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Lethbridge

Re-Opened
Changes to Botterill Bottom Park access
Repairs to Whoop-Up Drive have been completed, following the August 6 incident, so the Botterill Bottom Road has now been re-opened. The city says it is also advising all Botterill Bottom Park users of upcoming changes and safety considerations during the Water Treatment Plant upgrade project. Officials note, construct...
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Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation
Downtown Rotary launches "Catch the Ace" Lottery in support of Bringing Hearts Home Campaign
The Downtown Rotary Club of Lethbridge has launched its 2025-2026 Catch the Ace Lottery.Officials say all proceeds support the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation's Bringing Hearts Home Campaign, a $30 million initiative to build a new Cardiac Centre of Excellence for Southern Alberta.The lottery opens Dec. 15, 2025, ...
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Dec. 15--16, 8 AM
Milk River emergency department temporarily closed
Due to an unexpected clinical personnel shortage and inability to secure coverage, officials with ALberta Health Services (AHS) say the Milk River Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be temporarily closed until 8 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 16, when it will reopen to provide 24-hour service.During the tempora...
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Changes Begin Dec. 15, 2025
Lethbridge Polytechnic winter break closures and reduced hours
As the fall semester draws to a close and winter break approaches, Lethbridge Polytechnic is advising of upcoming reduced hours and closures for on-campus services.Officials say all polytechnic entrances will be closed at 6 p.m. Dec. 24. Entrances in Centre Core, Paterson, Physical Education and Technologies buildings ...
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Lethbridge Area

Re-Opened
Changes to Botterill Bottom Park access
Repairs to Whoop-Up Drive have been completed, following the August 6 incident, so the Botterill Bottom Road has now been re-opened. The city says it is also advising all Botterill Bottom Park users of upcoming changes and safety considerations during the Water Treatment Plant upgrade project. Officials note, construct...
1h ago
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Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation
Downtown Rotary launches "Catch the Ace" Lottery in support of Bringing Hearts Home Campaign
The Downtown Rotary Club of Lethbridge has launched its 2025-2026 Catch the Ace Lottery.Officials say all proceeds support the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation's Bringing Hearts Home Campaign, a $30 million initiative to build a new Cardiac Centre of Excellence for Southern Alberta.The lottery opens Dec. 15, 2025, ...
2h ago
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Dec. 15--16, 8 AM
Milk River emergency department temporarily closed
Due to an unexpected clinical personnel shortage and inability to secure coverage, officials with ALberta Health Services (AHS) say the Milk River Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be temporarily closed until 8 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 16, when it will reopen to provide 24-hour service.During the tempora...
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Changes Begin Dec. 15, 2025
Lethbridge Polytechnic winter break closures and reduced hours
As the fall semester draws to a close and winter break approaches, Lethbridge Polytechnic is advising of upcoming reduced hours and closures for on-campus services.Officials say all polytechnic entrances will be closed at 6 p.m. Dec. 24. Entrances in Centre Core, Paterson, Physical Education and Technologies buildings ...
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Winds 100 km/hr
Wind Warning for Lethbridge and surrounding areas
A Wind Warning is in place for many areas of southern Alberta today including the city of Lethbridge.Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) say strong west winds gusting to 100 km/h are expected this afternoon and evening.This means high-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind. Some proper...
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Lethbridge Police charge men with drug & weapon-related offences
Two people have been apprehended in connection with an investigation into drug trafficking.Earlier this month, members of the Crime Suppression Team looked into reports about suspicious activity at a west side residence.They reportedly observed activities consistent with drug trafficking at a home on the 700 block of C...
Dec 12, 2025
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Alberta

$1.17B In Funding
Ottawa, Alberta agree to extend $15-a-day child-care fees to 2027
Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as it works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.The two jointly announced an extension on the current deal, with the federal government providing Alberta more than $1.17-billion dollars in funding.It will extend both the earl...
Dec 12, 2025
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Alberta RCMP
Alberta RCMP remove 50 impaired drivers for National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day
Alberta RCMP removed 50 impaired drivers from the roads on Saturday, Dec. 6 as part of their role in National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.Of the 50 drivers, 28 received Immediate Roadside Sanctions FAILS, 13 received WARNS, and six novice or commercial drivers were removed for IRS ZEROES."These statistics are...
Dec 12, 2025
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Complaint Filed
Alberta's teachers accusing province of bad faith bargaining over recent strike
Alberta's teachers are accusing the province of bad faith bargaining over the recent strike.Jason Schilling, the head of the Alberta Teachers' Association, says they have filed a complaint with the Alberta Labour Relations Board against the government's bargaining agent.Schilling says during the labour standoff, the go...
Dec 12, 2025
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Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press
Elections Alberta gets extra $6.7M to handle outburst of recall petitions
Elections Alberta is getting $6.7 million in extra funding to handle the sudden outburst of recall petitions against legislature members.A legislature committee unanimously granted the funding at a meeting today.Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure requested the extra money because his office is managing 21 active re...
Dec 12, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Advocacy groups apply to keep court case against Alberta trans law alive
Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on transgender laws say they are switching tactics to continue their battle in court.The renewed challenge from the groups Egale and Skipping Stone comes one day after Premier Danielle Smith's government used the Charter's notwithstanding clause.The clause allows gove...
Dec 11, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta MLAs championing cross-border ties with U.S. lawmakers
Alberta MLAs Jennifer Johnson and Shane Getson are planning to build on a year of engagement with U.S. state legislators at the Council of State Governments National Conference in Chicago. That's according to Alberta government officials who say the MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka Jennifer Johnson and MLA for Lac Ste. Anne-Park...
Dec 11, 2025
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Canada

Photo Gallery: The year in photos 2025
Here's a look at some of year's top photos from The Canadian Press, as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2025. The Canadian Press
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No imminent threat of attack in Canada following Australia shooting: CSIS
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Monday it sees no indication of a specific threat in Canada following the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, even as it warns of the "realistic possibility" of an extremist att...
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CAF officer arrested on foreign interference allegation released from custody
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command who is facing charges related to a leak of sensitive information to a foreign entity was released from custody on Monday following a hearing in Gatineau, Que. Master Warrant Officer Matthew ...
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OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on Jews, says ex-leader Brodie
VICTORIA - British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, says the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic. B...
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Quebec teachers' union survey says 90 per cent have faced violence on the job
MONTRÉAL - A Quebec teachers' union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work. "We are here to teach, not to be beaten up," Catherine Renaud,...
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Teen admits to splashing Saskatoon schoolmate with lighter fluid, setting her on fire
SASKATOON - A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a former friend with lighter fluid and setting her on fire in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school. The attacker also pleaded guilty to unlawfully causing bodily harm...
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World

Small plane crashes in central Mexico, killing at least 7 people, official says
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said. The accident took ...
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Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus security
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities knocked on doors and scoured yards Monday in search of any video or other evidence that might lead them to the Brown University gunman, whose face was covered or not visible in footage captured before ...
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Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security. The filing came in response to a lawsui...
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Crews use sandbags to shore up breach in levee near Seattle after failure prompts flood warning
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) - Crews used sandbags to shore up an earthen levee south of Seattle on Monday after a small section of it failed following a week of heavy rains, prompting an evacuation order covering parts of three suburbs, an offic...
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Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of killing his wife, whose body has never been found after she disappeared from their Massachusetts home on New Year's Day nearly three years ago. Ana Walshe, an immigrant ...
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Britain's MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia's war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall "just below the threshold of war," the head of Britain's MI6 spy agency said Monday. ...
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