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$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
Mar 18, 2025

$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025

Lethbridge and Area

University of Lethbridge unveils strategic plan to shape the next decade
The University of Lethbridge has unveiled a new Strategic Plan, outlining key priorities that will guide the institution's growth and impact over the next decade.The plan, developed through extensive conversations with students, faculty, staff, and community partners, aims to strengthen ULethbridge's role as a leader i...
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April 7 declared Green Shirt Day in Lethbridge
Lethbridge City Council has made its annual declaration of Green Shirt Day.Logan Boulet of Lethbridge was one of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018. He died the following day.Logan was a registered organ donor and his contribution saved six lives, which created a movement that resulted in mo...
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Accessible & seniors' transit being added to rural southern Alberta communities
Seniors and people with disabilities in select communities will have an easier time getting around.The Government of Alberta is launching the second phase of its Healthy Aging Alberta program.It provides accessible and affordable transportation services for seniors and Albertans with mobility issues.Minister of Seniors...
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update: intersection cleared
Two teens injured in Lethbridge collision
UPDATE (11:12 a.m. Tuesday): The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says the intersection has been cleared and drivers can resume regular use of the area.Original Story:The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says it is continuing to investigate a pedestrian collision on the south side.At approximately 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, M...
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What's Happening
$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
Mar 18, 2025

Lethbridge restaurant raises funds for Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
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

Alberta

PROVINCIAL POLITICS
Premier Smith, despite criticism, set to leave for U.S. event with far-right influencer
Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble" leader.Smith is to make a speaking appearance this week with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming f...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert.Darla Zelenitsky, an associate professor in the school's faculty of science, says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the constru...
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'Into the lion's den'; Amid criticism, Alberta's Smith set to attend U.S. fundraiser
Premier Danielle Smith is getting set to fly to Florida for an event hosted by a far-right U.S. influencer, with her chief of staff calling the foray a patriotic act of courage by a "noble'' leader.Smith is to make a speaking appearance this week with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundr...
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ANSWERING THE CALL
Alberta establishing working group to address unpaid oil and gas property tax challenge
In response to calls from the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) and Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) for action, the Government of Alberta is establishing a working group with municipal partners to develop an accountability strategy for unpaid oil and gas property taxes.Earlier this month, the RMA released the resu...
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Local Sports

Medicine Hat entertainment venues first in Alberta certified for sensory sensitivities
Medicine Hat's Co-op Place and the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre have acquired a new certification that verifies they're better equipped to assist guests with sensory sensitivities, the first entertainment venues in Alberta to have earned it.KultureCity's Sensory Inclusive program has been widely embraced by venue...
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Lethbridge Hurricanes to face Brandon in opening round of WHL playoffs
There are just a few days to go before the start of the Western Hockey League (WHL) playoffs and the Lethbridge Hurricanes now know who they will be facing.The Canes will take on the Brandon Wheat Kings in the first round, a team Lethbridge has a favourable record against. They won three of four games against Brandon i...
Mar 24, 2025
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Former Hurricane Ty Prefontaine helps Huskies win U SPORTS bronze
Former Lethbridge Hurricanes defenseman Ty Prefontaine played a key role in the University of Saskatchewan Huskies' bronze medal finish at the 2025 U SPORTS Men's Hockey Championship in Ottawa.Prefontaine spent four seasons (2016-2020) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League (WHL), serving as an alt...
Mar 24, 2025
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Agriculture

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million f...
Mar 23, 2025
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SUPPORTS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Alberta supporting waste reduction and biogas industry with updates to agriculture act
The Government of Alberta has proposed updates to the Agricultural Operations Practices Act, intended to help reduce waste, allow farmers to supplement fertilizer with organic materials and help attract job-creating investment. This act and its regulations provide the rules and standards for all agricultural operations...
Mar 19, 2025
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AVOID ROLLOVERS AND FALLS
Agricultural Safety Week: Slow down and make a plan
This year, March 16-22 marks Agricultural Safety Week in Canada, an annual national event aimed at highlighting the importance of farm safety. "Canadian Agricultural Safety Week is a good time to remind those working on farms and ranches about the importance of farm health and safety measures to keep operations sa...
Mar 19, 2025
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Canada

B.C. to bring in legislation to end its carbon tax on consumers starting April 1
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date. B.C. Pre...
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Record deficit, economic stimulus and other highlights of Quebec's 2025-26 budget
QUÉBEC - Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard introduced his budget on Tuesday, under a cloud of possible U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods that he forecasts will average 10 per cent in the next two years. Here are some highlights: - Deficit of $13.6 billion, or 2.2 per cent of GDP, including payments of about $2.2 ...
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B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
VANCOUVER - A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis ...
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Beijing's envoy calls for more trade with Canada as U.S. trade war continues
OTTAWA - Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue a global trade war. Wang Di says Washington should not force Canada to choose between the U.S. and China because that would further destabilize the global economy. At a trade promotion event...
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY - A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert. Darla Zelenitsky says the remains of the therizinosaur were found in the Gobi desert in 2012 during the construction of a water pipeline. She says the species n...
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Quebec man found in contempt of court for swastikas outside his home
MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been found in contempt of court for refusing to remove swastikas from outside his home in a municipality that he accuses of being "the most racist city in the world." A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled earlier this month that Yahia Meddah had not taken seriously injunctions orderi...
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World

At least 16 dead and 19 injured as wildfires ravage South Korea's southern regions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - At least 16 people died and another 19 were injured as wildfires ravaged South Korea's southern regions amid dry weather and strong winds, government officials said Wednesday. Officials in Andong city and other southeastern cities and towns ordered residents to evacuate on Tuesday as firefight...
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Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts on hold again after a new federal ruling
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa cannot, for now, continue to enforce part of its book ban law, a federal judge said Tuesday, giving major publishers that sued the state the second temporary reprieve they requested. The new decision from U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher again temporarily blocked the part of the law that ...
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Trump signs sweeping action overhauling US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day. The order says the U.S. has failed "to en...
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