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Lethbridge and Area

$500,000 donation to Lethbridge cardiac centre
A local family has made a major donation to help improve cardiac services in southern Alberta.Champak Morzaria, Mayuri Modgill and Shilpa Stocker have given $500,000 to help build the Southern Alberta Cardiac Centre of Excellence at Chinook Regional Hospital.Stocker's father has had cardiac health challenges. While she...
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Coutts border officers seize millions of dollars worth of drugs in two incidents
A pair of significant drug seizures have been made at an international border crossing in southern Alberta.Between the two incidents, 228 kilograms of drugs worth a combined $2.86 million have been confiscated at the Coutts border crossingThe Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says the first seizure occurred on Decem...
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Lethbridge hockey player wins KIJHL award
A local junior hockey player is being recognized.The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced this year's Bill Ohlhausen Division Award Winners.Lethbridge's Grady Sterling-Ponech was named the division's Top Defenceman.He produced 39 points in 44 games this season with the Princeton Posse, a ne...
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'Quit holding my mail hostage': Canada Post service disappears for some Medicine Hat residents
Rick Cameron hasn't received mail for three weeks.The Medicine Hat resident is expecting tax forms and important health care insurance papers following visits to the doctor and dentist.There was no warning that mail would stop getting delivered and attempts to pick it up didn't work, Cameron told CHAT News on Monday.&q...
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Alberta

Alberta cabinet minister Peter Guthrie quits post, citing concerns over procurement
Alberta Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie says he is resigning from cabinet, citing concerns over procurement practices across government.He says as a backbencher, he'll be able to better serve his constituents by pushing Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party government to conduct itself with honesty a...
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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...
Feb 24, 2025
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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...
Feb 24, 2025
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Canada

B.C. First Nation files Charter challenge over RCMP refusal to enforce bylaws
VANCOUVER - A small First Nation on British Columbia's Central Coast is taking the attorney general of Canada to court, arguing its Charter rights have been violated because the RCMP refuses to enforce its bylaws. The Heiltsuk Tribal Council says in its lawsuit that the police are "emboldening drug dealers" a...
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Ottawa appoints Inuk leader for external review of embattled Nutrition North program
OTTAWA - The federal government has appointed Inuk leader Aluki Kotierk to head an external review of a northern food subsidy program. Kotierk is the former president of Nunavut Tunngavik, which represents the territory's Inuit, and will serve as a special representative to the northern affairs minister. Nutrition Nort...
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Public safety minister heads to Washington to discuss efforts to fight fentanyl
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister David McGuinty is headed to Washington to discuss the latest efforts by Canada and the United States to fight deadly fentanyl. Joining McGuinty is newly appointed "fentanyl czar" Kevin Brosseau and representatives of the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency. The Canadians are...
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Joly seeks more intelligence sharing with Europeans as Washington drifts from Ukraine
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa seeks to deepen its intelligence sharing with European partners, as Washington diverges on issues like Ukraine. Intelligence experts have expressed concern about U.S. President Donald Trump appointing officials who have shared false information and talke...
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CP NewsAlert: N.L. Premier Andrew Furey says he is leaving politics
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says he is stepping down after nearly five years in power. The orthopedic surgeon says he has always maintained that he is not "a career politician." More coming. The Canadian Press <!-- Photo: 9edaccffc98eae2788ebd45090c77d5820ea81df8ef7504...
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Inmate who escaped from prison in Quebec caught hours later in Toronto
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. - A federal inmate serving time for murder who vanished on Monday from a prison north of Montreal was arrested hours later in Toronto. Correctional Service Canada said 85-year-old convicted killer Ricardo Vilches wasn't present during head count at noon on Monday. He was incarcerated in th...
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