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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge's retirement community donates hundreds of canned goods
Seniors at a retirement home in Lethbridge are giving back to their community.Seasons Retirement Communities has announced the conclusion of its canned goods collection challenge.Between its 25 locations in Canada, a total of 8,527 cans of non-perishable food were given to local food banks, as well as $50,400 in cash.T...
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Town of Coaldale seeking feedback on downtown redevelopment
Residents of Coaldale can help to shape the future of their community.The Town of Coaldale has launched its multi-phase public engagement initiative, which will aid in the creation of a new Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP).The downtown area, especially the corridor between 20 Street and 17 Street, has seen invest...
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Lethbridge Corn Maze opens Friday with southwestern Alberta theme
The region's premier maze made of maize is set to open on Friday, July 25, 2025.Theo Slingerland, owner and operator of the Lethbridge Corn Maze, says the design for this year's namesake maze is inspired by southwestern Alberta."We put our three buffalo in there that are falling off cliffs. We have, of course, the...
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Janene Moch appointed Lethbridge Polytechnic board chair
There is a new head of the table at the Lethbridge Polytechnic Board of Governors.Janene Moch has been appointed board chair by the Government of Alberta for a three-year term, effective June 30, 2025.She joined the board in March 2021, and says she brings decades of experience in finance, education and governance.&quo...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Province says it's taking action to improve classroom safety
Officials with Alberta's government say they are working with front-line experts to make classrooms safer for students and teachers.The Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team held its first meeting on July 23, bringing together teachers, school leaders, school board trustees and other front-line professionals...
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Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
New Board chair announced for Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
The agency that regulates alcoholic beverages, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities in Alberta will have a new Chair next month.Larry Spagnolo will begin serving as Board Chair of Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis, taking over for outgoing chair Len Rhodes, effective August 15.Spagnolo currently serves...
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Alberta alters rules, making it easier for nurses to get benefits for on-the-job PTSD
The Alberta government has changed the rules to make it easier for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses to get benefits when they experience job-related stress disorder.The United Nurses of Alberta says the government has followed through on a promise in contract bargaining to extend to nurses presumptiv...
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Provincial Politics
Former UCP caucus members trying to resurrect PC name in Alberta
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party.But now two former members of Premier Danielle Smith's U-C-P caucus want to resurrect the P-C name and...
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Canada

Here's how key people reacted after five hockey players were acquitted of sex assault
Reaction was swift after five former junior hockey players were acquitted Thursday in a high-profile sexual assault trial that captured national attention. Here's a look at what key people had to say in the immediate aftermath of the judge's not guilty ruling for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube...
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A timeline of sexual assault allegations against former Hockey Canada junior players
A timeline of events that led to former Canada world junior hockey team players Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote being charged with sexual assault. Jan. 5, 2018 - Canada's world junior hockey team defeats Sweden in the gold-medal final in Buffalo, N.Y. June 18, 2018 - Hockey Canada...
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Settlement proposed in class-action lawsuit over B.C. solitary confinement
VANCOUVER - A proposed settlement of up to $60 million has been reached in a class-action lawsuit related to the use of solitary confinement in British Columbia correctional facilities. The Quebec-based law firm Proactio issued a statement Saturday saying the settlement must be approved by the B.C. Supreme Court, but c...
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A quick history of B.C.'s Red Chris mine where three workers are trapped underground
The eyes of many are on a northern British Columbia gold and copper mine as rescue efforts are underway to free three contractors trapped underground. This is not the first time the Red Chris mine has been in the spotlight. In its decades-long history, the property 80 km south of Dease Lake, B.C., has been the focus of...
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Photo Gallery: Prime Minister Carney visits Northwest Territories
Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the town where he was born, as he travelled across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday, he visited the town's community centre, spoke with ...
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A B.C. miners await rescue, here's how other operations have played out
Rescue operations involving a remote-controlled scoop and drones are underway at the Red Chris mine in northern British Columbia, where three miners are trapped underground. Here is a look at some previous mine rescues in Canada and around the world. September 2021: Thirty-nine miners at Vale's Totten mine in Sudbury, ...
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