Lethbridge Latest News

• Imperial Oil job cuts come amid wider tech-enabled efficiency push in energy industry

  Imperial Oil's announcement that it's cutting hundreds of jobs is the latest in a long list of industry layoffs, driven by low oil prices, new technology and unfavourable policies.

  Economy

  5 hours
• With no new contract talks planned, Alberta teachers appear poised to go on strike

  With no new talks planned and the provincial government and teachers trading blame, it appears Alberta's 51,00 teachers are poised to walk off the job next week.

  Education

  6 hours
• Alberta premier defends decision not to increase province’s minimum wage, set to be lowest in Canada

  Starting Wednesday, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage in Canada. The $15 per hour wage hasn't been increased since Rachel Notley's NDP government hiked it in 2018.

  Economy

  7 hours
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• Moderator on Smith’s Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked

  The moderator of Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next town hall in Calgary has apologized for his "inappropriate" behaviour towards a teen who tried to ask a question.

  Politics

  9 hours
• Imperial Oil’s planned layoffs ‘deeply disappointing,’ energy minister says

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is blaming Ottawa for the layoffs at the Calgary-based company, which she said reinforces the need to build more pipelines.

  Economy

  9 hours
• Family of Alberta boy missing for a week say they won’t stop searching until he’s found

  The family of a 6-year-old Alberta boy, who has been missing for more than a week near Crowsnest Pass, are vowing to not give up searching until he is found.

  Crime

  9 hours
• ExxonMobil to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide amid restructuring plans

  A day after Calgary-based Imperial Oil announced plans to slash its workforce by 20 per cent, its parent company, ExxonMobil, also announced deep job cuts.

  Money

  10 hours
• Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel closes out tour with tense Calgary town hall

  The Equi-Plex events centre at Spruce Meadows in south Calgary was packed Monday evening as Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel held the last town hall on its province-wide tour.

  Politics

  12 hours
• Alberta businesses pivot as looming teacher strike cancels field trips

  A number of small Edmonton-area businesses are preparing to pivot if their field trip bookings disappear due to Alberta teachers going on strike.

  Education

  Sep 29
• Alberta man who murdered friend in 2004 seeks early release under faint-hope clause

  George Allen, now 73 years old, has been behind bars for two decades for killing and burying his friend and business associate, Garry McGrath, on his acreage east of Edmonton.

  Crime

  Sep 29
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• Alberta teachers reject contract offer, setting up province-wide strike on Oct. 6

  Alberta Teachers' Association president Jason Schilling said close to 90 per cent of its members who voted over the weekend were against the deal on the table.

  Education

  Sep 29
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• Imperial Oil to cut workforce 20% by end of 2027

  Calgary-based Imperial Oil had about 5,100 employees as of the end of 2024, according to a regulatory filing.

  Money

  Sep 29
• Officials make public plea for information in search for missing Alberta boy

  Searchers are putting out another public plea for information that may help them find a 6-year-old boy who went missing over a week ago while on a camping trip with his family.

  Crime

  Sep 29
• WestJet says some passengers’ personal info stolen during June security breach

  Westjet said Monday that some passengers personal information was accessed during a June 13 cyberattack that temporarily affected access to some of its servers and software.

  Crime

  Sep 29
• Suspicious fire damages west end home previously searched as part of Samuel Bird case

  A suspicious fire took place Monday at a west Edmonton home that was searched by police earlier this month as part of the Samuel Bird missing person investigation.

  Fire

  Sep 29
• Edmonton MP launches bid for leadership of federal New Democrats

  Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson has announced she is joining the race to be the new leader of the federal New Democratic Party.

  Politics

  Sep 29
• Edmonton’s ‘SpiderMable’ returns 10 years later, cancer-free and thriving

  It's been 10 years since the City of Edmonton came together to give Mable Tooke, known as SpiderMable, a day she would never forget.

  Features

  Sep 29
• Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel to close out cross-province tour in Calgary

  Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel closes out its cross-province tour Monday evening evening with a town hall in Calgary.

  Politics

  Sep 29
• Elks hang on to beat Roughriders 27-25

  After two straight games where they were the victims of a last-second comeback, the Edmonton Elks were finally able to hold on to win and keep their post-season dreams alive in the process.

  Sports

  Sep 27
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• Elks hang on to beat Roughriders 27-25

  Justin Rankin scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Edmonton Elks kept their slight playoff hopes alive with a thrilling 27-25 CFL victory over the West Division-leading Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.

  Sports

  Sep 27
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• ‘It broke me’: Calgary victims of fiery crash share harrowing recovery

  It’s a shared moment in a far from ideal setting — but for Taylor Boswell and Jonathan Ramoutar, the chance to recover side by side is a milestone they don’t take for granted.

  Health

  Sep 26
• Saskatchewan search and rescue crews join quest to find missing Alberta boy

  Searchers from Saskatchewan have now joined more that 120 other searchers from Alberta and British Columbia in the quest to find a young Alberta boy who went missing last weekend.

  Crime

  Sep 26
• More searchers arriving in search for Alberta boy

  Searchers combing through mountainous terrain in southern Alberta for a missing six-year-old boy say more help is on the way and that they're not losing hope he'll be found.

  Canada

  Sep 26
• Edmonton Elks staff fondly remember late owner Larry Thompson

  Larry Thompson loved football and Edmonton. When he purchased the Edmonton Elks CFL franchise a year ago he was, as general manager Ed Hervey says, like a kid in a candy store.

  Sports

  Sep 26
• Alberta court rejects latest appeal from man behind Brentwood 5 massacre

  The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied a request for more freedoms for a man who fatally stabbed five people at a Calgary house party in April 2014.

  Crime

  Sep 26