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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
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Renter's Choice - offering a Pet Program for that special family member
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 20-26, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 6-12, 2025
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Lethbridge and Area
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Lethbridge woman charged in death of teenage son
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has laid charges against a woman after her child died late last year.Officers responded to reports of a sudden death on December 26, 2024, after the body of a 13-year-old boy was found on the 1600 block of Mayor Magrath Drive South.LPS says it determined that the boy and his mother h...
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Toronto Blue Jays prospect Adam Macko ready to make MLB impact in 2025
As the Major League Baseball season gets closer to opening day, 2025 is looking to be a very important year for a Canadian top prospect.Adam Macko, a left-handed pitcher, was drafted in the seventh round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, and was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on November 16, 2022 with fel...
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RCMP highlights recent border incursions, including two at Coutts
Border security and police officers in Canada say they have dealt with a trio of incidents lately at the international border.Alberta RCMP Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland used Wednesday's news conference to highlight the steps taken to strengthen border security.She also issued a warning to anybody who is planning...
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City of Lethbridge recognizing International Girls and Women in Sports Day with activities at YMCA
The City of Lethbridge is recognizing International Girls and Women in Sports Day with a night of sports on February 5, 2025. Female youths in Lethbridge are invited to join off-duty female first responders for an evening of free sports, activities and mentorship with Off the Record: StrongHER Together. It is being hel...
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What's Happening
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
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9Round Fitness kicks COVID to the curb with cleanliness
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 20-26, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 6-12, 2025
Jan 07, 2025
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Renter's Choice - a business built on a dream, heartache and perseverance
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: December 30 - January 5, 2025
Dec 30, 2024
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: December 16-22, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
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Alberta
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Alberta's Smith plans to escalate fight against fentanyl amid threatened U.S. tariffs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to escalate her province's war on fentanyl.Smith, in a statement, says she's instructed her government to "take immediate steps" to increase police and prosecutorial resources to go after fentanyl labs, "kingpins" and dealers.Her office did not immediate...
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Alberta Health Services
Primary Care Alberta's Virtual MD service hits 100,000 callers milestone
Primary Care Alberta is celebrating a significant milestone with their Virtual MD service.Since its launch in 2022, the service has surpassed the 100,000-caller milestone, connecting Health Link 811 callers to medical health professionals that can provide assessment over the phone to help reduce potentially unnecessary...
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RCMP
Nearly 4,000 distracted drivers caught in Alberta last year
Alberta RCMP are wanting to remind motorists of how important it is to be driving distraction-free. They say while operating a motor vehicle on provincial roadways, one should always have complete attention on driving and be aware of surrounding motorists to reduce your risk of collision, especially during winter weath...
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Alberta creating new social support program for people with disabilities able to work
Alberta's government says it's looking to help people with disabilities join and stay in the workforce without losing access to their existing benefits and governmental supports.To do this, the government plans to launch a new social assistance regime, the Alberta Disability Assistance Program, in 2026.Community and So...
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Local Sports
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Toronto Blue Jays prospect Adam Macko ready to make MLB impact in 2025
As the Major League Baseball season gets closer to opening day, 2025 is looking to be a very important year for a Canadian top prospect.Adam Macko, a left-handed pitcher, was drafted in the seventh round of the 2019 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, and was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on November 16, 2022 with fel...
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Lethbridge to host 2025 Senior AA Men's Provincial Hockey Championships
A provincial hockey tournament is coming to Lethbridge in 2025.On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Hockey Alberta announced that the Senior AA Men's Provincial Championships will be held again after a year off in 2024.Along with that announcement, they also revealed that Lethbridge will be the host.The tournament will incl...
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Hurricanes fall to Oil Kings, beat Hitmen in weekend games
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes had two games over the weekend, and came out with a win and a loss. Saturday, February 1 vs. Edmonton Oil Kings The first game of the weekend set saw the Hurricanes hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. In the first period, the Oil Kings struck first...
Feb 03, 2025
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Agriculture
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Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
Anybody who is looking to avoid supporting American companies in the wake of U.S. tariffs can easily find local alternatives.MadeInAlberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items.It features hundreds of foods and beverages includi...
Feb 03, 2025
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Blair Roth reflects on hall of fame worthy career in agriculture
A Lethbridge man is looking back on decades of hard work as he is inducted into the province's Agriculture Hall of Fame. Blair Roth was celebrated at the induction ceremony on Wednesday, January 29 at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin. He says it was "surprising and humbling" to receive such an honour, and th...
Feb 02, 2025
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Agriculture
2024 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days breaks attendance record
Organizers with Alberta Open Farm Days say attendance broke a record in 2024. They say Open Farm Days attracted 52,000 visitors in 2024 compared to 36,000 in 2023. "We were very excited about Alberta Open Farm Days 2024. We saw a notable increase in the number of participating farms, with more than 150 farms openi...
Jan 31, 2025
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Canada
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Canadians want research on UFO sightings, but don't want to pay for it
OTTAWA - The truth is out there and Canadians think they should know about it - but they don't want to pay for research into reports of strange objects spotted in the night sky. Canada's chief science adviser hired a third-party consulting firm to poll Canadians on how they feel about UFOs, now broadly referred to as u...
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Nunavut MP calls on Liberals to extend Inuit child funding program
OTTAWA - Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is repeating her calls for Ottawa to extend a funding program for Inuit children, saying the situation is dire. The Inuit Child First Initiative was introduced in 2019 to ensure Inuit kids have access to health and social services without having to leave their communities. But the progra...
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B.C. investigates 'significant' opioid diversion, including international trafficking
VICTORIA - A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a "significant portion" of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally. The leaked briefing that was distributed by the Opposition B...
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Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults
VANCOUVER - A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for sexual assault. Ivan Henry was convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault in 1983, but he was released after the B.C. Court...
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Trudeau travelling to Paris, Brussels for AI summit, meetings with European allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet European leaders and the head of NATO next week as Canada reaches out to allies reeling under the impact of the new Trump administration in the United States. Trudeau also plans to attend an artificial intelligence global summit in Paris, where he will deliver a keynote ...
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Attrition is the 'worst way' to shrink federal public service, says former clerk
OTTAWA - Canada's federal public service grew by more than 100,000 people over the past 10 years, and both the Liberals and Conservatives are looking to trim it by not filling jobs when they are left vacant. But a former Privy Council clerk says that might be the least efficient way to trim the public service and could...
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World
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Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," gives federal agencies, including the Justice and Education departments, wide latitude to ensure entities t...
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Honolulu records 6th death from massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year's
HONOLULU (AP) - A sixth person has died as a result of a massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year's in Honolulu, police said Wednesday. A 30-year-old woman died at a local hospital at about 5:59 a.m., the Honolulu Police Department said in a statement. The explosion also killed a 3-year-old boy, three women...
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Honolulu records 6th death from massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year's
HONOLULU (AP) - A sixth person has died as a result of a massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year's in Honolulu, police said Wednesday. A 30-year-old woman died at a local hospital at about 5:59 a.m., the Honolulu Police Department said in a statement. Last week, a 29-year-old man died in Arizona where he h...
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