The Piikani Nation says it has serious and long-standing concerns over environmental issues - especially the degradation of its water resources. Officials say those concerns have been largely ignored, so members of the Piikani Nation will host a protest and community learning event on Saturday, March 28 at 10:00 a.m.,...

A 49-year-old woman from Burdett, Alta, was taken to hospital with very serious injuries Wednesday afternoon after a train struck an SUV crossing the tracks near the community.On March 25, 2026, at 2:39 p.m., Bow Island RCMP were called to the scene where a northbound SUV driving along Main Street in Burdett, just off ...

Lethbridge Public Library has several events planned next month.Saturday Apr. 11Seedy SaturdayThe Library and Environment Lethbridge are promoting local food and horticulture with exhibitors, workshops, a seed swap, and free compost. It's happening at the main branch from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.K-pop ConThe library is ...

The City of Lethbridge's waste sites will soon begin collecting mattresses and boxsprings.Effective April 1, residents can drop off their mattresses and box springs at any of the City's sites during regular hours as part of a new effort to prevent mattresses from being taken to the landfill."Mattresses are one of ...

Calgary's mayor says he doesn't believe past and present city councillors are the focus of an ongoing police investigation. At least three members of the past city council are involved in an R-C-M-P investigation. The purpose of the investigation is unclear, but R-C-M-P say it was referred to them by Calgary police las...

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney is taking up the Canadian cause as he's set to participate in two debates about separatism against a lawyer pushing for the province to go its own way. The first debate will take place in Edmonton in May at a member's only conference put on by Civitas Canada, a conservative non-profi...

The final four Alberta recall petitions that aimed to unseat United Conservative members of the legislature have failed. Elections Alberta confirms petitioners didn't gather enough signatures to recall Justice Minister Mickey Amery, along with MLAs Justin Wright, Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk and Ron Wiebe. All two dozen p...

Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa. The two governments inked a sweeping accord late last year touching on several energy policy matters. The memorandum of understanding included a plan to reach a methane equivalency agreement on or before April 1 ...

The Lethbridge Val Matteotti Golden Hawks have won the gold medal at the U15 AAA Provincial Championship.The Hawks beat the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 in overtime Sunday.Lethbridge had ended the season sixth in the South Division standings with 41 points, 20 wins and 13 losses, far below the Rebels who had ended first in the ...

The town of Coaldale will welcome teams and fans from across Alberta as the Coaldale Cobras host the 2026 Hockey Alberta U18C Provincial Championships, taking place March 26 to 29, 2026, at the Coaldale Sportsplex. Officials note, it's the first time since 2013 that Coaldale will host a Hockey Alberta Provincial Champi...

Coaldale is set to host the SSA 3A Basketball Provincials starting Thursday, March 19 at Coaldale Prairie Winds Secondary School.The tournament will bring together high school teams from across the province, with games taking place at multiple venues, including Coaldale Prairie Winds Secondary School, R.I. Baker Middle...

Farmers and producers in and around Lethbridge County are being invited to two free agriculture workshops this spring, hosted through the county's Agriculture Extension Program. The Growing Opportunities Workshop runs on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre. Let...

Canada's Premier Food Corridor (CPFC) is hosting a three-day delegation from Invest Quebec, bringing together 10 companies specializing in processing automation and digitization.The delegation aims to explore opportunities with Southern Alberta agri-food processors.According to CPFC, the event is part of its effort to ...

The provincial government says it is putting $250,000 over two years into an idea meant to get veterinary students to stay in rural Alberta.This money is for the Veterinary Student Recruitment and Retention Pilot Grant Program. It is intended to get rural clinics to hire summer students and to get those students to pra...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is beginning its deliberations about a Quebec secularism law after hearings on the controversial legislation wrapped up. The 2019 Quebec law bans some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job....

VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative MLA Hon Chan has been charged with assault, assault by choking and uttering threats, prompting his removal from the party caucus. The BC Prosecution Service says the Richmond Centre legislator was charged under ...

VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they have foiled an operation to smuggle methamphetamine to Melbourne, Australia, hidden in jars of pickles. The Mounties say the investigation was carried out with the help of Australian Federal Police and Cana...

VANCOUVER - The mother of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Maya Gebala says Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has offered to pay for her daughter to be treated in California. Cia Edmonds says 12-year-old Gebala, who suffered serio...

OTTAWA - A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the central bank is reconsidering how it thinks and talks about inflation as it prepares to review its mandate later this year. Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers was in Brandon, M...

OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding. The federal funding is meant to help provinces reduce development fees or other levies on new housing to speed up the pac...

SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - California lawmakers voted Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon's legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on March 31. ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who fled to China and his sister have been charged after an explosive device was left outside a gate at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa this month. Alen Zheng, 20, and Ann Mary Zheng, 27, were charged We...

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees. The defense...