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Former Alberta cabinet minister says Smith can't survive UCP crisis after referendum
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third worst year on record, nationally
$1.8B in damages caused by Prairie storms this summer
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Town of Coalhurst byelection nominations to be accepted until Nov. 9
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Lethbridge and Area

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on regular operating days
Lethbridge County adjusts year-round transfer station hours beginning Nov. 1
Lethbridge County is updating hours of operation to its transfer stations starting in November.It says residents will still have access to sites run by Lethbridge Regional Waste Management Services Commission on regular days. The change, however, is that all stations will be open, on those days, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m...
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third worst year on record, nationally
$1.8B in damages caused by Prairie storms this summer
The Insurance Bureau of Canada is reporting an estimated $1.8 billion in losses caused by storms this year across the Prairies.There were ten major events across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with estimates coming from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc."Once again, the Canadian Prairies have been hi...
12h ago
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Coalhurst.ca
Town of Coalhurst byelection nominations to be accepted until Nov. 9
The nomination period for candidates to fill a vacant spot on Coalhurst Town Council remains open for a few more weeks. While many might think they don't have the knowledge or experience to be a councillor, mayor Deb Florence tends to disagree."You don't need to know everything about municipal governance. You can ...
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Health Care
Fundraiser for Bringing Hearts Home raises just under $78,000 for new cardiac care unit
The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation has received a 77,000-plus dollar donation towards its Bringing Hearts Home campaign. The latest gift came from the group, Crop Aid Nutrition, and its recent Heart of Harvest fundraiser. The leading charge in raising the money is the organization's district manager Walter Van Ee...
15h ago
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What's Happening
'Comfort kills dreams': Family says soldier killed in base fire was living his dream
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The 4 soldiers killed in fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
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Video of contact with possibly rabid skunk in B.C. prompts health authority warning
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GreenFox
Why waiting to replace your windows and doors could cost you more than you think
Atikamekw baby to be reburied in home community more than 70 years after death
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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on regular operating days
Lethbridge County adjusts year-round transfer station hours beginning Nov. 1
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Alberta

"immigrant students are not the problem"
Alberta teachers push back on education-related referendum questions
The Alberta Teachers' Association is pushing back following the results on questions two and four of the 2026 Alberta referendum."The challenges facing Alberta's public schools remain, and immigrant students are not the problem," says Jason Schilling, ATA president."Now is the time for the provincial gov...
8h ago
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Provincial Politics
Former Alberta cabinet minister says Smith can't survive UCP crisis after referendum
A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive the crisis in her United Conservative Party amid fallout from the separation referendum. Peter Guthrie, who was removed from the UCP caucus after criticizing the government over a health-care procurement scandal, now leads the upstart Progressi...
11h ago
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third worst year on record, nationally
$1.8B in damages caused by Prairie storms this summer
The Insurance Bureau of Canada is reporting an estimated $1.8 billion in losses caused by storms this year across the Prairies.There were ten major events across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with estimates coming from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc."Once again, the Canadian Prairies have been hi...
12h ago
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Some Voting Locations Still To Report
Some referendum questions flip to 'no' as the count continues in Alberta
More of the constitutional questions in Alberta's historic referendum have flipped to ``no'' with votes still being counted. Alberta voters went to the polls on Monday and were asked 10 different questions. The key question was on separation and roughly 75 per cent of votes backed staying in Canada, but it has taken lo...
18h ago
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Local Sports

