibility."This new look prioritizes visibility and public safety," says Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner."It ensures our vehicles are instantly r...

Albertans are being reminded not to put aquarium fish or plants into public waters.The Don't Let It Loose campaign urges against introducing these invasive species into ponds, lakes, rivers and other waterways where they could destroy the local ecosystem and even human health.The reminder comes after a 30 cm, 2.4 lb go...

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 Lethbridge Bulls returned home to Spitz Stadium Friday night following a four-game road trip, but it certainly wasn't the homecoming they had hoped for, edged out 3-2 by the Moose Jaw Miller Express in WCBL action.2nd baseman Kalem Haney, who went 1-for-3 at the plate, scored both of the Bulls' runs, the second sco...

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...

OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge has granted a discharge to a British military veteran over an assault outside a military equipment show in the nation's capital. David Henschel pleaded guilty last year to assaulting a young pro-Palestinian protester in ...

OTTAWA - Canadians have claimed more than $190 million in federal subsidies this year toward purchases of new electric vehicles. New data from Transport Canada shows 44,315 claims were recorded through June, half of them from Quebec. Ottawa relaunched ...

CHARLOTTETOWN - The premiers of Manitoba and New Brunswick say they feel a responsibility to defend a united Canada amid separatist forces in Alberta and Quebec. The provincial leaders are making the case for national unity at the Council of the Federa...

MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it could not determine the exact cause of a freight train derailment in northern Quebec last December. The agency says the derailment likely happened after a rail broke under stress from sharp t...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued dozens of warnings about heat and poor air quality for much of B.C. as sweltering temperatures aggravate the wildfire situation in the province. The agency says Lytton in the Fraser Canyon reported the provinc...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he's open to a west-east pipeline being pitched by his counterparts in Alberta and Ontario. Kinew says the pipeline could make Canada stronger and there are workers in his province who would be eager to h...

Tropical Storm Bertha crawled onto the southern tip of Louisiana on Wednesday, making landfall and packing strong winds far from its center after closing beaches from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi. The Miami-based National Hurrican...

PARIS (AP) - France recorded at least 5,700 more deaths than usual during a historic heat wave last month, the public health agency said Wednesday, sharply increasing its estimates of the feared toll from record-shattering temperatures. P...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread. ...