More changes are coming, starting Wednesday, in the area of Whoop-Up and Scenic drives as crews continue to work on those interchange upgrades.Beginning this morning, added construction to the 400 block of Scenic Drive South and, this time around, it'll be more of an impact to pedestrians, more so than motorists.The ch...

With the hot weather now here, and forecast to last into next week, the City of Lethbridge wants you to know there are places you can go to cool down or stay out of the heat, and some are free.Public water stations have been set up at Nicholas Sheran, Legacy, and Henderson Lake parks, and Galt Gardens downtown.Also the...

A 16-month investigation into alleged drug activity inside a North Lethbridge home has now resulted in charges against four unnamed individuals, the property being fenced off, and the house temporarily 'boarded up.'Led by the Alberta Sheriff's SCAN, or Safe Communities and Neighbourhoods unit, officers continually saw ...

With all of our recent rain and 'greened up' coulees, it's hard to think of fire bans, but the Lethbridge region and southwest corner of the province have dried up considerably in recent days - the wind playing a big factor.With that in mind, the City of Lethbridge has issued a fire ban on all open fires for the entire...

The Government of Alberta announced they've accelerated the rebuilding of decades-old technology using advanced artificial intelligence tools.These tools are from companies like Google and Anthropic, which allowed the province to accomplish their goal in hours, which once took years to do.These tools help protect criti...

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) set a new monthly record in June, transporting almost three million metric tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products.In a statement Tuesday, the company said it moved 2.8 million metric tonnes last month surpassing the old mark estabished in June 2020.CPKC said second quarter figur...

The Government of Alberta unveiled the official Alberta Whisky logo, which they say will serve as a trusted mark of a made-in-Alberta, premium world-class spirit.The logo, which was selected in collaboration with industry partners, includes images of Alberta grains, water and landscapes within the provincial shield.&qu...

Elections Alberta says it will verify a separatist referendum petition by July 27, following a court ruling last week. The petition -- which was quashed in May over provincial law and First Nations consultation issues -- will now be checked while that original ruling is appealed. The advocacy group Stay Free Alberta cl...

The Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre will be the place to be this weekend if you love to watch traditional tae-kwon-do.Some 520 competitors of all ages are coming in from around the world to compete including athletes from such countries as the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, and India, to name a few...

The Lethbridge Bulls are the hottest team in the Western Canadian Baseball League, earning their 7th and 8th wins in a row in a doubleheader over Fort McMurray on Canada Day at Spitz Stadium. The Bulls took the first game 14-9, scoring four runs in both the second and eighth innings, before beating the Giants 13-3 in t...

Make it six wins-in-a-row for the Lethbidge Bulls after another narrow one-run decision, 6-5, over West Division-leading Okotoks Tuesday night at Spitz Stadium.Caleb Eager (2/3) and Lee Matsuzaki (2/4) led the way for the Bulls at the plate.Noah Simpson earned the win throwing 43 strikes on 67 pitches over five complet...

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...

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 ...

BOSTON BAR - A second out-of-control wildfire has triggered an evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C., already battered by another blaze that has forced people out of their homes. The Fraser Valley Regional District says it has upgraded a previous evac...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man suspected in several violent confrontations in the Granville Street pedestrian zone set up for the FIFA World Cup has been arrested. Vancouver police say in a post on social media that a woman approached patrol...

Canada's R. Scott Gemmill has earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series as creator of "The Pitt." The HBO Max medical drama chronicles the grueling shifts faced by health-care workers in a fictional Pittsburgh hospital emergency room. Toronto's B...

RICHMOND - One of four people rescued after a fishing charter boat sinking off Metro Vancouver has died in hospital, bringing the suspected death toll to seven. Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say the victims include residents of British Columbia, Toronto ...

TORONTO - U.S. authorities have approved an "emergency rescue" operation to import Canada's last captive whales and dolphins, a consortium of marine parks said Wednesday. The shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction is up for sale and the park...

ST. JOHN'S - A team of explorers led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has released the first images of the wreck of Quest, the ship upon which legendary Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton died in 1922. The ghostly ship now lies at the b...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan addressed her sentencing judge on Wednesday as she faced as much as five years in prison for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan's coast Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi while the search continues for five missing crew members, offici...

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Insurgents killed 18 police officers who had been abducted earlier this week and 11 soldiers in a separate attack in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said. It was the latest escalation of violence ...