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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There's plenty to do around Lethbridge this week, and Lethbridge News Now has the details.Paradise Lost - February 10-14, 2025The University of Lethbridge's Faculty of Fine Arts is putting on its first production of the year. The show is a contemporary adaptation of John Milton's poem "Paradise Lo...
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Medicine Hat woman wins $500K in WCLC draw
A Medicine Hat woman has won $500,000 from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.Janice Adams won the cash on the WCLC's Daily Grand in the Nov. 14 draw."I checked [the ticket] on the app a couple of times, then I checked it manually on the WCLC website," Adams said."I thought it was wrong!" she la...
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Hurricanes dominate Raiders, Rebels for back-to-back wins
The Lethbridge Hurricanes won both of their games on the weekend in dominant fashion.February 7 vs. Prince Albert RaidersIn the first game of their two-game set, the Hurricanes welcomed the East Division leading Prince Albert Raiders on Friday night.Ahead of the game, the team held a ceremony to recognize Corey Lyons, ...
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Sentencing date for final accused in 2022 Coutts blockade to be set in two weeks
The last outstanding case tied to the 2022 Coutts, Alta., border blockade is likely to be wrapped up in early March with the sentencing of one of the men convicted.Alex Van Herk, who was found guilty of mischief over $5,000 along with Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen, fired his lawyer before he was to be...
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Alberta

PROVINCE
Premier Smith joining counterparts to advocate for Canada-U.S. relationship in Washington
Premier Danielle Smith, along with her counterparts across Canada, will visit the U.S. capital Monday to advocate for solutions that will repair the country's long-standing relationship with the United States.-READ: Trump says 25 per cent tariffs are coming today for steel and aluminum imports-The premiers' trip is par...
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PROVINCE
'I was not involved in any wrongdoing', says Alberta Premier in response to AHS allegations
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement in response to allegations around Alberta Health Services procurement and contracting processes. "They are troubling allegations and they should be reviewed as quickly as possible," she said in a statement Saturday. On Thursday, Health Sciences Association of ...
Feb 08, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta private surgical provider denies allegations of sweetheart deals
An Alberta surgical company named in allegations that government officials interfered to offer up sweetheart deals for private clinics is calling the claims false.The Alberta Surgical Group says it is ``deeply shocked and dismayed'' by the allegations and that it aims to provide efficient and cost-effective surgical se...
Feb 07, 2025
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PROVINCE
Parks Canada announces major step in redevelopment of Banff National Park 200-Block
Parks Canada announced Friday that the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada has been engaged to develop a new conceptual design in Banff National Park.RAIC will oversee an international design competition for the 200-block of Banff Avenue Redevelopment Project.Ron Hallman, president and chief executive officer of Par...
Feb 07, 2025
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Canada

European trip gives PM a chance to tout Canada's AI efforts, strengthen ties: experts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's five-day visit to Europe offers Canada an opportunity to shore up its relationship with the European Union and show Canadian leadership in artificial intelligence regulation, experts say. Trudeau will spend most of the trip in Paris for the AI Action Summit, the third major glob...
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'Should I just laugh?': Energy experts question Freeland's pledge to push LNG
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland's pitch to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to allies is drawing skeptical reactions from those who say her government neglected the sector over the past decade. The former finance minister's policy statement on jobs and growth, released on Feb. 5, includes a pl...
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Small businesses still being taxed on carbon rebates, federation says
OTTAWA - Small businesses across Canada are still being taxed on their carbon tax rebates despite a commitment from the former finance minister that they would be tax-free, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The business group says it has been informed by the Canada Revenue Agency that the reb...
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Over $1 million worth of olive oil stolen from transport company in Montreal
MONTREAL - Montreal police say over $1 million worth of olive oil was stolen after a delivery involving two transport companies in the city never arrived at its destination in Ontario . Police say Transport Q-Trans had a contract to deliver more than 100 palettes of olive oil to an Ontario client, which did not receive...
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Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott
MONTREAL - The union that represents workers at what was Canada's only unionized Amazon warehouse says the online retail giant has begun shutting down its seven facilities in Quebec this week, putting thousands of employees out of work. Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that un...
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Ontario NDP pledges grocery rebate as PC leader Ford touts border security measures
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford touted his party's border security measures amid the threat of U.S. tariffs, as the NDP focused on pocketbook issues Saturday with the promise of a monthly grocery rebate for millions of people. Ford continued to hammer home his campaign message about protecting Ontario...
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