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Lethbridge and Area

RCMP investigating
Driver from Crowsnest Pass dies Friday in two-vehicle crash near Lundbreck
A 64-year-old man from the Crowsnest Pass has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3, just west of Cowley.RCMP confirm the driver of a pick-up truck, a resident of Coleman, died on scene Friday morning during a collision with an SUV on the highway at Township Road 74, near Lundbreck.The driver of the SUV w...
Oct 31, 2026
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Charged in 2025
Alberta football coach faces sentence for making AI sex images
A southern Alberta girls' football coach is facing a sentencing hearing for creating artificially generated sexualized images of some of his players. A Crown prosecutor told a judge in Lethbridge today that Justin Tillery should spend two years in prison. Tillery's lawyer says a community sentence would suffice. Tiller...
Oct 30, 2026
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RE: Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre
City initiates legal proceedings
The City of Lethbridge says it has started legal proceedings in relation to advice given during the funding and development of the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre (now Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre). Officials say this step has been taken to protect the financial interests of Lethbridge residents and the mu...
Oct 30, 2026
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Health
No time change this weekend will impact our 'social clocks' says U of L neuro-science professor
As you're likely well aware, all of western Canada has decided not to go back to Standard time this weekend, including us, here in Alberta. While agreeing it's a good thing, a University of Lethbridge professor feels we should have waited until the Spring to make things permanent. In short, Dr. Robert McDonald with th...
Oct 30, 2026
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Alberta

Preparation for 2027 begins
Province reports crews and rain contribute to successful wildfire season
The Government of Alberta reports that the work done by its wildfire preparedness program and firefighting crews led to a successful wildfire season.In addition, significant rainfall across the province also contributed to a less active season.However, even though it's the end of the season, that does not mean wildfire...
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RCMP investigating
Driver from Crowsnest Pass dies Friday in two-vehicle crash near Lundbreck
A 64-year-old man from the Crowsnest Pass has died following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 3, just west of Cowley.RCMP confirm the driver of a pick-up truck, a resident of Coleman, died on scene Friday morning during a collision with an SUV on the highway at Township Road 74, near Lundbreck.The driver of the SUV w...
Oct 31, 2026
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Cameron Davies
Alberta Republican Party leader resigns
The same day one separatist leader was given the boot from the United Conservative Party, another faction of Alberta's separatist movement has taken a hit.Cameron Davies has announced he is resigning as leader of the Republican Party of Alberta.And as noted, it was earlier Friday when Premier Danielle Smith shared that...
Oct 30, 2026
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is reducing education property taxes starting next year after it brought in successive hikes for ratepayers. It means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less. S...
Oct 30, 2026
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Canada

One Canadian among 69 dead in last week's Spanish train crash
OTTAWA - Spanish authorities have confirmed one Canadian is among those killed in last week's high-speed rail collision in Spain. Sixty-nine people died when one train slammed into another train parked on the tracks on Oct. 28. Global Affairs Canada sa...
2h ago
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Federal budget is about 'changing Canada's growth model,' finance minister says
TORONTO - The federal budget to be tabled on Thursday will be about "changing Canada's growth model," Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Monday. Champagne provided business leaders a preview of the government's fiscal plan in a breakfast...
2h ago
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In the news today: clocks stay put, trade deal nears, Michigan race to watch
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Parents cheer, businesses brace as Western Canada ditches the time change Canadians woke up on Sunday to a brand new time zone map. British Columbia, Alberta, Mani...
8h ago
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Parents cheer, businesses brace as Western Canada ditches the time change
Jenn Irwin-Greer never looked forward to the routine gong show at her Edmonton in-home daycare business that came with the twice-annual time change as children struggled to adjust to a new pattern. "(Children) show up a little bit irritable, as we all ...
8h ago
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Political betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch
DETROIT - Michelle Taylor gasped and shook her head in disbelief. Outside a church where she was waiting to hear Democrat Abdul El-Sayed speak on Sunday, the longtime Detroit resident watched an unimaginable party fracture in a race that could ultimat...
8h ago
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Commonwealth meeting offers Carney a chance to boost diplomatic ties, experts say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Antigua and Barbuda on Monday, where he will have a chance to engage with heads of government from other Commonwealth countries - and with King Charles. Much of the meetings taking place this week will ...
8h ago
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