Junior Hockey
Copperheads looking to bounce back after Oct. 16 shutout loss
The Coaldale Copperheads will look to improve their record to five and three, on the season, when they play host to the Wheatland Kings Saturday night at the 'Snake Pit'. Through seven games, forward Kobe Fujita leads the Heritage Junior Hockey League club in goals with six and nine total points.Goaltender Brylin Noble...
Oct 20, 2026
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Weekend Recap
Kodiaks soccer teams earn road wins as basketball and volleyball open seasons
The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks women's and men's soccer teams picked up road victories over the Olds College Broncos on Saturday, while men's volleyball bounced back from a five-set loss to the SAIT Trojans with a win on Sunday. The weekend also marked the start of Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC) regul...
Oct 19, 2026
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Alberta Senior Women's Hockey League
Medicine Hat's Mad Hatters and Lethbridge Chinook Riders play each team's first-ever game
A historic first for two southern Alberta hockey teams on Saturday at the Blood Tribe Twin Rinks in Stand Off.The Mad Hatters from Medicine Hat and the Lethbridge Chinook Riders faced off in each team's first-ever game.Both teams are playing in the first season of the Alberta Senior Women's Hockey League, a division of...
Oct 19, 2026
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Agriculture

third worst year on record, nationally
$1.8B in damages caused by Prairie storms this summer
The Insurance Bureau of Canada is reporting an estimated $1.8 billion in losses caused by storms this year across the Prairies.There were ten major events across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with estimates coming from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc."Once again, the Canadian Prairies have been hi...
12h ago
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SMRID
St. Mary River irrigation District water deliveries end for 2026 on Thursday
Water deliveries in the St. Mary River Irrigation District end Thursday, Oct. 8, as the district wraps up its 2026 irrigation season.Irrigators are asked to ensure their dugouts are filled before the end of the day Thursday and to check that their valves and works are shut off before the start of the 2027 water season....
Oct 8, 2026
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Agriculture
Alberta Grains looking for new directors, delegates for 2027 season
Alberta Grains is inviting farmers from all six growing regions in the province to either nominate themselves or another producer, to be a director or delegate for the commission. Scott Jesperson is the chair of Alberta Grains...To be eligible, farmers have to be growing wheat or barley in their home region and have pa...
Oct 1, 2026
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Canada

'Comfort kills dreams': Family says soldier killed in base fire was living his dream
PRINCE ALBERT - Patricia Farrell is not even a week removed from the death of her son in a military training exercise gone wrong. She looks over an array of seven photos of Pte. Shaun Farrell. One is of him as a newborn with a mohawk. Another shows him...
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The 4 soldiers killed in fast-moving fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
WAINWRIGHT - Four Armed Forces members were killed when a fast-moving fire overwhelmed soldiers during a training exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton, on Saturday. Dozens of others were injured, with 27 remaining in hospi...
7h ago
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Video of contact with possibly rabid skunk in B.C. prompts health authority warning
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone in the city's downtown who has had contact with a possibly rabid skunk to get a medical assessment immediately after a video emerged on social media. The video posted on Facebook on Oct. 10 shows a...
9h ago
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Atikamekw baby to be reburied in home community more than 70 years after death
MONTREAL - More than 70 years after his death, an Atikamekw baby buried far from his family in Quebec City will be laid to rest in his home community. After 12 years of searching, the family of Maxime Ottawa has located his burial site, exhumed his rem...
9h ago
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Ottawa tells its diplomats not to meet with U.S. midterm candidates
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were directed this week not to meet with or attend events with candidates in the U.S. midterm elections. Glen Linder, assistant deputy minister for the Americas at Global Affairs Canada, sent a memo midday Tuesday to members...
12h ago
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Singapore firm set to buy shut Yukon mine for $140M, promises $1.4B in investment
VANCOUVER - The Eagle Gold mine once accounted for between five and seven per cent of the Yukon's GDP before it was shut down by a 2024 environmental disaster. But the beleaguered operation could have a new life, after a Singapore-based mining company ...
13h ago
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World

Execution staff warned IV site might have 'blown' during Christa Pike's execution attempt
Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was injected with pentobarbital, her ...
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Powerful earthquake in China's Tibet collapses hundreds of homes and kills at least 16 people
BEIJING (AP) - A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 46 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said. Search and rescue...
10h ago
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World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski's record heat
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting h...
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