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Lethbridge and Area

Civic Plaza, Coaldale's 'community living room', now open
Residents in Coaldale now have a new place to gather year-round.Mayor Jack Van Rijn was at Friday's grand opening ceremony for Civic Plaza, saying he has been eagerly awaiting this day for more than one year."Civic Plaza is more than just a public square-it's a place where neighbors can meet, families can gather, ...
18h ago
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HEALTH CARE
Alberta's free mental health college initiative expanding to Medicine Hat
An Alberta program offering free mental health care courses is set to expand to Medicine Hat.Medicine Hat Family Service, in partnership with the Alberta division of the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Centre for Suicide Prevention, will formally open the Medicine Hat Recovery College on March 4. The courses...
19h ago
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Southern Alberta groups among 19 to receive anti-human trafficking funds
The Government of Alberta has announced funding for 19 organizations working to stop human trafficking and empower survivors.A total of $5.5 million will go to the organizations as the province says it recognizes the need to address human trafficking and provide supports for those who have been victimized.Public Safety...
20h ago
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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...
22h ago
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Alberta

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 ...
15h ago
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Alberta surgical company's fees double public costs, according to AHS documents
EDMONTON - A private surgical company at the heart of allegations the Alberta government interfered to secure overpriced medical contracts was billing taxpayers more than twice as much per procedure than it would cost in a public hospital, according to Alberta Health Services documents. An internal chart included in an...
16h ago
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2022 ACTION PLAN
Alberta shares anti-racism efforts outlined in second annual report
Alberta Immigration and Multiculturalism has released its second annual report, which highlights government actions taken over the past year to combat racism, celebrate diversity and advance the implementation of recommendations outlined in Alberta's Anti-Racism Action Plan. Launched in 2022, the plan included 28 recom...
16h ago
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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...
19h ago
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Canada

'Absurd and surreal': Ukrainians in Alberta town hurt by Trump's comments on war
VEGREVILLE, Alta. - Yuliia Kalutska doesn't have the will to talk about plans for her future. She says it's because of rebukes this week of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump called the European leader a "dictator" and blamed Ukraine for starting the war. "It's ...
3h ago
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Canadian fans irked by Wayne Gretzky's affiliations with Trump amid tensions
The Canadian hockey legend known as "The Great One" is facing heightened criticism over his political affiliations as tensions between Canada and the U.S. continue to fester. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to make Canada the "51st state" of the U.S., prompting mass criticis...
3h ago
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Operation snowfall: A look at how Montreal is cleaning up after back-to-back storms
MONTREAL - In Montreal's southwest, by the Lachine Canal, trucks come and go like clockwork, dumping loads of snow as blowers the size of tanks send it cascading in the air onto a 10-storey-high bank. Known as the Angrignon snow depot, it is one of 10 sites across Montreal storing the record-breaking snowfall that hit ...
5h ago
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Half of Canadians and Americans think their countries are in a recession now: poll
OTTAWA - As Canada stares down U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats of devastating tariffs, roughly half of Canadians and Americans believe their countries are in an economic recession right now, a new poll suggests. The results of the Leger survey - which polled both Canadians and Americans - suggest that Ca...
5h ago
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Ontario votes 2025: Party leaders fan out on last weekend of election campaign
It's the final weekend of the provincial election campaign before Ontarians head to the polls next Thursday. Ontario's main party leaders are fanning out across the province today, with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford expected to visit Thunder Bay, Iroquois Falls and Timmins. NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to...
5h ago
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Two passengers file lawsuits after Delta plane crash in Toronto
Two people who were on a plane that crash landed at Toronto's Pearson airport on Monday are suing Delta Air Lines and its subsidiary Endeavor Air. The lawsuits were filed separately in U.S. District Court in Georgia and Minnesota and allege negligence. One complaint alleges Marthinus Lourens of Texas was drenched with ...
13h ago
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