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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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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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