What's Happening
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
Canadian Mental Health Association - many programs, meeting people where they're at
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 20-26, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 6-12, 2025
Jan 07, 2025
Lethbridge and Area
Medicine Hat receives regulatory approval to purchase solar farm project
The City of Medicine Hat will move ahead with the purchase of a massive solar farm project after receiving regulatory approval Tuesday from a provincial authority.The Alberta Utilities Commission also signed off in the city's plan to build up to 75 megawatts worth of solar panels in a first phase of the Saamis Solar Pa...
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Lethbridge Police charge five in identity fraud investigation
Lethbridge Police have charged five members of a group following a lengthy investigation into fraudulent activity throughout the province. The investigation was launched in the fall of 2023 after the search of a north Lethbridge residence led to the seizure of hundreds of forged identity documents, along with equipment...
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Milk River RCMP asking residents to avoid west side of town
Milk River RCMP are asking the public to avoid the west side of Milk River off of Highway 4 due to a heavy police presence.They add there is no danger to the public.RCMP says an update will be sent when more information becomes available.READ MORE: Lethbridge News Now. --If you have a news tip, question or concern, ple...
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Polar Plunge returns to Lethbridge for 2025
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A winter staple charity event is returning to Lethbridge for 2025.The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS), in partnership with the Law Enforcement Torch Run, is encouraging residents to support the 2025 Polar Plunge, which raises money and awareness for the Special Olympics.This year's Polar Plunge will ta...
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What's Happening
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
Ecoline Windows: Supplying energy-efficient products to Canadian homeowners
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 20-26, 2025
Jan 20, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 6-12, 2025
Jan 07, 2025
Renter's Choice - providing options for landlords
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: December 30 - January 5, 2025
Dec 30, 2024
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: December 16-22, 2024
Dec 17, 2024
Alberta
Provincial Politics
Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta fined more than $100K by Elections Alberta
Take Back Alberta, the third-party advertiser that made headlines for its role in the high-profile ouster of former premier Jason Kenney, has been fined more than $100,000 by Elections Alberta.The body that oversees provincial election spending and voting rules has fined Take Back Alberta, and its founder David Parker,...
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DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH
Provincial budget release scheduled for Feb. 27
The Government of Alberta has scheduled the release of Budget 2025 for Thursday, Feb. 27, at the start of the new spring legislative session. The government says that over 2023 and 2024, Alberta's population grew at an unprecedented rate, putting strain on many of the province's public services. Budget 2025 is said to ...
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FEB. 5
Bundle up for Winter Walk Day
Bundle up and get active this Winter Walk Day, on Feb. 5, to help promote movement even in the province's coldest months. Since 2006, on the first Wednesday of February, Albertans have donned their toques and boots to head out on a 15-minute walk either as an individual, with friends or family, or with classmates or co...
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HEALTH CARE
New Alberta program will provide 'pathways to employment' for those with disabilities
Alberta's government will launch a new program for Albertans with disabilities in July 2026, so they can receive the support they need while pursuing meaningful careers.The province said that Albertans with disabilities and the organizations that support them have said "loud and clear" they want supports that...
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Local Sports
Hurricanes fall to Oil Kings, beat Hitmen in weekend games
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes had two games over the weekend, and came out with a win and a loss. Saturday, February 1 vs. Edmonton Oil Kings The first game of the weekend set saw the Hurricanes hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. In the first period, the Oil Kings struck first...
Feb 03, 2025
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Hurricanes' Shane Smith donating $25 for every point to Canadian CMV Foundation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another Lethbridge Hurricanes player is donating to a good cause for every point he scores.On January 31, 2025, the team announced that forward Shane Smith will donate $25 per point to the Canadian CMV Foundation this season to raise awareness about cytomegalovirus.Smith says the donations are in honou...
Jan 31, 2025
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Coaldale & District Soccer Association Donates $50,000 to Shift Recreation Centre
The Coaldale & District Soccer Association has made a big donation to Coaldale's Shift Recreation Centre.On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the organization donated $50,000 to the Shift Community Recreation Centre as part of the Town of Coaldale's "Coaldale STRONG" fundraising campaign.The donation was annou...
Jan 30, 2025
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Agriculture
Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
Anybody who is looking to avoid supporting American companies in the wake of U.S. tariffs can easily find local alternatives.MadeInAlberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items.It features hundreds of foods and beverages includi...
Feb 03, 2025
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Blair Roth reflects on hall of fame worthy career in agriculture
A Lethbridge man is looking back on decades of hard work as he is inducted into the province's Agriculture Hall of Fame. Blair Roth was celebrated at the induction ceremony on Wednesday, January 29 at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin. He says it was "surprising and humbling" to receive such an honour, and th...
Feb 02, 2025
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Agriculture
2024 edition of Alberta Open Farm Days breaks attendance record
Organizers with Alberta Open Farm Days say attendance broke a record in 2024. They say Open Farm Days attracted 52,000 visitors in 2024 compared to 36,000 in 2023. "We were very excited about Alberta Open Farm Days 2024. We saw a notable increase in the number of participating farms, with more than 150 farms openi...
Jan 31, 2025
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Canada
Booing of U.S. anthem continues at Canadian sporting events despite tariff pause
TORONTO - Canadian sports fans continued to voice their displeasure at American economic policies on Tuesday despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States. Fans at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena booed during the U.S. national anthem before the Raptors hosted the New York Knicks on Tuesday. Loud cheers...
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B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mineral and energy projects worth roughly $20 billion that it says it's working to accelerate in the face of ongoing tariff threats from the United States. The list contains mining projects that have received pushback from some B.C. and Alask...
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CP NewsAlert: Four found dead in home on First Nation in southern Saskatchewan
FORT QU'APPELLE, Sask. - Police say four people have been found dead in a home on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation in southern Saskatchewan. RCMP say officers with the File Hills Police Service were called to the home, where they found the bodies. They say the deaths are considered suspicious. More coming. The Canadi...
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Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88
OTTAWA - The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims, has died at the age of 88. A post on social media from the Aga Khan Development Network says he passed away peacefully today in Lisbon, surrounded by his family. The Aga Khan was a key figure in an ethics scandal involving Prime Minister Justin...
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Quebec premier says North American free-trade agreement should be reopened now
QUÉBEC - Quebec Premier François Legault says talks should begin as soon as possible on renegotiating the North American free-trade agreement. Legault made the comments today in a special statement to the legislature, a day after United States Donald Trump paused for 30 days the implementation of 25 per c...
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Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal
OTTAWA - A lawyer for the federal government says a judge mistakenly concluded it was unreasonable for the government to use the Emergencies Act in 2022 to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points. In his January 2024 ruling, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley said he revisited the events with ...
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World
USAID direct hires put on leave worldwide, except those deemed essential
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is placing U.S. Agency for International Development direct-hire staffers around the world on leave, except those deemed essential. A notice posted online Tuesday gives the workers 30 days to return home and targets the aid agency's six-decade mission overseas. Thousands of US...
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Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department's helm
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president. The vote fell almost entirely along party ...
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The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims and philanthropist, has died at 88
PARIS (AP) - The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, has died. He was 88. His Aga Khan Development...
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