Following a fire early Wednesday morning, the City of Lethbridge has decided to close the outside westbound lane at the west end of the Whoop-Up Drive bridge, as a safety precaution.The City is reassuring motorists the closure is a precautionary measure, but engineers, it says, have determined the bridge to be safe.The...

It's turning out to be a record-setting year for Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) with another new monthly benchmark set in August. In a release today, CPKC said it transported 2.54 million metric tonnes and loaded just over 26,000 carloads of Canadian grain and grain products. The new August monthly record covers t...

A well-used on-ramp onto westbound Crowsnest Trail in Lethbridge has been shut down to traffic as crews do much-needed manhole repairs. The City reporting that the southbound exit onto Mayor Magrath Drive North will closed until, possibly, Monday of next week, weather permitting. It's suggesting motorists needing get o...

Jobs, Economy, Trade, and Immigration (JETI) Alberta has provided a ten-year snapshot of the provincial labour market, including what jobs will be in short supply.In its 2025-2035 study, made public Thursday, it revealed labour shortages are expected in health, business, finance, and administration. It's forecasting th...

Solar panels will be banned from Alberta's provincial landfills beginning Oct. 1.The province is also launching a solar panel recycling program.A $14 environmental fee will be added to every new panel to cover future collection and recycling costs."Responsible solar energy growth means considering environmental re...

A wild number of requests for special mail-in ballots is prompting Elections Alberta to move up the deadline for voters to get one.The deadline is now Sept. 25, but it was originally Oct. 9.Elections Alberta shared during a media availability Thursday morning that requests have surged to 290,000, up from 225,000 two da...

Alberta's Police Review Commission and ASIRT have completed their investigation into a peace officer with the Alberta Sheriffs.On June 30 of this year, they entered into an investigation involving the officer, who was alleged to have potentially committed a criminal offence by possessing a certain type of intimate imag...

Government of Alberta Ombudsman Kevin Brezinski released the 2025-26 annual report.The report records the office's achievements for the year, and this year's highlights included investigations into complaints about administrative unfairness.These investigations, the province says, often revealed gaps in processes and i...

The Western Hockey League is changing its livestream provider of video hockey broadcasts on an 'interim basis' to YouTube."The decision to move the livestreaming of WHL games follows uncertainty regarding the future of Victory+, the WHL's exclusive livestreaming partner since March 2025," stated a league rele...

Liam Ruck scored with three goals, including an empty netter in the dying seconds, as the Medicine Hat Tigers upended the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-3 in pre-season play Tuesday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Dawson Spence, Cohen Pentney, and Oliver Sichtar scored for the Canes in first game action for both teams. Th...

The Lethbridge Hurricanes Prospects training camp gets underway Thursday at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.35 players - 19 forwards, 11 defencemen, and five goalies will be split up into two squads to be evaluated over the course of two days.Main camp will began on Saturday with 33 players including goaltender Leif Oate...

The Alberta government says it's restoring private property rights by removing Water Act approval requirements.Right now, producers say they're facing unnecessary barriers when it comes to how they manage water on their own cropland.That can include everything from pooling water to having a seasonal wetland on their pr...

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...

VANCOUVER - A veteran Vancouver police officer has been charged with breach of trust, fraud and theft for alleged offences dating back to 2017. Online court records say Kalwinder Dosanjh faces a total of nine charges including fraud over $5,000, theft...

Hundreds of trees have been found embedded with metal spikes in Vancouver Island's upper Walbran Valley, according to a court ruling that extends an injunction against a logging blockade there until early 2028. The B.C. Supreme Court court ruling says...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has named senior bureaucrat Scott Jones as the next head of the Communications Security Establishment, Canada's cyberspy agency. Jones, most recently the president of Shared Services Canada, is set to replace the ret...

OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week. A non-government source says the exact timing of the visit is being adjusted, possibly due to the funeral of Norway's King Harald, scheduled for Sept. 9 ...

PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says new lawsuits against OpenAI from witnesses to the deadly Tumbler Ridge mass shooting are a result of the tech firm walking away from a mediation process, calling it inexcusable and disgraceful. Eb...

MONTRÉAL - Hundreds of Quebecers are occupying hospital beds while waiting for a spot in a long-term care facility, and the number is on the rise, reveals data released by Santé Québec through an access to information request. It's a situation that rai...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Rescuers in Nepal pulled a second worker alive from a tunnel Friday, Nepal lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said. He posted the rescue on his Facebook shortly after army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet confirmed t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the ass...

Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday...