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Lethbridge and Area

Home, Garden & Leisure show returns in March, bigger than ever
One of Lethbridge's biggest annual conventions is coming up shortly.The Home, Garden & Leisure Show will take over the Agri-food Hub & Trade Centre from March 13-15, 2025.Marc Belisle, co-producer of the event, says the building is once again completely sold out with over 300 vendors from a variety of related s...
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Grass fire near Scenic Drive in Lethbridge
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services says its members are battling an active grass fire on the south side Friday afternoon.It is located west of Scenic Drive between the Scenic Drive Dog Run and Scenic Heights Apartments.Scenic Drive remains open, but residents and motorists are asked to avoid the area for the time b...
Feb 28, 2025
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Southern Alberta reservoirs doing better than 2024, but still below norms
With spring on the horizon, the City of Lethbridge has resumed weekly reporting of water levels in the area's reservoirs.As of Friday, February 28, 2025, the City says two of three local reservoirs are more full than they were at this time last year, but are still below historic averages:Oldman ReservoirCurrent storage...
Feb 28, 2025
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Nobody hurt in "significant" west side fire
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire Thursday evening, February 27.At approximately 8:00 p.m. members responded to a home on Temple Crescent West, where they found a "significant fire" on the front porch, spreading toward the attic.Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze an...
Feb 28, 2025
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Alberta

POLITICS
Premier Smith holding Medicine Hat town hall Tuesday amid fresh pressures
Medicine Hat's two local provincial representatives are holding a town hall on Tuesday. Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Danielle Smith, who also serves as premier, and Cypress-Medicine Hat's Justin Wirght will take a mixture of pre-submitted and on-the-spot questions at the forum. It's the third such town hall the two United C...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta to announce third-party reviewer to probe health contracts next week; Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says an external reviewer is to be announced next week, as her government continues to face questions surrounding allegations of corruption in health-care contracts.The scandal stems from a lawsuit from the former CEO of Alberta Health Services.It alleges high-level government officials i...
Feb 28, 2025
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoting budget's income tax cut
A day after her government released its budget, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has hit the road to sell its perks.Alberta is projecting a $5.2-billion deficit, but is offering income tax cuts that will pull more than $1 billion from provincial coffers.The tax break was first promised in the 2023 election, and could sav...
Feb 28, 2025
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Alberta government appoints Martin Long as new infrastructure minister
Alberta has a new minister of infrastructure.Martin Long has been appointed to the cabinet post after the previous minister resigned earlier this week.Long, the member for West Yellowhead, says he will continue building infrastructure to keep up with population growth.First elected in 2019, Long has served as a parliam...
Feb 28, 2025
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Canada

Canadian Ukrainian community 'shocked' and 'angry' by Zelenskyy's treatment
Leaders from Canadian Ukrainian organizations say they are shocked by Friday's clash between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump berated Zelenskyy for being "disrespectful" in an Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal that Trump ...
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Anti-Amazon protesters in Montreal rally once again for boycott demonstration
MONTREAL - Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal today to continue their calls for a boycott of the company after it decided to shutter its Quebec warehouses in the province in January. Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that unionized last Ma...
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Canadian-made lunar dust repellent heading to the moon aboard Firefly's Blue Ghost
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A Canadian-made moon dust repellent is expected to land on the moon Sunday as part of a NASA-led study. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander launched from Florida on Jan. 15, carrying samples that will be tested for their ability to repel lunar dust. Two of those samples are treated with a coa...
10h ago
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Chrystia Freeland takes shots at Poilievre, Trudeau on 'Real Time with Bill Maher'
Chrystia Freeland joined the growing ranks of high-profile Canadian politicians taking to U.S. airwaves to spread their message to Canadian and American viewers since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. On Friday night, Freeland took swings at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trud...
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Leonard Cohen notebook sold for $174,000 in memorabilia auction
MONTREAL - From pages inked with poems to a locket containing a lock of hair, memorabilia belonging to the late Canadian poet and singer songwriter Leonard was auctioned on Friday, raking in thousands of dollars. The Montreal icon died at the age of 82 in 2016 and Julien's Auctions billed the event held in Los Angeles ...
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Trudeau off to security summit in London, as Trump's Ukraine comments rile Europeans
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to London this morning ahead of a European defence summit tomorrow seeking to set the conditions toward a lasting peace in Ukraine. The summit was announced earlier in the week to involve European leaders, but takes on a new focus with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z...
17h ago
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