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Lethbridge and Area

Fort Macleod emergency department set for temporary closure
The Emergency Department (ED) at the Fort Macleod Health Centre is set to temporarily close.Alberta Health Services says the ED will shut its doors at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. It is set to reopen to full 24-hour service at 8:00 a.m. the next day.The closure is due to an unexpected clinical personnel sh...
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New Animal Care and Control Bylaw approved in Lethbridge
Animal owners in Lethbridge should be aware of new regulations that are set to come into effect this spring.Lethbridge City Council has adopted the Bylaw 6475, the Animal Care and Control Bylaw.As of May 1, 2025, it replaces the Dog Control Bylaw, the Wild or Domestic Animals Bylaw and the Pigeon Bylaw.G.M. of Regulato...
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Lethbridge Polytechnic Simulation hub receives international accreditation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Simulation Hub at Lethbridge Polytechnic has received international accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH).The hub is a high-tech clinical laboratory that simulates various healthcare treatment spaces, from emergency rooms to less intensive treatments like massage therapy...
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Nanton RCMP searching for missing woman
The RCMP is asking for help in locating a woman who has been reported missing.They say Kayla Michelle Lagman was last seen in Nanton on Saturday, January 18, 2025.She is last described as approximately six feet tall and 190 lbs. She has brown hair, brown eyes, a tattoo of a diamond on her right arm and a medium complex...
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Alberta

trying to get below 5%
Experts express hope for smokeless Canada as country marks National Non-Smoking Week
National Non-Smoking Week is underway, and above all, it aims to underscore the cold, hard fact that 46,000 Canadians are dying from smoking-related causes each year.As the observance happens Jan. 19-25, and beyond, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) continues to be concerned specifically, it says,...
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Agriculture
Crop insurance premiums going up in 2025 says AFSC
AFSC says in a news release posted to its website that Alberta farmers can expect an increase in crop insurance premiums for this year.The company says, quote, "loss experience from previous dry years continues to drive premium increases."CEO Darryl Kay says in that same release that there were what he called...
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Provincial Politics
Smith focused on Canada-U.S. trade deficit, not Trump tariff threats
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been down in the United States recently, talking to U.S. President Donald Trump about his imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods, which are expected to start February 1. In a media discussion with Smith on Tuesday morning, she says the trade relationship with the United Sta...
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PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Danielle Smith welcomes U.S. tariff reprieve but calls for action
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith welcomed the U.S. tariff reprieve and called for strategic action in a statement on Jan. 20. - READ: Donald Trump doesn't mention Canada in inaugural speech as Trudeau calls for unity - "Alberta is pleased to see that today President Donald Trump has decided to refrain from imposing ...
Jan 20, 2025
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Canada

Snowboarding Jan. 6 rioter still in B.C. custody after Trump pardon
VANCOUVER - An American man recently found guilty of rioting at the U.S. Capitol four years ago remains in immigration custody in British Columbia, even after being given a presidential pardon for his actions. But the lawyer for 32-year-old Anthony Vo says his client plans to drop his asylum claim in Canada and he expe...
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Dragons' Den's Arlene Dickinson says Kevin O'Leary's ovations to Trump not helpful
MONTEBELLO, QUE. - One of Canada's "Dragons' Den" stars is breathing fire at a former co-star over Canada's approach to the Donald Trump White House. Arlene Dickinson, an investor who appears on the popular reality TV show, says former "Dragon" Kevin O'Leary's recent comments are not helpful as Pres...
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From immigration to intelligence: 5 ways Trump's executive orders could affect Canada
OTTAWA - While U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada. Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians: Pressure to scrap Facebook tax Canada implemented a digi...
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B.C. Premier David Eby asks Canadians to think carefully about spending money in U.S.
Premier David Eby says British Columbians should rethink trips to the United States and purchases of American products, as the province establishes a task force to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. He says the proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports would be a "deliberate econom...
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Final report of foreign interference inquiry to be made public next Tuesday
OTTAWA - The final report of the federal inquiry into foreign interference is set for public release next Tuesday. The commission of inquiry's most recent public hearings looked at the ability of agencies and officials to identify and counter foreign meddling. The inquiry also held a series of policy roundtables to hel...
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Canadian doc says WHO headquarters 'stressed, devastated' as Trump orders U.S. exit
TORONTO - A Canadian global health specialist says staff at the World Health Organization are "devastated" by President Donald Trump's executive order to pull the U.S. out of the agency. Dr. Madhukar Pai, the Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology and Global Health, is at the WHO headquarters in Geneva this we...
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