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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge Police Service's Downtown Policing Unit expands for 2025
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service's Downtown Policing Unit (DPU) has four new members.The four have been on the beat since the beginning of the year to help continue to make their presence known, seen and felt by both business owners and negative users in the city centre.With the new additions, the unit no...
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Taber ending its role in Alberta Advantage Immigration Program
The Town of Taber is ending its participation in the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program's (AAIP) Rural Renewal Stream.The initiative was first brought to the Town by local businesses struggling to fill vacancies, and from there it expanded after Taber's Economic Development Department brought it forward to address l...
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Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-a-Thon returns Thursday
Pattison Media is among the local radio groups raising money for the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation (CRHF).The Annual Care from the Heart Day Radio-A-Thon returns on Thursday, February 13, 2025.WILD 95.5 FM hosts Chad Benson and Nevin Sereda will do live broadcasts from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the hospital's at...
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Rachael Thomas accepting applications for Youth Advisory Board
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas is now accepting applications for her 2025/2026 Youth Advisory Board.The board is open to youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who live in the Lethbridge riding. That includes the City of Lethbridge, Lethbridge County, Coaldale, Picture Butte, Nobleford, Barons, and Coalhurs...
20h ago
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Alberta

Agriculture
New farm crisis line now available
The National Farmer Wellness Network Crisis Line is now available to producers who may be struggling with their mental health.The initiative from the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing officially started on February 4.It is being called in a news release "a transformative initiative designed to address the...
20h ago
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Provincial Politics
Premier Smith defends health minister amid scandal on health purchases
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has her full support as they navigate allegations of high-level government corruption in medical contracts.Smith made the comment in response to questions from reporters while in Washington, D.C., with other premiers to lobby against U.S. tariffs.She ...
23h ago
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Provincial Politics
Strike of school support staff could spill into Calgary after vote for job action
Job action involving more than 4,000 school support workers is on track to grow into Calgary and other areas of Alberta after five union locals voted to strike.Staff in Edmonton, Sturgeon County and Fort McMurray have been picketing for close to a month over a wage dispute with their employers.The Canadian Union of Pub...
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FEDS RESPOND
Alberta calls on federal government to revive mandatory minimums for certain drug offences
Premier Danielle Smith and Mickey Amery, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, are calling on the federal government to repeal Bill C-5 in its entirety and reintroduce mandatory minimum jail sentences for Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) offences.Additionally, they ask the Government of Canada to rescind ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Canada

Aid groups ask Canada to prevent child soldiers by rallying G7 heads around education
OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is rallying around a call for Ottawa to use its place on the world stage to promote education as a way of shoring up global security. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders' summit this June in Alberta and typically the host makes an international development pledge. Aid groups and Canadian senat...
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Liberal party denies Ruby Dhalla translator for French debate
OTTAWA - The Liberal party says it will not accommodate leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla's request for a translator at the upcoming French debate in Montreal. Party spokesman Parker Lund says only the candidates and the moderator will be allowed on the debate stage and no translation will be provided. Dhalla said in a re...
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Foreign affairs minister travelling to France, Germany and Belgium
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is travelling to Europe today. The minister will be in Europe until Feb. 18, traveling to France, Germany and Belgium to take part in conferences, meet with officials to discuss topics like geopolitical conflicts and foreign interference and speak in a roundtable on...
8h ago
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In the news today: Territorial premiers make pitch in DC, prorogation two-day hearing
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Territorial premiers to talk Arctic policy in D.C. Territorial premiers are making the case in Washington that Northern Canada is key to continental security, diplomacy and economic opportunity as Canadian leaders continue their d...
9h ago
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Trump's threats against Canada could reduce visits to border peace garden
BOISSEVAIN, Man. - The International Peace Garden that straddles the Canada-United States border has for more than 90 years been a quiet, pastoral place to celebrate friendship between the two countries. People can stroll through flower gardens and see displays about international co-operation, often without noticing t...
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Midway into Ontario election campaign, some parties still struggling with pitches
As Ontario's snap winter election campaign reaches its halfway point, Progressive Conservatives' main opponents are still scrambling to pitch themselves to voters, while polls suggest the incumbents maintain a significant lead. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford called the early vote for Feb. 27, more than a yea...
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