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Taber Police officers now wearing body cams
It is a move that is meant to increase accountability for police officers and protect the public.The Taber Police Service (TPS) says it is deploying body-worn cameras on all of its officers this month. The service's patrol officers are the first to be equipped.That follows a mandate from the Government of Alberta in Ma...
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Pincher Creek woman wins $100,000
The Western Canadian Lottery Corporation has announced a grand prize winner of a scratch ticket.Meaza Bilal of Pincher Creek won $100,000 on a $5 50X THE CASH Scratch & Win Ticket. It was purchased from the Shell gas station in Pincher Creek."I scratched the barcode on the ticket and scanned it-I could not bel...
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Lethbridge dragonboaters make national team
A group of local paddlers will represent Canada at international competitions.The Dragonboat Association of Southern Alberta (DASA) has announced that six people have earned spots on the 18U and 24U National Dragon Boat Teams. The 18U team will feature Ella Veilleux, Sierra Smith, Bobby Zhao, Kylie Marshall, and Madiso...
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not a full coal mine approval
Alberta Energy Regulator approves coal exploration at Grassy Mountain
A coal mining company will be able to get a better understanding of coal deposits on a mountain in Crowsnest Pass.The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has approved three permits for Northback Holdings as it looks to potentially develop a coal mine on the Grassy Mountain.They say they are satisfied that the Australia-base...
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Communities in Mind 2025 Campaign Update!
🧠💚 Communities in Mind 2025 Campaign Update! 🧠💚 In partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, the Communities in Mind campaign focuses on raising vital funds for local mental health programs and initiatives across Alberta. We’re proud to share that together, we raised an incredible $80,219.17 across all participating Co-ops! 🎉👏 🌟A big shout-out to: • Cornerstone Co-op • Central Alberta Co-op Ltd. • South Country Co-op Limited • Westview Co-operative Association Limited Fun Fact: Since launching in 2020, the campaign has raised just under $300,000 in support of mental health across the province! Thank you to everyone who contributed — your support truly makes a difference.💛🧠💚 Communities in Mind 2025 Campaign Update! 🧠💚 In partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, the Communities in Mind campaign focuses on raising vital funds for local mental health programs and initiatives across Alberta. We’re proud to share that together, we raised an incredible $80,219.17 across all participating Co-ops! 🎉👏 🌟A big shout-out to: • Cornerstone Co-op • Central Alberta Co-op Ltd. • South Country Co-op Limited • Westview Co-operative Association Limited Fun Fact: Since launching in 2020, the campaign has raised just under $300,000 in support of mental health across the province! Thank you to everyone who contributed — your support truly makes a difference.💛🧠💚 Communities in Mind 2025 Campaign Update! 🧠💚 In partnership with the Mental Health Foundation, the Communities in Mind campaign focuses on raising vital funds for local mental health programs and initiatives across Alberta. We’re proud to share that together, we raised an incredible $80,219.17 across all participating Co-ops! 🎉👏 🌟A big shout-out to: • Cornerstone Co-op • Central Alberta Co-op Ltd. • South Country Co-op Limited • Westview Co-operative Association Limited Fun Fact: Since launching in 2020, the campaign has raised just under $300,000 in support of mental health across the province! Thank you to everyone who contributed — your support truly makes a difference.💛
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Lethbridge
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✨ Give the Gift of Reading with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Lethbridge! ✨📚 Did you know that children in Lethbridge can receive a FREE book every month from birth to age five? Thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, little readers can build a home library and develop a lifelong love of books! ❤️ But we need your help to keep this incredible program going! Your donation ensures that more children in our community have access to high-quality books—at no cost to their families. Just $47 sponsors a child for an entire year! 📖 Donate today and help shape young minds!🔗 https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/?country=CA&affid=ABLETHBRIDGE Let’s work together to inspire the next generation—one book at a time! 💕 #ImaginationLibrary #Lethbridge #EarlyLiteracy #DonateNow✨ Give the Gift of Reading with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Lethbridge! ✨📚 Did you know that children in Lethbridge can receive a FREE book every month from birth to age five? Thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, little readers can build a home library and develop a lifelong love of books! ❤️ But we need your help to keep this incredible program going! Your donation ensures that more children in our community have access to high-quality books—at no cost to their families. Just $47 sponsors a child for an entire year! 