RCMP offers safety tips for Emergency Preparedness Week
Albertans are encouraged to be ready for an emergency.May 5 to 11, 2024 marks Emergency Preparedness Week across the country. The theme for this year's initiative is 'Be Prepared. Know Your Risks', with the intent being to encourage citizens to understand the risks in their local area and learn what actions they can ta...
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Downtown Lethbridge bike lanes to stay - at least for now
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of people were in Lethbridge City Hall on Thursday as members of a committee discussed the future of the downtown bike lanes.The first lanes were installed along several streets in October 2023.Just five months later, Councillor Rajko Dodic proposed removing all of the existing lanes and cancell...
May 03, 2024
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Lethbridge and Area
RCMP offers safety tips for Emergency Preparedness Week
Albertans are encouraged to be ready for an emergency.May 5 to 11, 2024 marks Emergency Preparedness Week across the country. The theme for this year's initiative is 'Be Prepared. Know Your Risks', with the intent being to encourage citizens to understand the risks in their local area and learn what actions they can ta...
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Week-in-review: Passenger rail, a big investment in Coaldale and an NFL draftee from Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Here is a breakdown of some of the top stories from Lethbridge News Now for April 28 to May 4, 2024. PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE An Alberta non-profit aims to build a train route connecting the province with Montana. READ MORE: Alberta-Montana passenger rail service proposedBIG INVESTMENT IN COALDALEA $222-...
May 04, 2024
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Downtown Lethbridge bike lanes to stay - at least for now
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of people were in Lethbridge City Hall on Thursday as members of a committee discussed the future of the downtown bike lanes.The first lanes were installed along several streets in October 2023.Just five months later, Councillor Rajko Dodic proposed removing all of the existing lanes and cancell...
May 03, 2024
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Alberta providing $30 million in new sport and recreation funding
The province is investing in new funding for sport and recreation facilities in Alberta.As part of Budget 2024, the province is directing $30 million through the new Active Communities Initiative to support recreational facilities.Minister of Tourism and Sport Joseph Schow says, "Across Alberta, the local skating ...
May 03, 2024
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Alberta
RCMP offers safety tips for Emergency Preparedness Week
Albertans are encouraged to be ready for an emergency.May 5 to 11, 2024 marks Emergency Preparedness Week across the country. The theme for this year's initiative is 'Be Prepared. Know Your Risks', with the intent being to encourage citizens to understand the risks in their local area and learn what actions they can ta...
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Volunteers to clean up Alberta highways this weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you are driving along the highways of Alberta this weekend, watch out for volunteers cleaning the roads.On Saturday, May 4, 2024, volunteer groups will be clearing provincial highways of trash as part of an annual cleanup. Helpers in orange safety vests will participate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.Driv...
May 03, 2024
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Alberta adds millions to women's and infants' health funding
The Government of Alberta has announced extra funding that it hopes will help to protect the health of women and babies.Premier Danielle Smith says healthy families are the foundation of healthy communities."Investing in women's health and newborn screening means better outcomes and more peace of mind. We're givin...
May 03, 2024
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Alberta was one of Canada's top contributors to economic growth in 2023
A new report from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta was one of the country's top economic performers last year, despite national growth slowing.Real GDP growth for all of Canada was 1.2 per cent in 2023, falling from 3.6 per cent in 2022. Alberta's economy grew by 1.5 per cent, as supposed to 5.1 per cent the year p...
May 03, 2024
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Local Sports
Hurricanes' Chadwick named WHL Scholastic Player of the Year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman Noah Chadwick has been named the Western Hockey League Scholastic Player of the Year.On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the WHL announced Chadwick as the winner of the Daryl K. Doc Seaman Memorial Award. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Western Hockey League (@wester...
May 02, 2024
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Lethbridge football player Tanner McLachlan drafted by Cincinnati Bengals
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge-born football player has made history.On Sunday, April 28, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Tanner McLachlan with the 194th overall pick in the 2024 National Football League (NFL) Draft. McLachlan grew up in the city and played for the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (LCI) Rams football team...
May 02, 2024
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Rocky Mountain Turf Club horse races return for 2024 season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A staple of sport in Southern Alberta is returning for 2024.The Rocky Mountain Turf Club begins its 2024 season on Saturday, May 4. The day kicks off nearly four months of horse races on weekends, and the club will host its' Kentucky Derby races on that same day.Jockeys at the start of the Rocky Mounta...
May 01, 2024
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Agriculture
High prices of farmland translates to higher rental rates
Farmland rental rates are keeping pace with the value of farmland across Canada.Farm Credit Canada (FCC) provides a rental rate analysis for all cultivated farmland from data on cash rental rates and the Farmland Values Report.The analysis provides a detailed breakdown of rent-to-price ratios by province, highlighting ...
May 02, 2024
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Agricultural recycling program extended until end of 2025
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A recycling program for Alberta farmers has been extended.The 'Alberta Ag Plastic. Recycle It!' pilot program is operated by nonprofit Cleanfarms. It allows farmers to recycle their grain bags and twine. This marks the second extension of the program following its launch in October 2019.Officials say s...
May 02, 2024
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Alberta reveals 2024 drought response plan with current status one step away from water emergency
The Alberta government on Thursday outlined what it would take for it to active a never-before declared water emergency under the province's 2024 drought response plan. The province is currently at the drought plan's Stage 4 which includes the landmark water-sharing agreements signed in April. There are three triggers ...
May 02, 2024
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Canada
As Ottawa replaces watchdog for firms operating abroad, advocates urge full reform
OTTAWA - Advocates are calling on Ottawa to profoundly change the powers of the watchdog who monitors Canadian corporations operating abroad, as the Liberals review how a new ombudsman should take on the job. The Trudeau government replaced a monitor for the mining sector five years ago with what it called the Canadian...
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B.C. man wants homes for thousands of books he soon won't be able to read
VANCOUVER - In the 10 years since John William started to lose his vision, he's been finding new ways to enjoy his vast personal library. Right now, that involves glasses and a magnifying glass with bright lights illuminating the pages. But he says it's time to say goodbye to much of his collection, about 3,500 books...
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Poilievre tight-lipped on what Conservatives might do with capital gains tax changes
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation. But even as he characterizes their plan as an "attack," his office is keeping tight-lipped about whether or not his party will vote in...
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Macklem tries to stay out of the fray as MPs do their best to use him to score points
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the chance to question the governor on monetary policy. At a time when inflation and interest rates are both high, MPs - par...
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Trudeau acknowledges charges in Nijjar killing, calls for commitment to democracy
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged the charges laid Friday in relation to the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Speaking Saturday at a Sikh Foundation of Canada gala at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Trudeau said Canadians have a fundamental right to live safely, free from d...
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Princess Anne lays wreath at B.C. veteran's cemetery; receives 21-gun salute
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Princess Anne paid tribute to veterans buried at a cemetery in British Columbia today, laying a wreath to honour the more than 2,500 military personnel and family members buried there. The princess spent more than an hour touring the God's Acre cemetery, a national historic site in Esquimalt, B.C., th...
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World
Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants
MIAMI (AP) - Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week - a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's trousers on April...
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Mexican officials say 3 bodies recovered in Baja California during search for 3 missing foreigners
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered duri...
May 04, 2024
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The Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after just 2 seasons in charge and 1st-round playoff exit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles to the Western Conference finals...
May 03, 2024
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