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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge's retirement community donates hundreds of canned goods
Seniors at a retirement home in Lethbridge are giving back to their community.Seasons Retirement Communities has announced the conclusion of its canned goods collection challenge.Between its 25 locations in Canada, a total of 8,527 cans of non-perishable food were given to local food banks, as well as $50,400 in cash.T...
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Town of Coaldale seeking feedback on downtown redevelopment
Residents of Coaldale can help to shape the future of their community.The Town of Coaldale has launched its multi-phase public engagement initiative, which will aid in the creation of a new Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP).The downtown area, especially the corridor between 20 Street and 17 Street, has seen invest...
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Lethbridge Corn Maze opens Friday with southwestern Alberta theme
The region's premier maze made of maize is set to open on Friday, July 25, 2025.Theo Slingerland, owner and operator of the Lethbridge Corn Maze, says the design for this year's namesake maze is inspired by southwestern Alberta."We put our three buffalo in there that are falling off cliffs. We have, of course, the...
17h ago
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Janene Moch appointed Lethbridge Polytechnic board chair
There is a new head of the table at the Lethbridge Polytechnic Board of Governors.Janene Moch has been appointed board chair by the Government of Alberta for a three-year term, effective June 30, 2025.She joined the board in March 2021, and says she brings decades of experience in finance, education and governance.&quo...
19h ago
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Province says it's taking action to improve classroom safety
Officials with Alberta's government say they are working with front-line experts to make classrooms safer for students and teachers.The Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team held its first meeting on July 23, bringing together teachers, school leaders, school board trustees and other front-line professionals...
14h ago
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Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
New Board chair announced for Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis
The agency that regulates alcoholic beverages, recreational cannabis, and gaming-related activities in Alberta will have a new Chair next month.Larry Spagnolo will begin serving as Board Chair of Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis, taking over for outgoing chair Len Rhodes, effective August 15.Spagnolo currently serves...
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Alberta alters rules, making it easier for nurses to get benefits for on-the-job PTSD
The Alberta government has changed the rules to make it easier for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses to get benefits when they experience job-related stress disorder.The United Nurses of Alberta says the government has followed through on a promise in contract bargaining to extend to nurses presumptiv...
16h ago
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Provincial Politics
Former UCP caucus members trying to resurrect PC name in Alberta
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party.But now two former members of Premier Danielle Smith's U-C-P caucus want to resurrect the P-C name and...
Jul 23, 2025
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Canada

In the news today: Three miners rescued from B.C. mine
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Three miners rescued from B.C. mine Three miners who were trapped in a remote northern British Columbia mine have been rescued after more than 60 hours underground. Red Chris mine operator Newmont Corp. said the three men were saf...
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Montreal group takes campaign to restore U.S. foreign aid to Times Square
OTTAWA - A Montreal-based organization promoting democracy and digital rights is using a billboard in New York's iconic Times Square to urge Americans to resist cuts to U.S. foreign aid. "A retreat by the United States will mean that the weight balances in favour of digital authoritarianism, and away from what are...
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Hockey players' acquittal reverberates in southwestern Ontario city after ruling
LONDON - The acquittal of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team who were accused of sexual assault continues to reverberate in the southwestern Ontario city where their high-profile trial played out. Dozens gathered outside the London, Ont., courthouse Thursday evening to show support for the complai...
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How the rescue of three workers trapped underground in B.C. mine unfolded
Three contractors were rescued late Thursday after more than 60 hours trapped underground at the Red Chris gold and copper mine in northern B.C. Here is a timeline of how the situation unfolded (all times Pacific): July 22, 2025, 6 a.m. Three contractors working for Hy-Tech Drilling begin work for the day at the mine. ...
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CP NewsAlert: Three miners rescued from B.C. mine after being trapped underground
Three miners who were trapped underground in a northern British Columbia mine have been rescued. More coming. The Canadian Press
3h ago
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Canada condemns Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is accusing the Israeli government of failing to prevent a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and of violating international law by denying aid. Carney said in a social media post Thursday evening that Israel's control of aid distribution must be replaced by "comp...
9h ago
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