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Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge begins fire dispatch services for Blood Tribe
A new partnership aims to strengthen emergency communications in southern Alberta.The Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) Public Safety Communications Centre (PSCC) is now providing fire dispatch services for the Blood Tribe Emergency Services (BTES).LFES Deputy Chief of Strategy and Communications Kevin McKe...
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Three sentenced for fraud in Lethbridge, trial set for another accused
The court cases for three people in a fraud investigation have wrapped up quickly, while proceedings will carry on for a fourth.On February 4, 2025, the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) charged five people in connection to alleged identity fraud and the forging of documents.That followed an investigation that started in...
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Cedric Bovon named head coach of Pronghorns Women's Soccer
A new person is in charge of the women's soccer team at the University of Lethbridge.Cedric Bovon has been named the head coach of the program at Pronghorns Athletics.He is currently the Girls' Technical Director and League 1 Head Coach for the Calgary Blizzards Soccer Club. He has also spent time as an Assistant Coach...
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Weekend protests call for Danielle Smith's resignation
Protests calling for Alberta premier Danielle Smith to step down amid allegations of corruption within the province's healthcare sector took place Saturday in several communities, including Medicine Hat.READ: Premier Smith, Minister LaGrange stand by denials of wrongdoing in AHS corruption caseThe "Pink Slip Prote...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Alberta's Legislative Assembly to reconvene on Tuesday
The Alberta Legislative Assembly will reconvene Tuesday, with all eyes set on this Thursday's provincial budget.The UCP say the legislation they intend to propose will increase clarity, efficiency and accountability."Alberta's government is heading back to the legislature to continue to work for Albertans," s...
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Alberta announces $180 million for new addiction treatment centres
The Government of Alberta is looking at a major investment into addiction support services.Premier Danielle Smith said Monday that, as part of Budget 2025, the province would look to spend $180 million over three years to build two "compassionate intervention centres."They would be located in Calgary and Edmo...
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Alberta increases funding for fire services training
Fire departments across Alberta will soon be able to access more money to support training efforts.The Government of Alberta is doubling funds for the Fire Services Training Program (FSTP) to $1 million.Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver says all municipalities, Metis Settlements and First Nations in the province...
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Centre to End Trafficking in Persons opens in Calgary
The new Alberta Centre to End Trafficking in Persons (the Alberta Centre) opened in Calgary on Friday.The centre is the cornerstone recommendation of 'The Reading Stone,' a report released by the Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force.This is a community-led initiative in partnership with the Government of Alberta, with ...
Feb 22, 2025
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Local Sports

Cedric Bovon named head coach of Pronghorns Women's Soccer
A new person is in charge of the women's soccer team at the University of Lethbridge.Cedric Bovon has been named the head coach of the program at Pronghorns Athletics.He is currently the Girls' Technical Director and League 1 Head Coach for the Calgary Blizzards Soccer Club. He has also spent time as an Assistant Coach...
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Cleaver stops 30, Yager has two points as Hurricanes down Rebels 3-1
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Hurricanes are back in the win column after a 3-1 victory over the Red Deer Rebels on Wednesday, February 12.The team had recently had its three-game streak snapped by the Calgary Hitmen the night before.In the first period, the Hurricanes kept up pressure throughout, outshooting Red Dee...
Feb 13, 2025
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Hurricanes fall to Hitmen 3-2 in overtime
The Lethbridge Hurricanes had their winning streak snapped at three games last night, falling 3-2 to the Calgary Hitmen in overtime.The game between the two once again had a high level of importance for the standings, as Calgary was just three points ahead of Lethbridge going in.In the first period, the Hitmen hit the ...
Feb 12, 2025
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Agriculture

Agriculture
Nine beef research projects to share $6 million in funding
Results Driver Agriculture Research, Alberta Beef Producers and the Beef Cattle Research Council say that $6 million will go into beef research projects in Alberta. Nine projects will get funding. The list includes $2.1 million to expand disease surveillance work done in feedlots, $1.1 million to study how trace minera...
Feb 21, 2025
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Website highlights Product of Canada goods
A recent push to buy domestic products has one website in the spotlight.Marnie Scott is the President of CanadianCoolFoods.com, a non-profit, non-commercial listing of Canadian foods.She started the website nearly a decade ago when doing economic development work for the Government of Canada, realizing that there did n...
Feb 21, 2025
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$19 million worth of irrigation projects underway in southern Alberta
The Government of Alberta says several initiatives are underway to improve the region's irrigation systems.The 2024 provincial budget included $19 million in funding for the Irrigation Rehabilitation Program, which helps irrigation districts to modernize infrastructure.The goal is to allow water to efficiently and reli...
Feb 07, 2025
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Canada

Convicted killer, 85, missing from minimum security prison north of Montreal
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. - Correctional Service Canada says an 85-year-old convicted killer has escaped from a minimum security prison north of Montreal. Officials say Ricardo Vilches was not present during the noon head count today at the Archambault Institution in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que. Prison officials say ...
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Google 'actively working' to fix mislabelling of Canadian 'state parks'
Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps is referring to some provincial parks as "state" parks, an incorrect designation that's ruffling feathers at a time of heightened tension between Canada and the United States. Social-media users are sharing screenshots showing provincial parks in ...
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First Nation report says communication shortfalls hampered B.C. landslide response
A report from a First Nation says the massive Chilcotin River landslide in the B.C. Interior last year revealed shortfalls in communication and co-ordination of the emergency response from provincial and federal governments. The Tsilhqot'in National Government's report says it had to overcome "jurisdictional confu...
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Musqueam and Feds make deal to share Vancouver airport lease revenue
VANCOUVER - The Musqueam Indian Band has signed an agreement with the federal government to share ground lease revenue from the Vancouver International Airport. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree says the specifics of the agreement are being kept confidential but it's the first revenue-sharing d...
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Here's the latest as Liberal leadership candidates square off in French debate
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidates square off in a French-language debate in Montreal on Monday. The event is set to run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will be moderated by former TVA-Québec anchor Pierre Jobin. Here's the latest (all times Eastern): --- 4 p.m. Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia...
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Trump says he's moving forward with tariffs on Canada and Mexico next week
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump says devastating duties on products from Canada and Mexico are coming next week after the levies were paused for a month. In a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House today, Trump was asked whether he was moving ahead with tariffs against Americ...
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World

Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence Dolan dies at 94
CLEVELAND (AP) - Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland's major league baseball team since 2000, has died at age 94. The Cleveland Guardians put out a statement Monday saying Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes. Dolan, a Cleveland native, purchased the team from Richard Jacobs in 2000 for $320 million. The Dolan f...
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Trump says Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of potential deal to end war
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as part of a potential deal to end Russia's war there. Trump made the comments to reporters at a start of a meeting at the White House on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron on the third an...
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The UN adopts resolution demanding Russia immediately withdraw troops from Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution Monday demanding an immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine on the third anniversary of the invasion. The vote in the 193-member world body, whose resolutions are not legally binding but are seen as a barometer of world opin...
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