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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge food banks run out of water bottles, donations urgently needed
Non-profits in Lethbridge are asking everyone who can donate bottled water to do so.The City Wide Water Drive, which includes a variety of organizations in the city, has been collecting water to give to people who are unable to take shelter from the heat this summer.Danielle McIntyre, Executive Director of the Interfai...
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Fire ban enacted for Lethbridge River Valley
There will be no more open fires in the coulees in Lethbridge.The City of Lethbridge has activated its fire ban for the River Valley, which is effective immediately and until further notice.It impacts the use of the campfire pits in the River Valley.Elsewhere in the city, the public is still allowed to use propane/natu...
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Alberta Open Farm Days set for Saturday and Sunday
Alberta Open Farm Days is set for Saturday and Sunday, August 16 and 17, 2025.The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand, and try and buy locally produced products.Several operations in southern Alberta are taking part.Theoretically Brewing - LethbridgeFarming Smarter A...
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Four of six girders on Whoop-Up Drive damaged, assessments continue
The City of Lethbridge assures that Whoop-Up Drive is still safe for motorists. Work to assess the damage caused on August 6 continues, after a piece of heavy equipment struck the underside of the bridge. Director of Infrastructure Services Joel Sanchez says that there are six steel bridge girders that support the road...
21h ago
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Alberta

Agriculture
"Shocking" Alberta Canola Board Chair uses to describe new Chinese tariff
The board chair with Alberta Canola uses words like shocking, devastating, and not great news to wake up to, in describing a new tariff from China. The country announced a 76 per cent tariff on Canadian canola seed after it conducted an anti-dumping investigation on Tuesday. Valhalla Centre farmer Andre Harpe says tari...
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10 total medals
Team Alberta claims eight medals including three gold on day two of Canada Summer Games
Day two of the Canada Summer Games in St. John's Newfoundland was a productive day for Team Alberta.As of Monday evening, the athletes representing our province have accumulated 10 medals including three gold, four silver, and three bronze.On Monday they claimed three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.This inclu...
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Aug. 8 - 25
Provincial government supporting Alberta athletes in quest for gold at 2025 Canada Summer Games
The provincial government is helping support 388 athletes as they represent Alberta at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's, Newfoundland.The games, which started last week on Aug. 8 and will run until Aug. 25, features Alberta athletes who represent the highest level of talent in their sport and the pride of the...
Aug 11, 2025
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Agriculture
Adjustments made to allow farmers to cut crops for feed
The federal and provincial governments say they have made it easier for farmers and ranchers to cut crops for feed.AFSC will adjust the low yield allowance in some parts of Alberta, adding in a release that this is being done "particularly in the Peace."It will go to 300 kilograms per acre for several crops, ...
Aug 10, 2025
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Canada

CUPW to hold two says of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected Canada...
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Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, attacks forest entry ban
OTTAWA - An Alberta Conservative MP says the federal government needs to do more to combat Canada's devastating forest fires. Asked by reporters at a morning press conference today for her thoughts on the provincial bans on entering forests in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Michelle Rempel Garner said Ottawa's inaction...
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Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
TORONTO - Statistics Canada says five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s. The report released today says the number of people living five years after they were diagnosed jumped from 13 per cent to 27 per cent between 1992 and 2021. It says new treatments, including immunotherap...
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Wildfire raging near Port Alberni, B.C., grows again overnight
PORT ALBERNI - A raging wildfire that has forced evacuations near Port Alberni, B.C., has grown again overnight to more than 20 square kilometres in size as it continues to burn out of control. The fire on Vancouver Island has led to evacuation orders from both the Alberni-Clayoquot and Cowichan Valley regional distric...
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How Canadians can prepare for wildfire evacuations, from emergency plans to go bags
Wildfires are threatening communities across Canada, raising questions about how people can best prepare for evacuations. Officials ordered the evacuation of parts of a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, and thousands more in the metropolitan area may need to flee at a moment's notice as they remain under an evacu...
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Irwin Cotler joins thousands of prominent Jews calling on Israel to end war in Gaza
OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler has joined thousands of Jews calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and starvation in Gaza. The longtime human rights activist, a strong supporter of Israel, has signed an open letter saying Netanyahu's policies on Palestinians "are...
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