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Lethbridge and Area

Milk River ties its cold weather record on Tuesday
Environment Canada says it was among the coldest February 18ths on record in one southern Alberta community.Not counting the wind chill, they say the temperature dipped to a low of -29.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.That ties the record the town set for the day in 2011.Although Lethbridge hit a low of -29.5, it was not e...
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Lethbridge man charged with child sexual assault, may be additional victims
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is asking anyone who may have been victimized by a local man to come forward.This follows the arrest of a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy at a swimming pool.On February 10, 2025, police were called to Stan Siwik Pool on the 1900 block of 15 Avenue North.Ac...
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Lethbridge Police seeking fraud suspect
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is looking for a man accused of committing fraud.In November 2024, they say an unknown man allegedly defrauded a local bank by opening an account, depositing a fraudulent cheque, and later withdrawing the funds."Fraudulent activity involving the account occurred in Lethbridge an...
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Meals on Wheels Christmas campaign raises $30K in Lethbridge
The people of Lethbridge turned up in a big way to ensure seniors and people living with disabilities can have good meals.The team behind the Lethbridge Meals on Wheels 23 Days of Christmas Campaign says $30,000 was raised in the 2024 iteration.For the last 16 years, the initiative has seen Select People Solutions and ...
Feb 18, 2025
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Alberta

OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER
Students' Association for Red Deer Polytechnic joins call to province for increased funding
Post-secondary students across Alberta have made a collective call to the Government of Alberta to increase base funding, including the Students' Association of Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), whose institution is facing a $10 million deficit for the upcoming school year. On Feb. 11, more than a dozen students' association...
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PROVINCE
Alberta to host three major international sport events and two national championships
Alberta's government announced that the province is hosting three major international sport events and two national championships over the next two months.-READ: Applications open for Major Sport Event grant program-The province has committed more than $440,000 through the Major Sport Event grant program to support the...
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Newborn bitten by dog in Alberta home dies in hospital: RCMP
ENTWISTLE, Alta. - RCMP say a two-week-old who was bitten by a dog at a home west of Edmonton has died in hospital. The baby was airlifted to the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton after the attack Sunday in the hamlet of Entwistle, Alta. Police say the infant died despite the best efforts of medical professional...
Feb 17, 2025
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EDUCATION
Alberta accelerating 11 new schools across province with $8.6B funding
Alberta's government has sped up 11 previously announced school projects in the Calgary Metropolitan Region and Edmonton from the design stage to full construction funding. - READ: Alberta premier calls for stricter immigration, reveals $8.6B education boost - The province announced $8.6 billion to accelerate school co...
Feb 15, 2025
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Canada

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King given 3-month conditional sentence
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning.The sentence includes 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men's shelter.It comes on top of nine months he spent in custody both before and during his trial.King was found guilty on five of nine...
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Trudeau says democracy at stake as Ukraine kept away from peace talks
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ukraine must have a seat at the table in any peace talks, as Washington and Moscow discuss ways to end the war. Trudeau says Canada and most of its allies insist that Ukraine must be part of any discussions on ending Russia's war, which started three years ago. The prime mini...
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Quebec 13-year-old in critical condition after being buried in snow
CHÂTEAUGUAY, Que. - A 13-year-old girl remains in critical condition in a Quebec hospital this morning after being buried in snow on Tuesday. Police in Châteauguay, Que., a suburb on Montreal's South Shore, say emergency services were dispatched at around 4 p.m. when the girl was found unresponsive under a ...
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Implementing universal basic income could cut poverty rates up to 40%: PBO
OTTAWA - The government's fiscal watchdog says a guaranteed basic income program at the federal level could cut poverty rates in Canada by up to 40 per cent. In a new report, the parliamentary budget officer says that a Canadian family in the lowest earning group could expect to receive an average of $6,100 in annual d...
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Federal government moving ahead with high-speed rail: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is moving ahead with a high-speed rail network between Quebec City and Toronto. The Liberal government says the planned rail network will span approximately 1,000 kilometres and reach speeds of up to 300 kilometres an hour. There will be stops in Toront...
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In the news today: Convoy organizer sentencing, CAF class action lawsuit falls short
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... 'Freedom Convoy' organizer faces sentencing Pat King, one of the organizers of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is set to be sentenced in an Ottawa courtroom today. Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland found King guilty on fi...
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