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Lethbridge and Area

Highway 3 realignment project announced for Fort Macleod
A major project is set to get underway next year in the Fort Macleod area.The Town of Fort Macleod has announced Stage 1A of the Highway 3 realignment project.On the eastern end of the community, Stage 1A will see the westbound lanes of Highway 3 twinned to the existing eastbound lanes, running from the Township Road 9...
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Lethbridge's Jaime Vandenberg wins Miss Universe Canada
A woman from Lethbridge says she is the first Canadian to win all of the nation's "Big Four" pageants.On Saturday, August 9, Jaime Vandenberg was crowned Miss Universe Canada, besting 74 others from across the country.She tells LNN that it was a surreal experience, but it did not feel exactly how she thought ...
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Proposal to redraw southwestern Alberta into four rural-urban provincial ridings
Opinions appear to be divided on the newly-proposed electoral boundaries in southern Alberta.The Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (ABEBC) is currently reviewing the provincial electoral districts, as it is required to do every two general election cycles.Currently, southwestern Alberta is served by MLAs who repr...
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Oldman Watershed Council wins environmental stewardship award
A local organization is being honoured for a quarter of a century of ecological responsibility.The Oldman Watershed Council (OWC) was presented with the 2025 Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence in the Legacy Community Group/Non-Profit category at the 34th Annual Emerald Awards in Edmonton on June 5.Shannon Frank...
23h ago
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Judge to go ahead with review of Alberta separation question
A judge has denied an application to quash a review of a proposed Alberta referendum question on separation.Court of King's Bench Justice Colin Feasby says it will benefit democracy to have a full hearing on the constitutionality of the question.Alberta's chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the question t...
27m ago
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Provincial Politics
Judge's decision on future of Alberta separation question review expected today
A judge is expected to decide today whether a special court review of a proposed Alberta referendum question on separation should go ahead.Alberta's chief electoral officer, Gordon McClure, referred the question to court last month for a judge to determine whether it violates the Constitution, including treaty rights.T...
4h ago
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Provincial Politics
Premier Danielle Smith, Alberta Next panel to get feedback at third town hall
A travelling panel collecting public feedback on Alberta's grievances with Ottawa is set to make its third summer town hall stop tonight.Premier Danielle Smith and 15 other members of her Alberta Next panel are scheduled to be in Edmonton to brainstorm with people about possible future referendum questions.The premier ...
4h ago
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Agriculture
BeGrainSafe Week in Canada
This is BeGrainSafe Week in Canada.Its purpose is to make sure people know that grain can be dangerous and most people who get covered in grain do not survive.The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the BeGrainSafe program started in 2017 after what it calls in a release "increased grain entrapment fatal...
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Canada

Ontario health officials report 3 new measles cases, all in Southwestern region
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario are reporting just three new measles cases over the past week, all of them in the province's southwest region. Public Health Ontario says that brings the province's total case count to 2,362 measles cases since an outbreak began in October. One case previously reported in Sudbury's...
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Quebec language watchdog backtracks on pub sign it deemed too English
MONTREAL - Quebec's language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its sign. The language office had instructed Pub Burgundy Lion to add French language to its sign because "burgundy" is an English word. But co-owner Toby Lyle argued publicly that the name is a nod t...
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Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has overturned the majority of the sanctions against two Montreal police officers who were suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody in 2017. Judge Alexandre Henri ruled that police watchdog investigators had not informed the officers of their right ...
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Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case
OTTAWA - Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families. The settlement is meant to compensate children and their families for Canada's chronic underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services. Assembly of First Na...
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Fact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.
While Canadians wait for news of an improved trade situation with the United States, false reports about quiet deals with other countries have begun to fill the void. Recently, unfounded claims have spread online that Canada has slashed potato exports to the United States in response to tariffs, and struck a $1.6 billi...
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Conservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is planning to swap his fight against the carbon tax this fall for a new battle against what he's calling the "Carney tax." The Conservative leader says his party will launch a national campaign to call on the Liberals to scrap their electric vehicle mandate. The policy requires 20 p...
1h ago
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