A charity motorcycle ride returning later this month aims to help a four-year-old Bow Island boy gain greater mobility by purchasing robotic legs.Riders from across southeastern Alberta are coming together for the sixth annual Ridin' for Kids Foundation fundraiser on June 20.It will raise money for Emerson Wikkerink. A...

The final preparations are underway for next month's Canada Day celebrations at Miners Memorial Park in Coalhurst. The four-hour event, which goes from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. July 1st, officially kicks off with the opening ceremony at 11:30, before the start of a barbecue and the handing out of birthday cake. Organizers ...

Family and friends of a Lundbreck man want to know he's okay.43-year-old Ryan Lane was last seen at his home in the commmunity at 4 a.m. Saturday morning, June 6th.Lane is described as having brownish/grey hair with a long beard, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds, and last seen wearing a grey zip-up Carhart hoodie, blac...

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...

One of Canada's best-known bears was one of three recently trapped and collared as part of a program to better track grizzlies in Rocky Mountain national parks, but The Boss managed to rip it off in no time.Parks Canada says Bear 122, or affectionately known as The Boss by locals, was captured on May 13 by wildlife spe...

Update:Wetaskiwin RCMP is advising that Tracy Norris and Leon Potts were located safe. Original story:Wetaskiwin RCMP is seeking the public assistance in locating two missing people believed to be travelling together. 50-year-old Tracy Norris and 50-year-old Leon Potts are believed to be travelling in a grey 2008 Chevr...

Mounties are testing a program that could eventually see criminal defendants battle a new opponent in court - artificial intelligence.RCMP say AI is being used to write police reports on everything from traffic tickets to serious offences - except major crimes including murder - in Alberta and British Columbia detachme...

Alberta labour figures for the month of May have been released. According to the Province, there were 2,670,500 people employed Alberta-wide last month, up almost 14,000 from April, and an increase of 104,400 or 4.1 percent from May 2025.Across the country, there was an additional 87,800 jobs created last month.Alberta...

Four runs in the second inning proved to be the difference as the Lethridge Bulls dropped the Sylan Lake Gulls 5-2 in Western Canadian Baseball League action Saturday evening.The Bulls' win came on just six hits, but included a homer from second baseman Kalem Haney, as part of the scoring in the second - for Haney, it ...

A Lethbridge wrestler is among 20 names on Canada's entry into next week's World University Combat Championships in Brazil.Angelina Ellis-Toddington, who currently studies at the University of Calgary, will compete in the 68 kilogram weight class.The team is evenly divided with 10 female and 10 male wrestlers.The event...

Since the Lethbridge Bulls weren't playing baseball on May the 4th, they've decided to hold a Star Wars-themed night, tonight, June the 4th, in their match-up against Fort McMurray. Fans coming to the game tonight are being asked to dress up in their best Princess Leila, Darth Vader, Jedi, or everyone's favourite Wooki...

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...

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...

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...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Europe on Thursday, visiting Ireland and France for the G7 summit. The summit is running from June 15 to June 17 in Evian-les-Bains and France says the focus will be on reducing global inequalities. The...

Police were out in force to keep prevent clashes at Sunday's annual Walk With Israel in Toronto. Tens of thousands were expected to participate in the walk, which drew an estimated 56,000 people last year, organizers said. Police said they increased t...

OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he's proud of how Gov. Gen. Mary Simon used her time in office to seek a balance between her dual identities as an Inuk woman and the Crown's representative in Canada - roles that some Indigeno...

OTTAWA - Louise Arbour will be installed as Canada's Governor General in a ceremony steeped in traditional pomp and ceremony Monday. She will then take over viceregal duties that range from representing Canada abroad to encouraging excellence and unity...

SHERBROOKE - Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard is pitching his party as the only resolutely federalist option in Quebec as it will likely face off against the separatist Parti Québécois in the general election scheduled for October. "On the refere...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside has appointed veteran labour mediator Vince Ready to assist in collective agreement negotiations with the union representing 911 emergency operators. 
 Whiteside said in a statement on Satu...

TIJUANA, México (AP) - Iran's soccer team arrived in Mexico on Sunday morning for training ahead of the World Cup, before three group matches in the United States later this month. Ehsan Hajsafi was the first player to exit the plane with...

MREIJEH, Lebanon (AP) - Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs without warning on Sunday, days after a ceasefire agreement in Washington went into effect and despite a U.S. request not to attack Lebanon 's capital. Lebanon's state-run national news ag...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country. The operation, according to the army's statement, was conducted in the Mandara moun...