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Lethbridge and Area

Oct. 19 Referendum
More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election. The agency says it has received roughly 658,000 requests for special ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum, and about 100,000 of those electors have voted. Elec...
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3 to 6 p.m.
City Showcase set for Monday afternoon at Lethbridge City Hall
'City Showcase' is set for Lethbridge City Hall Monday afternoon. It's a chance for residents to meet department managers and staff and ask questions about some of the city services. Free on-street parking in front of City Hall will available between 3 and 6 p.m., when the event is on. All the city departments will be ...
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Road closure
Section of Bridge Drive West to close to traffic Monday and Tuesday
A popular travel route will be closed Monday and Tuesday, weather permitting, says the City of Lethbridge. In fact, a section of Bridge Drive West was scheduled to be shut down early to traffic at 5 this morning to allow for road maintenance. Businesses and the recycling depot on Bridge Drive will stay open. Drivers ar...
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32 years
Christmas Tree Festival returns to Trade & Convention Centre
An annual holiday tradition will make a return in November.This year will mark 32 years for the Christmas Tree Festival at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre, sponsored this year by Stringam Law. The four-day event, a fundraiser for the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation, goes from the 15th to 18th of Novem...
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Alberta

Oct. 19 Referendum
Former British PM David Cameron says Alberta separation vote unlike Brexit
The former leader of the United Kingdom during the Brexit referendum says you can't compare that debate to Alberta's prospective split from Canada. David Cameron largely avoided talking directly about Alberta's separation debate when speaking at an energy leadership conference in downtown Calgary on Monday morning. But...
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Oct. 19 Referendum
More ballot requests received in Alberta referendum than last provincial election
Elections Alberta says it has received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots for the upcoming vote on separation than it did in the last provincial election. The agency says it has received roughly 658,000 requests for special ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum, and about 100,000 of those electors have voted. Elec...
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What you need to know
A look at the questions on the Oct. 19 referendum in Alberta
Here are the questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide vote on Oct. 19.Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans fi...
Sep 27, 2026
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'Alberta offers world class expertise'
Provincial trade minister to travel to Mexico, U.S. in 12-day trade mission
Alberta's Minister of Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration is heading south this weekend - far south, in fact, to Mexico's capital city to begin a 12-day trade mission.In a release Friday, the Province said Joseph Schow will meet with government and industry leaders to strengthen economic ties and create new opportunit...
Sep 27, 2026
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Canada

Trump says he expects Canada trade deal within weeks as import ban looms
WASHINGTON - Just hours before import bans on certain Canadian goods were set to take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump sa...
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Advocates plea for Ottawa to call inquiry into Alberta, Saskatchewan trans laws
OTTAWA - Advocates are in Ottawa asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transgender people. Laws on the books in Saskatchewan and Alberta require pa...
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Canada extends travel restrictions linked to Ebola outbreak for 60 days
OTTAWA - Canada has extended its travel and immigration restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak for another 60 days, and the health ministry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has released new data showing there have been more than 8,000 cases of t...
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RCMP boss Duheme says it's still too soon to release details on Tumbler Ridge guns
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says in a recent letter that information about firearms used in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., will stay under wraps for now because it's still part of an active investigation. The Sept. 23 letter from ...
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Man accused in Nijjar's assassination put on FBI most-wanted list
LOS ANGELES - A man charged in connection with the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ten most-wanted list. Satinderjeet Singh, who is also known as Goldy Brar, was cha...
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Minister won't commit to criminalizing residential school denialism
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty was noncommittal Monday when asked about criminalizing residential school denialism after a group linked to white nationalism reportedly staged a demonstration in the B.C. interior over the weekend...
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