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Lethbridge and Area

Family Day impacting some City of Lethbridge services
Certain services offered by the City of Lethbridge will be impacted by the statutory holiday.Family Day is Monday, February 17, 2025.The following list of impacted services was provided directly by the City of Lethbridge:Lethbridge 311The Lethbridge 311 contact centre will be closed. Regular hours will resume on Tuesda...
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Feedback needed for City of Lethbridge snow plowing services
The City of Lethbridge wants to hear your thoughts on its efforts to keep the streets clear of snow. The municipality created its new snow route network in the 2023/24 season, affecting 80 kilometres of roadways. The City has launched an online survey to collect information from those who live along snow routes, who su...
Feb 16, 2025
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City of Lethbridge hiring for seasonal positions, job fair in March
Anyone who is looking for some seasonal work this spring and summer will soon have plenty of opportunities. The City of Lethbridge is kicking off a hiring spree, seeking labourers in Parks & Cemeteries, Transportation Operations, and Water & Wastewater teams. There are also positions available with the Waste &a...
Feb 15, 2025
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Lethbridge and Red Deer
Two Alberta private surgery clinic contracts in limbo amid allegations in scandal
Alberta's health ministry says two proposed private surgery clinics at the centre of allegations of high-level government corruption remain in limbo."At this time, no agreements have been finalized for facilities in Red Deer or Lethbridge," Jessi Rampton, press secretary to Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, s...
Feb 14, 2025
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Alberta

EDUCATION
Alberta accelerating 11 new schools across province with $8.6B funding
Alberta's government has sped up 11 previously announced school projects in the Calgary Metropolitan Region and Edmonton from the design stage to full construction funding. - READ: Alberta premier calls for stricter immigration, reveals $8.6B education boost - The province announced $8.6 billion to accelerate school co...
Feb 15, 2025
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Canada
60th anniversary for the Canadian flag on February 15
The Canadian flag is making a milestone this year.This Flag Day, February 15, will mark 60 years since the Maple Leaf flag first flew on Parliament Hill.According to the federal government's website, the Union Jack was Canada's first flag.The Canadian Red Ensign was then used, but there were two different designs.One w...
Feb 15, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta cabinet minister calls for health minister to be removed amid scandal
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's cabinet ministers is calling for Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to be moved out after allegations of high-level corruption surrounding contracts. Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie, in a memo this week obtained and reported on by CBC, says LaGrange and the top civil servant ...
Feb 14, 2025
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Lethbridge and Red Deer
Two Alberta private surgery clinic contracts in limbo amid allegations in scandal
Alberta's health ministry says two proposed private surgery clinics at the centre of allegations of high-level government corruption remain in limbo."At this time, no agreements have been finalized for facilities in Red Deer or Lethbridge," Jessi Rampton, press secretary to Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, s...
Feb 14, 2025
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Canada

Newborn bitten by dog in Alberta home dies in hospital: RCMP
ENTWISTLE, Alta. - RCMP say a two-week-old who was bitten by a dog at a home west of Edmonton has died in hospital. The baby was airlifted to the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton after the attack Sunday in the hamlet of Entwistle, Alta. Police say the infant died despite the best efforts of medical professional...
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'Holy snow, Batman!': Ontario, Quebec residents dig out after major weekend snowfall
A winter storm that blanketed much of Ontario and Quebec this weekend has tapered off, but the cleanup will take more than one week in Montreal and up to three weeks in Toronto, officials in both cities said Monday. Up to 25 centimetres fell on Toronto, on top of a similar-sized dump last week - the city's hasn't had t...
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Multiple injuries, one critical, in plane crash at Toronto's Pearson airport
Paramedics say one passenger has been critically injured and seven others were also hurt in a plane crash at Toronto Pearson Airport. The airport has confirmed the crash involves a Delta Air Lines plane arriving from Minneapolis, and images posted on social media show the plane flipped over on the tarmac. A superintend...
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Three B.C. RCMP members seek recusal of conduct board over 'disparaging' email
SURREY, B.C. - A lawyer for three British Columbia RCMP officers facing dismissal over allegations of taking part in racist group chats says they want a three-member hearing panel removed over the use of a "disparaging" term in an email. An RCMP code of conduct hearing began today to determine whether Coquitl...
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Federal government considers contract retaliation as Trump promises tariffs
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking closely at the business it does with American companies as it considers ways to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Treasury Board President Ginette Petitpas Taylor, a member of the government's committee on ...
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Montreal police investigating after antisemitic symbol spray-painted on synagogue
MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened an investigation after an antisemitic symbol was spray-painted on a synagogue over the weekend. Rabbi Lisa Grushcow said in a video published to Facebook that a swastika was found on the side of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom on Saturday. Police spokesperson Florence Stafford says po...
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