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Lethbridge and Area
Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
Anybody who is looking to avoid supporting American companies in the wake of U.S. tariffs can easily find local alternatives.MadeInAlberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items.It features hundreds of foods and beverages includi...
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Lethbridge fire crews extinguish vehicle fire
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services were called to a vehicle fire on Monday, February 3, 2025.Crews responded to a home in the 400 block of Blackfoot Manor just after 12:30 p.m., where a parked vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze as it was looking to spread to the home....
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Lethbridge police charge man in connection to liquor store theft
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a robbery on January 27, 2025.Just after 8:30 that night, police say a man entered a liquor store along Mic Mac Boulevard, grabbed some alcohol and attempted to leave without paying. When the clerk locked the doors, they say the suspect threate...
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Hurricanes fall to Oil Kings, beat Hitmen in weekend games
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes had two games over the weekend, and came out with a win and a loss. Saturday, February 1 vs. Edmonton Oil Kings The first game of the weekend set saw the Hurricanes hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. In the first period, the Oil Kings struck first...
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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
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Renter's Choice - providing options for landlords
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Taber - renewal and diversification on a solid foundation
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Alberta
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Alberta paramedics now able to access Connect Care
Paramedics providing front-line care now have view-only access to Connect Care, as of Jan. 30. Paramedics are now able to look up the most up-to-date health information available including medication lists, lab results, electrocardiograms and medical imaging. The government says that allowing paramedics to view patient...
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Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
Anybody who is looking to avoid supporting American companies in the wake of U.S. tariffs can easily find local alternatives.MadeInAlberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items.It features hundreds of foods and beverages includi...
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Alberta law society to hold sanction hearing for former justice minister Kaycee Madu
Alberta's law society is to hold a hearing to sanction former provincial justice minister Kaycee Madu.Madu was found guilty of misconduct last year when, as justice minister in 2021, he phoned Edmonton's police chief after receiving a traffic ticket.Madu told a hearing last year he didn't call Chief Dale McFee about th...
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PROVINCE
Premier Smith says 'no economic justification' for U.S. tariffs
"I am disappointed with U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to place tariffs on all Canadian goods," said Premier Danielle Smith in a statement Saturday.-READ: Trump to slap Canada with 25 per cent tariffs Tuesday-"This decision will harm Canadians and Americans alike, and strain the important relatio...
Feb 02, 2025
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Local Sports
Hurricanes fall to Oil Kings, beat Hitmen in weekend games
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes had two games over the weekend, and came out with a win and a loss. Saturday, February 1 vs. Edmonton Oil Kings The first game of the weekend set saw the Hurricanes hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. In the first period, the Oil Kings struck first...
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Hurricanes' Shane Smith donating $25 for every point to Canadian CMV Foundation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another Lethbridge Hurricanes player is donating to a good cause for every point he scores.On January 31, 2025, the team announced that forward Shane Smith will donate $25 per point to the Canadian CMV Foundation this season to raise awareness about cytomegalovirus.Smith says the donations are in honou...
Jan 31, 2025
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Coaldale & District Soccer Association Donates $50,000 to Shift Recreation Centre
The Coaldale & District Soccer Association has made a big donation to Coaldale's Shift Recreation Centre.On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the organization donated $50,000 to the Shift Community Recreation Centre as part of the Town of Coaldale's "Coaldale STRONG" fundraising campaign.The donation was annou...
Jan 30, 2025
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Agriculture
Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
Anybody who is looking to avoid supporting American companies in the wake of U.S. tariffs can easily find local alternatives.MadeInAlberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items.It features hundreds of foods and beverages includi...
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Blair Roth reflects on hall of fame worthy career in agriculture
A Lethbridge man is looking back on decades of hard work as he is inducted into the province's Agriculture Hall of Fame. Blair Roth was celebrated at the induction ceremony on Wednesday, January 29 at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin. He says it was "surprising and humbling" to receive such an honour, and th...
Feb 02, 2025
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Agriculture
2024 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days breaks attendance record
Organizers with Alberta Open Farm Days say attendance broke a record in 2024. They say Open Farm Days attracted 52,000 visitors in 2024 compared to 36,000 in 2023. "We were very excited about Alberta Open Farm Days 2024. We saw a notable increase in the number of participating farms, with more than 150 farms openi...
Jan 31, 2025
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Canada
Quebec follows federal government and delays capital gains tax hike until 2026
QUÉBEC - Quebec's Finance Department says it is following the federal government's lead and delaying a planned hike in the capital gains tax until Jan. 1, 2026. The federal Liberals said in their April budget that they would raise the portion of capital gains on which companies pay tax to two-thirds from one-hal...
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Interprovincial trade barriers: what they are, why they exist and how to cut them
OTTAWA - The Trump administration's on-again, off-again threat to impose damaging tariffs has boosted an old idea for driving economic growth in Canada: eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. "There are millions of different ways in which rules and regulations and standards and so on affect decisions that add...
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Trudeau says U.S. tariffs on Canada will be paused for 30 days
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. has agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days after he spoke with President Donald Trump this afternoon.Trudeau says in a social media post that Canada is implementing its $1.3-billion plan to strengthen the border and appointing a "fentanyl czar."Canad...
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Canada's forestry sector faces uncertainty with 25 per cent U.S. tariffs
VICTORIA - A wide shadow of uncertainty has been cast over Canada's forestry sector by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on its lumber products. Several industry groups have released statements criticizing the tariff as unnecessary and harmful for both sides, a sentiment echoed by Br...
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Trump mistaken, U.S. banks can and do operate in Canada says finance professor
A finance professor at the University of Toronto says American banks do operate in Canada despite assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that they are not allowed to do business in the country. Trump says on his social media platform, Truth Social, that "Canada doesn't even allow U.S. banks to open or do busine...
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A short list of U.S. goods which will be charged 25 per cent tariffs starting Tuesday
OTTAWA - Effective Tuesday, Canada is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods originating in the United States - part of Canada's response to sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are some of the major categories of imported items being hit with Canadian tariffs, a...
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World
UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday, raising the previously cited death toll of 773. The World Health Organization said that at least 900 bodies were recover...
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USAID staffers are instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency. USAID staffers said t...
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USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency. USAID staffers said t...
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