Staff at the Lethbridge Costco have been raising money all month for the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation's Bringing Hearts Home campaign.Dr. Sayeh Zielke, who spoke on behalf of the foundation, is very impressed with the efforts of staff and management."So far it's exceeded expectations. The goal was $180,000...

Police in Lethbridge say they've charged a 23-year-old father after a dangerous situation unfolded on Wednesday (May 27) in the 500-block of 1st Avenue South.A child in an unattended stroller was able use his feet to push himself towards traffic, but was stopped in time by nearby security staff.His father, whose name i...

Environment & Climate Change Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for parts of Alberta this weekend, including the Lethbridge region.It's forecasting anywhere between 50 and 90 millimetres of rain beginning Saturday night and continuing until Tuesday.Temperatures will also drop considerably with daytime hi...

For the first time in close to a month, the price of gasoline in the Bridge City has dropped to under $1.70 a litre and, in some cases, closer to $1.65. While Lethbridge had been enjoying some of the lowest prices in the province last month, it quickly changed when the price at the pump spiked by 20 cents to $1.86 in o...

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...

The Government of Alberta issued a backgrounder on the upcoming Oct. 19 referenda.You can read it in its entirety, below:"Elections Alberta recognizes Albertans' deep interest in the upcoming referendum and will be providing important information on our website over the next weeks and months leading up to October ...

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...

The first-ever Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball event opens Thursday in Lethbridge, but the Canadian College World Series games, which were to take centre stage at Spitz Stadium, have now been moved across town.In a Lethbridge Bulls Facebook post late Wednesday afternoon, club president Kevin Kwame said, due to field co...

It was a good turnout Friday night for the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony at the Trade & Convention Centre.Seven new entries were added into the hall including former Lethbridge Hurricane and Chicago Blackhawk Kris Versteeg who remembers playing hockey at a young age."I used to play for my...

The latest Alberta Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation shows below five and ten-year averages in seeding, except here in the South, where it's slightly above.Provincially, about 53-percent of seed is in the ground, down from the five-year average of 61% and 59%, when compared to the past ten y...

The reeve with the MD of Willow Creek is optimistic that 2026 will be a good year for producers in her neck-of-the-woods.Maryanne Sandberg believes the current Spring conditions are aligning nicely for a successful Summer."Given that our dams are full. We still have a great snowpack up there," Sandberg reiter...

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, ...

MONTREAL - For decades, Dominique Boucher stayed away from the theatre. Boucher avoided being in the audience for shows because he has lived with a visual impairment for the past 40 years. But as more theatres in Quebec experiment with performances tha...

VANCOUVER - It's a pivotal day for the British Columbia Conservative Party as the Opposition in the provincial legislature will announce its new leader. The candidates, who had to pay more than $100,000 to join the race, were whittled down to five: fo...

OTTAWA - The federal government is facing increased pressure to state whether it knows how some of its recent policy changes will affect Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin was peppered with questions on the issue at ...

OTTAWA - The number of immigration cases being brought to Federal Court has more than quadrupled since 2020 - and some immigration lawyers are linking the surge in part to the federal government's use of artificial intelligence and automation to clear ...

Postal workers are set to wrap up voting on new tentative agreements today after more than two years of labour strife. Some 55,000 union members began voting April 20 on a five-year contract which includes wage increases of 6.5 per cent and three per c...

RALEIGH - Hockey might be considered Canada's game, but its most iconic trophy has extended its decades-long residency in the United States for at least another year. Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson scored in a dominating first period t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports, a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. The Gambia-flag...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health f...

BANGKOK (AP) - Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted. Two men remain missing. Lao and Thai rescue groups ...