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Lethbridge and Area
Some City of Lethbridge online services temporarily unavailable
Residents of Lethbridge will have to wait a few days to use some online services from city hall.The City of Lethbridge says it is performing upgrades to its online systems. As a result, certain websites and resources will be temporarily unavailable.The following services will be offline from Friday, January 10 at 4:30 ...
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Lethbridge's Ridly Greig signs four-year extension with Ottawa Senators
Lethbridge-born NHL player Ridly Greig has signed a four-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators. The extension is worth a total of $13 million, for an annual average value (AAV) of $3.25 million. Four more years of the Riddler The #Sens have signed Ridly Greig to a four-year extension! : pic.twitter....
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Alberta gained 35,900 full-time jobs in December
Alberta's labour market ended 2024 on a high note.Statistics Canada says there was a net increase of 35,200 jobs in the province in December. That includes an additional 35,900 full-time positions while part-time work declined by 800.This led to a sizable improvement in the provincial unemployment rate, going down from...
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'A reality that I face': Two Coutts protesters face jail for part in 2022 blockade
Two men who became the faces of a COVID-19 protest blockade at a key border crossing between Alberta and the United States nearly three years ago will learn their fates Friday.Gerhard (George) Janzen and Marco Van Huigenbos, along with a third man, Alex Van Herk, were found guilty last year of mischief over $5,000 for ...
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Alberta
JAN. 13-15
Alberta's environment minister heading to Sacramento to promote emission reduction success
Alberta's Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz is heading to Sacramento, Calif. in an effort to promote Alberta's success in emissions reductions and responsible energy development, say government officials. Schulz will be travelling from Jan. 13-15 and will participate in discussions about Albert...
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Sentencing Delayed For Third Defendant
Two Alberta men sentenced for roles in 2022 Coutts border protest
Two Alberta men have been sentenced for their roles in the illegal Coutts border blockade in 2022.Marco Van Huigenbos was sentenced to four months in jail and Gerhard (George) Janzen received a three-month sentence to be served in the community.Neither accused showed emotion as Justice Keith Yamauchi delivered the sent...
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Provincial Politics
Opposition NDP demands Alberta government act ahead of school support worker strike
Alberta's Opposition NDP is calling on the provincial government to act as thousands of education support workers prepare to walk off the job in Edmonton and some nearby communities.More than 3,000 staff, from education assistants to cafeteria workers, employed by the Edmonton Public School Board and the Sturgeon Publi...
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Alberta gained 35,900 full-time jobs in December
Alberta's labour market ended 2024 on a high note.Statistics Canada says there was a net increase of 35,200 jobs in the province in December. That includes an additional 35,900 full-time positions while part-time work declined by 800.This led to a sizable improvement in the provincial unemployment rate, going down from...
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Local Sports
Lethbridge's Ridly Greig signs four-year extension with Ottawa Senators
Lethbridge-born NHL player Ridly Greig has signed a four-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators. The extension is worth a total of $13 million, for an annual average value (AAV) of $3.25 million. Four more years of the Riddler The #Sens have signed Ridly Greig to a four-year extension! : pic.twitter....
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McCutcheon's two goals lead Hurricanes past Warriors 6-2
The Lethbridge Hurricanes have won back to back games after a 6-2 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday, January 7.The game saw the return of defenceman and former Warrior Vojtech Port to the Hurricanes lineup, after claiming bronze for Czechia at the World Juniors.In the first, the Hurricanes struck first on ...
Jan 08, 2025
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Hurricanes acquire Caden Price, Anthony Wilson in separate trades
The Lethbridge Hurricanes have made two more trades ahead of the Thursday, January 9 trade deadline.On Monday, January 6, the team acquired defenceman Caden Price from the Kelowna Rockets. Price, a 6-foot-tall, 190 pound blueliner, just finished his run with Team Canada at the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championships, wh...
Jan 07, 2025
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Agriculture
How U.S. tariffs could affect Canada's agriculture industry and consumer prices
As Donald Trump's inauguration looms, Canada's agriculture industry is waiting with bated breath to see whether the sweeping tariffs he's threatened will come to pass. If they do, producers would have to plug the gaps left by restricted access to the country's largest trading partner and consumers could be left paying ...
Dec 10, 2024
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Canadians to spend $801 more on food in 2025 as climate, Trump affect prices: report
Food prices in Canada are likely to increase by three to five per cent next year, according to a newly released report, but wild cards like climate change and Donald Trump could have unforeseen impacts.That's the conclusion of the 15th annual food price report released Thursday by a partnership that includes researcher...
Dec 05, 2024
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U of L funding agriculture research
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of research projects will look into ways of improving agricultural practices in southern Alberta. The University of Lethbridge (U of L) is providing $50,000 per year over four years to support five researchers at the institution. Vice President of Research Dr. Dena McMartin says the results of...
Nov 27, 2024
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Canada
Canada, G7 leaders, denounce Venezuela's suppression of political opposition
OTTAWA - Canada is joining its closest allies in denouncing Venezuela's crackdown on democracy - the first G7 foreign policy statement since Canada began chairing the group this year. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was inaugurated Friday for a third six-year term, after a July election widely seen as illegitimate....
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Rebel News loses bid to quash fines for violating election law on third-party ads
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Rebel News Network's latest bid to quash $3,000 in fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections. The fines were imposed in 2021 after an investigation by the commissioner's office into lawn signs erected by Rebel News during the 201...
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Feds issue new COVID vaccine guidance, says provinces now responsible for buying them
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations. The agency published the information online on Friday, along with the National Advisor...
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Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade and their shortest in the party's modern history to replace Justin Trudeau. He announced Jan. 6 that he will step down as soon as a national vote is completed to elect his successor. The party will announce the new leader after ...
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Canada added 91,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell
Canada's labour market capped the year with some "good news," adding 91,000 jobs in December, shattering economist expectations, though there are still calls for further interest rate cuts amid the threat of U.S. tariffs.Statistics Canada's labour force survey on Friday said the unemployment rate dipped 0.1 p...
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Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast cancer, and she told a crowd in Happy Valley-Goose Bay that she is cancer-free, healthy and ready for new adventures. S...
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World
Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts during World Series banned from all MLB games
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen this week informing them of the decision. &qu...
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Judge holds Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for continued lies about Georgia election workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a $148 million defamation judgment. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C., is the second federal judge this week to find the former ...
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Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts during World Series banned from all MLB games
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. MLB sent a letter to Austin Capobianco and John P. Hansen this week informing them of the decision. &qu...
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