📖 Donate today and help shape young minds!🔗 https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/?country=CA&affid=ABLETHBRIDGE Let’s work together to inspire the next generation—one book at a time! 💕 #ImaginationLibrary #Lethbridge #EarlyLiteracy #DonateNow✨ Give the Gift of Reading with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Lethbridge! ✨📚 Did you know that children in Lethbridge can receive a FREE book every month from birth to age five? Thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, little readers can build a home library and develop a lifelong love of books! ❤️ But we need your help to keep this incredible program going! Your donation ensures that more children in our community have access to high-quality books—at no cost to their families. Just $47 sponsors a child for an entire year! 📖 Donate today and help shape young minds!🔗 https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/?country=CA&affid=ABLETHBRIDGE Let’s work together to inspire the next generation—one book at a time! 💕 #ImaginationLibrary #Lethbridge #EarlyLiteracy #DonateNow
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Alberta

Workers safe
Alberta RCMP remind motorists to slow down for emergency and maintenance vehicles
The Alberta RCMP is calling on motorists to do their part in keeping everyone safe on the road, especially when approaching stopped vehicles with flashing lights.Drivers should slow down and move over in an effort to keep emergency and roadside workers safe.May 14 marked National Slow Down and Move Over Day, which mark...
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Amid allegations
Calls for Adriana LaGrange to resign continue in Red Deer
A group of approximately 100 to 125 Albertans made the trip to Adriana LaGrange's office in Red Deer on Thursday calling on her to resign as Minister of Health.Organized by Public Interest Alberta, a non-profit organization focused on public interest issues, the group travelled by bus to Red Deer with residents from Ed...
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Supporting Local
Travel Alberta and AGLC invite Albertans to "Raise a Glass to Alberta" this summer
Travel Alberta and Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) have partnered to launch "Raise a Glass to Alberta". It's described as a spirited campaign running from May 5 to June 15 that invites Albertans to toast the province's vibrant craft beverage scene while supporting local producers and exploring the ...
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Energy Business
BC First Nations buying share of Enbridge pipeline system
Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to sell a minority stake in its Westcoast natural gas pipeline system to a group of 36 First Nations in B.C. Under the agreement, the Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance Limited Partnership will invest $715 million for a 12.5 per cent stake in the system. The Westcoast natural gas pipeline sy...
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: Report says Lapu Lapu festival planning followed rules
VANCOUVER - A preliminary report by the City of Vancouver and police into last month's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack says authorities are considering safety enhancements for outdoor events in light of the attack. But the report says planning for the festival appears to have followed prescribed processes, and Vancouver ...
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NewsAlert: Canada Post report recommends phasing out daily door-to-door mail delivery
OTTAWA - The Industrial Inquiry Commission report on the labour dispute at Canada Post recommends phasing out daily door-to-door letter mail delivery for individual addresses, while daily delivery to businesses should be maintained. It also says the moratoriums on rural post office closures and community mailbox conver...
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CRTC should equalize CanCon spending for streamers, broadcasters: Corus
OTTAWA - Corus is urging the CRTC to require traditional broadcasters and online players to pay the same amount into the Canadian content system. The broadcaster, which owns Global TV, says both should contribute 20 per cent of their revenue towards Canadian content. The federal broadcast regulator is holding a two-wee...
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Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament
OTTAWA - The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River-Crowfoot. Kurek, who won the election in the rural Alberta riding with more than 80 per cent of the vote, has promised to ...
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Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial
The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the judge Thursday indicating some members of the panel felt two of the defence lawyers were laughing at them as they came i...
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University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at the New North America Initiative, based in the university's School of Public Policy, have been tasked with coming up wi...
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