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Lethbridge and Area

May 2-4, 2025
Explore the city this weekend with Jane's Walk tours
Lethbridge residents are encouraged to lace up a pair of comfy walking shoes and step into the heart of the community this weekend. This year's local Jane's Walk events run May 2-4 and will cover a variety of topics and spaces, including public art, parks, historic sites, neighbourhoods, nature and more. All events are...
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AHS South Zone
Confirmed case of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has been notified of an additional confirmed case of measles within the South Zone. Officials say this case has also been in public settings while infectious.Individuals who were in the following locations during the specified dates and times may have been exposed to measles:April 21ATB Fi...
23h ago
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May 2-4, 2025
Hack and Seek student event returns to Lethbridge Polytechnic
Lethbridge Polytechnic will once again host Hack and Seek, Alberta's premier virtual reality (VR) hackathon for high school students this weekend.The event, simultaneously held in Calgary and Edmonton, will see students in grades 10 through 12 from across the province collaborate, compete and create virtual solutions t...
May 02, 2025
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Lethbridge man to compete at world shooting competition
A man from Lethbridge is setting out to prove that he is the best firearms user in the world.Justin Thomson is set to represent Canada at the first-ever IPSC PCC/Mini Rifle World Shoot, taking place from May 12-15, 2025, in Znojmo, Czechia.The event is put on by the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)...
May 01, 2025
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Alberta

PROVINCE
'A positive first step': Premier Smith has first meeting with Prime Minister Carney
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she had a positive first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday.Smith said her and Carney spoke at length about the policies and legislation that are "holding back Alberta's economy".She said they discussed specific proposals for projects and legislative reforms ...
18h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government defends $280K for new rug in premier's office
Alberta's government is defending a hefty bill to replace the rug in Premier Danielle Smith's office.The government says the previous carpet in the 6,500 square foot legislature space was more than 20 years old and riddled with rips and stains.It says it recently spent about $280,000 to replace the rug, because the leg...
19h ago
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Health
Alberta reports 17 more cases of measles, bringing total to 210
Alberta is reporting 17 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 210 since the beginning of March.The government says half the total cases have been recorded in the province's south zone, including 13 of the new cases.It says 26 of the total cases are considered active and could be transmitted to others.A...
19h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta government in 'final stages' of health-care revamp with new legislation
A year-and-a-half after announcing it would massively reorganize the health-care system, Alberta's government says it's now in the final stages of the still-controversial revamp.The United Conservatives are dismantling the provincial health authority, Alberta Health Services, reducing it to a hospital services provider...
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Canada

Manitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg
WINKLER - Public health officials in Manitoba are warning of new measles exposure sites in two communities south of Winnipeg, including a medical centre and an elementary school. Officials say people may have been exposed to the virus at the C. W. Wiebe Medical Centre and the Dynacare blood and medical test lab in Wink...
1h ago
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A family and a festival: How Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
VANCOUVER - In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final public post on his Facebook timeline, promoting the circus' Kooza show. Four days later, his brother responded. "Brother, we will get to see this together sometime," wrote Adam Kai-Ji Lo. But he knew it wasn't to be. Alexande...
4h ago
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More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - People in Vancouver and beyond remain in mourning one week after a deadly attack on a Filipino street festival. The Vancouver archdiocese says on social media that additional memorial masses are being planned to remember the 11 people killed at the Lapu Lapu Day festival last Saturday. It says events are be...
4h ago
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NDP has lost touch with its core supporters, says a former MP
OTTAWA - The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament. Charlie Angus, who did not run in the last election after representing the northern Ontario riding of Timmins - James Bay for more than...
7h ago
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Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: poll
OTTAWA - More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major...
7h ago
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Indigenous leaders hopeful for Carney-led government on economy, reconciliation
OTTAWA - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says he doesn't expect Prime Minister Mark Carney to get everything right immediately as he learns about and crafts policies for Indigenous Peoples, but it's clear he's willing to learn. And the leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations say that while f...
7h ago
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