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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge man named veterinarian of the year
A local veterinarian is being celebrated for his efforts.The Western Canadian Association of Bovine Practitioners (WCABP) and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc. have named Dr. Steve Hendrick the winner of the 2025 Veterinarian of the Year Award.WCABP President Dr. Anne Rogers says Hendrick has made signific...
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BookStop pop-up library running at Labor Club Ice Centre
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Public Library have teamed up to create a temporary pop-up library.BookStop will be up and running at the Labor Club Ice Centre until mid-April. Library members can use the BookStop to pick up holds, browse and check books out from a small library and drop off retu...
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Taber Police arrest man for allegedly using counterfeit cash
Businesses are asked to check any cash they receive to ensure it is legitimate.The Taber Police Service (TPS) made an arrest on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, following reports that somebody had been trying to buy items with counterfeit $100 Canadian bills."The bills are of poor quality and are clearly marked with &qu...
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Palliser School Division launches outreach program in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - A new outreach program has launched in Coaldale.The program is run by Palliser School Division, and is designed to serve individuals whose educational journeys were disrupted by various factors, including medical conditions, mental health challenges, financial difficulties, or family responsibilities.In ...
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Alberta

Alberta students highest-ranked in financial literacy in global tests
Students in Alberta are being heralded as having the highest levels of financial literacy in the country.The 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) saw 20 countries, including eight Canadian provinces, take standardized tests for financial literacy.The results show that 15-year-olds in Alberta perfo...
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trying to get below 5%
Experts express hope for smokeless Canada as country marks National Non-Smoking Week
National Non-Smoking Week is underway, and above all, it aims to underscore the cold, hard fact that 46,000 Canadians are dying from smoking-related causes each year.As the observance happens Jan. 19-25, and beyond, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) continues to be concerned specifically, it says,...
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Agriculture
Crop insurance premiums going up in 2025 says AFSC
AFSC says in a news release posted to its website that Alberta farmers can expect an increase in crop insurance premiums for this year. The company says, quote, "loss experience from previous dry years continues to drive premium increases." CEO Darryl Kay says in that same release that there were what he call...
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Provincial Politics
Smith focused on Canada-U.S. trade deficit, not Trump tariff threats
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been down in the United States recently, talking to U.S. President Donald Trump about his imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods, which are expected to start February 1. In a media discussion with Smith on Tuesday morning, she says the trade relationship with the United Sta...
Jan 21, 2025
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Canada

Carney, Arya file paperwork, officially entering Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to enter the race ahead of tomorrow's deadline. The two appear to be the first through that gate, submitting the required signatures and a $50,000 deposit. Candidates have until Thursday at 5 p.m. to get their deposit in,...
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Trudeau to attend events marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Trudeau's office says he'll be travelling Sunday to Tuesday and visiting the site of the Nazi regime's largest camp, where more than one million people were ...
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Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says he won't run in next election
OTTAWA - Another member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's front bench has decided to step away from federal politics at the next election. Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says his name will not be on the ballot when the next election is held, though he says he will remain a dedicated member of the Libera...
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Immigration minister says U.S. is still safe for refugees despite Trump's rhetoric
OTTAWA - Refugee advocacy groups are pushing back as the federal immigration minister says Ottawa still regards the U.S. as a safe country for transgender refugees under President Donald Trump. Trump signed executive orders on the first day of his new term to make recognizing gender based on biological characteristics ...
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Premiers, prime minister meet to talk Trump tariffs after cabinet retreat
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are meeting virtually with the prime minister today to talk about Donald Trump's early moves as president and the looming threat of tariffs. The first ministers have committed to weekly meetings now that Trump has been installed in the White House. Trump signed an executive order on Monday di...
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No new arrests in two months since Montreal anti-NATO protest turned violent
MONTREAL - Montreal police have made no new arrests in the two months since a November anti-NATO protest turned violent, making national headlines. At the time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the violence outside a convention centre in downtown Montreal, and Quebec Premier François Legault said it was u...
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