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Lethbridge and Area

Final preparations underway for Whoop-Up Days
West Coast Amusements is starting to assemble its rides, and Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) is working overtime to get ready for the city's largest summer festival.Whoop-Up Days is set to kick off on Tuesday, August 19, and it runs until Sunday.Paul Kingsmith, Director of Event Development at LDE, says he c...
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City of Lethbridge hiring hundreds of election workers
Anyone looking for a few weeks of work in Lethbridge can help out with the 2025 municipal elections.The City of Lethbridge says it is planning to hire "several hundred workers" for a variety of positions, including:Assistant Presiding Deputy Returning Officer: assists the presiding deputy returning officerDep...
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Lethbridge restaurants part of 'Alberta on the Plate' food festival
A celebration of local food and dining establishments is on display this week at Alberta on the Plate.The group describes it as a "province-wide love letter to the land, the producers, and the culinary creators who make Alberta a true agricultural gem."Rheannon Green, Program Coordinator for Alberta on the Pl...
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Suspect arrested in Lethbridge bike theft
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says it has identified and charged a man in connection with the theft of a bicycle.Between 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 9, LPS reports that two people attended the downtown branch of the Lethbridge Public Library, each of whom was riding a bicycle.One of the suspects a...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Smith says policy to stop disclosing government expense receipts could be reversed
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will consider reversing a new policy that ends the public disclosure of expense receipts over $100 for ministers and other officials.Smith says the change was made over safety concerns from some ministers.She says they were worried bad actors could easily figure out wh...
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Deep Divisions
Alberta Next Panel hosts heated event in Edmonton
A panel collecting public feedback on Alberta's grievances with the federal government struggled to keep an emotionally-charged crowd on topic at its third summer town hall.Premier Danielle Smith and members of her Alberta Next panel drew their biggest crowd yet -- nearly 750 people -- in Edmonton.The aim of the town h...
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Provincial Politics
Judge to go ahead with review of Alberta separation question
A judge has denied an application to quash a review of a proposed Alberta referendum question on separation.Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby says it will benefit democracy to have a full hearing on the constitutionality of the question.Alberta's chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the question t...
Aug 14, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Judge's decision on future of Alberta separation question review expected today
A judge is expected to decide today whether a special court review of a proposed Alberta referendum question on separation should go ahead.Alberta's chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the question to court last month for a judge to determine whether it violates the Constitution, including treaty rights.T...
Aug 14, 2025
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Canada

B.C. legislator shocked by American senator's 'nonsense' pitch to join U.S.
VICTORIA - A British Columbia legislator says he went from "disappointed" to "enraged" after receiving a pitch from a Republican state senator for Canada's four western provinces to join the United States. Brennan Day, with the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party, says his office had to first confirm...
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'The same country': Canada often seen as extension of U.S., Indo-Pacific experts say
OTTAWA - Ottawa's Indo-Pacific strategy has yet to give Canada adequate visibility or distinguish it from the U.S. in the region, experts have told researchers commissioned by the federal government. The Liberals launched the strategy in late 2022 to make Canada a partner of choice for some of the fastest-growing econo...
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B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border
SURREY - An RCMP team patrolling the waters near the border between Canada and the United States helped rescue a group of 12 kayakers, including six children. British Columbia RCMP says in a release that a team conducting patrols as part of the Canada-U.S. Shiprider program were alerted Thursday by a U.S. Coast Guard b...
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B.C. nurse gets suspension, fines for comments about transgender people
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia nurse has been suspended and fined nearly $94,000 for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements" about transgender people. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says a disciplinary panel has issued a decision against Amy Hamm, suspending her for one month, while also or...
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CP NewsAlert: First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar
SECHELT - The shishalh First Nation says 41 "additional unmarked graves" have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says the discovery by archeologists brings the number of suspected graves t...
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Six people report feeling 'sharp prick' in back of body at Montreal festival: police
MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened a criminal investigation into reports that people at a music festival last weekend were allegedly poisoned without their knowledge. Police say six people have reported feeling a "sharp prick" in the back of their body while they were in the crowd at the îLESONIQ mu...
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