Alberta Health Services is reporting that the Fort Macleod Health Centre's Emergency Department will be temporarily closed from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, due to a shortage in personnel.It said nursing staff would remain on-site to provide care for existing patients in the facility, however, emergency care would be tr...

The Town of Taber will celebrate the reopening of the large ice surface at the Taber Arena on July 31 after months of repairs following a December explosion.The "Return of our Rink" celebration will give residents an opportunity to be among the first members of the public back on the ice before the Verset Hoc...

With temperatures forecast to reach into the 30s this weekend, many of us will be out trying to cool off in places like the Oldman River. Lethbridge Fire & Emergency Services Water Rescue team lead Charles Schoening says to keep in mind there are hidden dangers even with river levels having dropped since the start ...

A 20-year-old Lethbridge man remains in custody, accused in a May 10th incident that saw a single gunshot fired through a home window on Lafayette Boulevard. Police have charged Emilio Gagnon-Quinteros with five counts under the Criminal Code.Included in the charges are Pointing a Firearm and Intentional and Reckless D...

The Government of Alberta says it will create seven primary care corridor health corporations under Primary Care Alberta.The seven will take on planning, reporting, and coordination of work that the government notes can pull front-line providers away from patient care.The province explains that the new model builds on ...

The Alberta Major Crime Unit is still looking for Lanakai and Karl Morrison. Mounties believe the two children, aged six and four respectively, are with their mother, 35-year-old Krista Morrison and Karl's father, 35-year-old Daniel Ludwig. Both adults are "wanted by police for abduction in contravention of a cust...

Central Peace-Notley MLA Todd Lowen, who also serves as Minister of Forestry and Parks has issued a statement for the 36th annual Alberta Parks Day, which is tomorrow (Saturday, July 18): "Happy Parks Day, Alberta! I encourage all Albertans to take a little time to get outside, connect with nature, and enjoy the i...

Alberta Opposition N-D-P Leader Naheed Nenshi is apologizing after posing in a photo with the Israeli ambassador. The photo was taken at last week's Calgary Stampede with Iddo Moed. Nenshi says the image caused harm and hurt many people -- and for that he is sorry. Nenshi was one of a dozen Canadian politicians who app...

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 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 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...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as t...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as ...

Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract. Unifor released details of a proposed collective agreement between its bargaining leads and Ford Motor C...

Crews in Nova Scotia were in the air and on the ground as they continued efforts Saturday to fight an out-of-control wildfire northeast of Halifax. The province's Natural Resources Department said the fire, which started earlier this week and triggered...

The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100. On Wednesday morning the province's firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a...

THUNDER BAY - Premier Doug Ford is asking people fleeing northern Ontario wildfires to not return to their homes, saying going back to evacuated areas could jeopardize firefighting efforts. The warning comes as one First Nation has said residents were ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers have been recorded during Congo's Ebola outbreak as safety fears restrict the response in the worst-affected region, authorities said Saturday. Many health wor...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Islamic militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country's hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said. The Malian army confirmed ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, with two killed and another missing in an attack on a base in Jordan after days of intensify...