A well-loved Indigenous author was in the Bridge City on Tuesday for a tour of elementary schools and a book signing.Dr. Jennifer Leason is a recent winner of the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award, named after a former teacher and librarian from Lethbridge.Her latest work, Hummingbird, written in honour of her mother,...

It certainly was not the start the Lethbridge Bulls were hoping for, as they opened a six-game road trip in Sylvan Lake last night.The Gulls managed to score four runs in the bottom of the second on their way to a 6-1 win over the Bulls.Caeden Willaert, who pitched 49 strikes on 83 balls over five innings, took the los...

Tourism Lethbridge is marking a milestone, of sorts - the first anniversary of its Explore Lethbridge app. Created to help people experience the city in a more engaging way, the group says the software has become an important tool to showcase local business and attractions.To celebrate, Tourism Lethbridge says it's hol...

Like many in the community, the University of Lethbridge is recognizing June as Pride Month and has done so by raising a Pride flag on campus. Digvir Jayas is the U of L's president and vice-chancellor and believes it's key to the overall fabric of the post-secondary institution."It's very important to create a we...

New liquor rules could see Albertans be able to drink up soon after they wake up. The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission says licensed bars, restaurants and other establishments can now serve alcohol as early as 6 a.m. Licensed businesses and clubs used to need special permission to serve alcohol before 9 a...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservatives have tapped a former federal conservative cabinet minister and lobbyist to help redraw the map marking electoral ridings across the province. Monte Solberg is one of four panel members appointed Tuesday by a legislature committee overseeing the new map-making proces...

The latest figures from Rentals.ca continue to show that Alberta's secondary, medium-sized cities remain the most affordable places to rent anywhere in the country.In its latest survey, released Monday, four Alberta cities - Fort McMurray, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer took up the first four spots ranging in...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the easiest way to squash separatist sentiment in Alberta is for the federal government to butt out of the province's business. Poilievre, speaking in Calgary, says Albertans don't need a new country; they just need Ottawa to change its priorities. He says Albertans could benef...

It certainly was not the start the Lethbridge Bulls were hoping for, as they opened a six-game road trip in Sylvan Lake last night.The Gulls managed to score four runs in the bottom of the second on their way to a 6-1 win over the Bulls.Caeden Willaert, who pitched 49 strikes on 83 balls over five innings, took the los...

The Lethbridge Bulls begin a six-game-in-six-day road trip, starting this evening in Sylvan Lake.The Toros will then move on to Fort Mac to play tomorrow through Saturday night, before a stop a stop in Edmonton against Energy City Sunday.The Bulls are 6-and-2 through their first eight games - their .750 winning percent...

The Sylvan Lake Gulls managed to snap a three-game losing skid Sunday afternoon, but in the process ended the Lethbridge Bulls' four-game win streak.Scoring nine runs in the top of the 3rd, the Gulls would go on to beat the Toros 16-0, in game that would see the home side commit five errors.Sylvan Lake's three runs in ...

Culvert replacement work this week will result in one-day road closures in Lethbridge County and, in each case, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, crews will shut down Range Road 24-2 between Township Road 11-4 and 12-0 . On Wednesday, it'll be Township Road 12-2 between Range roads 24-3 and 24-4.Thursday ...

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...

VANCOUVER - The trial for Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who is facing 11 counts of second-degree murder in the 2025 Lapu Lapu festival attack in Vancouver, has been set to start on April 19, 2027. Lo has elected against facing a jury in favour of a judge-only trial ...

LANGFORD - Mounties near Victoria say they are investigating three reports of a violent online group exploiting children and young people. West Shore RCMP say in a statement that the reports are all similar and involve a group known as 764, which is p...

OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump is again saying the American economy does not need anything from Canada or Mexico and he is "not looking to renew" the continental trade pact. Trump made the comments in the Oval Office Wednesday when asked about th...

QUÉBEC - Quebec's auditor general says the provincial government showed poor planning in $2.2 billion of investments in various battery companies. The report released today by Christine Roy found that the investments by the Coalition Avenir Québec gove...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has prevented the City of Montreal from dismantling an encampment under an overpass near a skate park. In a ruling Monday, Judge Alexandre Pless said the city failed to provide a safe and suitable alternative for th...

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says more than 4,000 letters have been sent to the House of Commons committee on Indigenous issues demanding that the federal government immediately change the way First Nations status works under the Indian Act. MP Billy Mor...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A minibus packed with schoolchildren caught fire in central Zimbabwe Wednesday afternoon, killing seven, authorities said. Twenty-four children were on board when the vehicle burst into flames in the city of Gweru,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities served a search warrant on Wednesday at a Southern California aerospace facility where a chemical tank overheated last month, forcing 50,000 residents to evacuate. The warrant signed by a federal jud...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on Wednesday that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost for the rest of his time in the White House. The bill provides $38 billion for U.S....