A Canadian Pacific Kansas City train crashed into a semi-truck trailer that was on the tracks near Taber on Tuesday afternoon. Amateur video shows the locomotive traveling at a high rate of speed crashing into Read More
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A yellow weather warning is issued for Lethbridge and southern Alberta due to dangerously high winds. Strong west winds gusting up to 110 kilometers an hour are forecast through the rest of Tuesday as far east Read More
As part of Budget 2026, the City is reminding residents of some tax increases they need to be aware of. The Provincial Education Property Tax will increase 12.9% in Lethbridge, meaning an increase of $117 for an average Read More
The Chair of the Highway 3 Twinning Development Association, Gordon Reynolds, says he’s “pleasantly surprised” that the province is investing $152 million towards twinning a section of Highway 3. The section noted in the province’s capital Read More
The Alberta government is allocating billions towards the provincial healthcare system, with some benefits being distributed locally. Premier Danielle Smith, alongside several ministers announced Monday that $59 million over three years will go towards the cardiac Read More
The Alberta government in it’s Budget 2026 announcement has revealed that its allocating more than $34 billion over the next three years towards strengthening the health care system, with $4.9 billion going towards health infrastructure. A portion Read More
Lethbridge City Council made the decision to advocate for a pause to the provincial changes of Bill 12, which would transition Assured Income for the Severally Handicapped (or AISH) to the new Alberta Disability Assistance Program (Read More
A recall petition for Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf reached its deadline on Monday for gathering signatures. However, efforts for citizens to put their names down have been met with complete silence. Neudorf is one of 26 Read More
Lethbridge East MLA, Nathan Neudorf, shed his outlook with BCN about the upcoming provincial budget. Neudorf attended a Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce fireside chat on Wednesday, where he got to hear the concerns and perspectives Read More
On Thursday, the Alberta government made an announcement in Coaldale where they’ll support six new projects using technologies to increase energy production, all while reducing emissions. Alongside Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf, is recently appointed Read More
As of Wednesday, Country musician Corb Lund’s petition to outlaw new coal mines in the eastern slope of the Rockies is ready to collect signatures. Elections Alberta received Lund’s application for the Citizen’Read More
Medicine Hat City Council unanimously approved last Monday a capital budget amendment of over $131 million towards the development of the Saamis Solar Park. The proposed site within 1,270 acres on the city’s north side was Read More
The southern Albertan town of Stavely is mourning the deaths of three young junior hockey players after a two-vehicle collision occurred on Monday involving their passenger vehicle and a semi truck hauling gravel. The three Read More
Lethbridge County is planning to update its Residential Land Use Strategy and is looking for public feedback to assist in its development for Infrastructure capacity, agriculture protection and sustainable development goals. The survey will ask Read More
A town in central Alberta may soon be the home to the largest data centre in all of Canada. More than 300 acres of land will become home to Synapse Data Centre. Their plan is to Read More
Alberta Health Services is celebrating the final tally of their ‘Toys for Tickets’ campaign after participation from the public crossed a new record high. The Toys for Tickets program ran from November 20th and wrapped Read More
A century-old residence in Claresholm has been granted a Provincial Historical Resource designation from the Alberta Government. The Dr. McMillan Residence, built in 1916, served as a dual residence and medical office, accompanied by an operating Read More
UPDATE: Most service has been restored to all but a handful of residents. A Boil Water Advisory has been issued for the hamlet, and the disruption is expected to last at least 72 hours. AEA says Read More
Australia is still in a state of shock after Sunday’s massacre at a Jewish festival at the famous Bondi Beach. The violence erupted after hundreds of Jews had gathered for the “Chanukah by the Read More
Brooks RCMP say they responded to a serious motor collision on Thursday afternoon after receiving a call at 1:14pm that a semi-truck and an SUV collided on Highway 36 near Township Road 154 in Scandia. First responders Read More
It’s been a week of political gamesmanship in Ottawa. And the game could be called “Parliamentary Pipelines – Yes or NO? It started when Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives took wording from the Memorandum of Understanding Read More
A collision involving a semi-trailer truck and a pedestrian has left a 43-year-old Magrath women dead. On Monday, Raymond/Magrath RCMP were dispatched to an incident on 1st Street west in the town of Magrath, Read More
The debate around open pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains was re-ignited at a Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Monday. The CEO of Australian company Northback Holdings, Mike Young, held direct talks with Read More
OPINION: The Carney/Smith MOU: Who Really Won? What It Means, and Why Alberta Should Stay Cautiously Skeptical by David Craig Instead of automatically taking a pre-determined side based on whether we want Alberta to Read More
At around 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, a train derailed just outside of Champion, Alberta, tipping over 30 railcars onto their sides and off the track. Canadian Pacific Kansas City confirmed to BCN that it was their Read More
A 22-year-old man from Coaldale, Alberta is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon near Brooks. Just after 5PM, police including Brooks RCMP and fire crews responded to reports of a crash at the intersection Read More
Last year in Canada, over a billion dollars in insurance claims were filed in relation to auto thefts. And the Équité Association, which researches insurance fraud and crime, has released its report on the most Read More
The Blood Tribe Police are seeking witnesses from an event in October where multiple pedestrians were left seriously injured in a hit and run in Standoff. The incident occurred on October 10th near the Trading Read More
National Addiction Awareness Week runs this week, and according to provincial statistics, the number of overdose deaths in the Lethbridge area has fallen to a decade low. The city witnessed its grimmest year in overdose Read More
Members of the Lethbridge Metis Association, commemorated Metis Week and Louis Riel Day this week with a flag raising on Thursday night. The association which has run independently from the Metis Nation of Alberta for Read More
