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Lethbridge and Area

City of Lethbridge launches Community Satisfaction Survey
Here is your chance to let the City of Lethbridge know how you think it is doing.The municipality has launched a Community Satisfaction Survey, which it describes as a "targeted pulse check."There will be both a 10-minute phone survey, which Communications and Engagement Manager Tara Grindle says will help to...
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New home construction up 26% in Lethbridge
A new report shows that the pace at which homes are being built in Lethbridge is picking up.That is according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), which says construction started on 363 dwellings in Lethbridge between January and June 2025, up 26 per cent from the same period last year.This includes 1...
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Water quality advisory lifted for Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Alberta Health Services (AHS) says it is once again safe to go in the water at a provincial park in southern Alberta. It has lifted the water quality advisory for Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park that had been in place since May 26, 2025. "Water quality, including fecal bacteria levels, has returned to an acceptab...
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Coalhurst to celebrate Miners Days July 25-26
Residents of Coalhurst will come together to celebrate the town's 30th anniversary this coming weekend.The annual Miners Day festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 25-26, 2025.Scheduled activities, as outlined by the Town of Coalhurst, are as follows:Friday, July 25:6-9 PM: Coalhurst Fire Department Open H...
Jul 20, 2025
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Alberta

Alberta
Record amount in the Heritage Fund says provincial government
The Government of Alberta says there's now $30 billion in Alberta's Heritage Fund, a new record.In a news release issued Friday, the provincial government says it is contributing $2.8 billion from the 2024-25 budget surplus to the fund."Alberta is turning resource strength into lasting financial security. By growi...
Jul 18, 2025
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Parks Day
Parks Day in Alberta on July 19
Saturday, July 19 will mark Parks Day in Alberta.The day is meant to "highlight the benefits of parks and natural spaces across Canada" says a release from the province.The occasion has been celebrated since 1990. This year also marks 95 years for the provincial parks system in Alberta.I want to wish all Albe...
Jul 18, 2025
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sales, not consumption
Alberta now allowing cannabis sales at events with minors
Cannabis sales are now allowed at festivals and concerts in Alberta, even where minors are permitted.Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) says it was recently directed by the Alberta government to expand the ability for retailers to conduct cannabis sales at such public events.Alberta was the first province to pe...
Jul 18, 2025
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Alberta-wide alert after opioids found in replica Xanax that killed teen
The RCMP is urging the public to watch out for a deadly supply of illegal opiates that closely resemble Xanax. Xanax is a prescription drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety and is opiate-free. Public Information Officer Cpl. Troy Savinkoff says the RCMP is investigating the death of a 16-year-old related to the a...
Jul 18, 2025
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Canada

Auditor general plans to examine Canada's international students program
OTTAWA - The federal auditor general is planning a probe of Canada's international students program after critics claimed that public services were ill-equipped to take on a surge in student visas. A spokesperson for auditor general Karen Hogan says her office is planning an audit of the program for 2026. That review i...
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Palestinian student quickly receives French visa while waiting for Canadian approval
OTTAWA - A Palestinian student accepted by the University of Alberta is now preparing to continue his studies in France because he says that country was able to get him out of Gaza to safety - and Canada wasn't. Ehab is one of about 70 students from Gaza pursuing study opportunities abroad with the help of the Canadian...
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Photo Gallery: Lachine Canal marks its 200th anniversary
Over two centuries, the Lachine Canal has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a prime example of urban gentrification. The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal opened in 1825. The canal was the first link in a series of canals built along the St. Lawrence River that would allow ships to n...
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Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario
OTTAWA - Health-care advocacy groups and associations representing doctors and nurses are in Ontario's cottage country this week, trying to ensure health care remains a top priority for premiers. The post-pandemic crisis in health care has taken centre stage at the Council of the Federation in recent years as premiers ...
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Canada joins 24 nations calling on Israel to end war in Gaza, aid restrictions
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and 24 of her counterparts abroad have signed a joint statement saying "the war in Gaza must end now." The signatories - who include the foreign ministers of France, Japan and the U.K., and the European Union commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis mana...
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PM to meet with U.S. senators in Ottawa to talk trade
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with a delegation of U.S. senators this morning who are in Ottawa to discuss the ongoing trade conflict between Canada and the U.S. A media advisory from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance says four senators plan to "reaffirm the importance of ties between the U...
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