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Lethbridge and Area

Brooks RCMP searching for missing person
The RCMP is asking for your help in finding a person from Brooks.Officers say 32-year-old Joshua (Astrid) Kinsella-Gow was last seen on February 19, 2025, at the 7-Eleven in Okotoks.RCMP believes they might have been traveling to the Calgary area.Kinsella-Gow is described as 5'7" with waist-length dirty blonde hai...
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Youth One announces gala to celebrate 10 years of impact
Youth One, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth through mentorship and community programs, will mark its 10-year anniversary with a Black Tie Gala on March 29, 2025. The event, presented by Allied Marketing Group, aims to recognize the organization's impact on young people in the region while raising ...
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Confirmed case of measles in Taber
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is notifying the public of a recently confirmed case of measles in the community. They say a visitor traveled from Toronto to Taber on March 8, 2025, and was in public settings in the community while infectious. AHS warns that people who were in the following locations during the specified...
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Lethbridge named a 'top trending domestic destination'
One company says a growing number of people are looking to visit Lethbridge.That is according to a new report from Airbnb, which says searches for domestic stays in its short-term rentals are up by nearly 20 per cent so far in 2025."More Canadians than ever are choosing to explore their own backyard, supporting th...
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Alberta

Alberta's population grew by over 168,000 in 2024
Statistics Canada says the population of Alberta grew at a faster pace than all other provinces and territories.The organization has released its latest population estimates.It says Alberta was home to 4,960,097 residents as of January 1, 2025, an increase of 168,221 people or 3.51 per cent over the last year. The prov...
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Consumers could find 'meaningful savings' as carbon price ends: Desjardins
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests. The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and hi...
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Alberta
Public money will not be used to clean up abandoned wells says Jean
Alberta's energy minister says the government will never use public tax dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells. Brian Jean says it will never be an option, despite a newly leaked government-funded report listing recommendations for how Alberta should reclaim its nearly 80,000 inactive wells. The recommendation...
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Education
Alberta school support workers to return to classrooms as massive strike winds down
Thousands of education support staff around Alberta are set to return to their posts in the coming days as a months-long strike winds down, union officials said Tuesday.The Canadian Union of Public Employees said tentative contracts with the Parkland School Division, the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catho...
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Canada

Poilievre says Trump is right to say a Liberal PM would be easier to deal with
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says U.S. President Donald Trump is right to think he would have an easier time dealing with a Liberal prime minister in Canada. On Fox News on Tuesday evening, Trump was asked about the upcoming election and the fact that polls now suggest the Liberals are in the lead. Tru...
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Safety board to release preliminary report on Delta plane crash in Toronto
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will release a preliminary report Thursday on a crash landing at Toronto's Pearson airport that sent 21 people to hospital last month. The Delta Air Lines flight arriving from Minneapolis crashed on Feb. 17, leading to days of travel disruptions at Canada's busiest airp...
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Statistics Canada says population rose to 41,528,680 at Jan. 1 as growth slowed
Statistics Canada says the population grew to 41,528,680 people as of Jan. 1 as the pace of growth continued to slow after peaking in the third quarter of 2023.The total number of people was up 63,382 compared with Oct. 1, 2024, for a quarterly growth rate of 0.2 per cent.The agency says it was the slowest growth rate ...
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Federal government promises $2.55B in low-cost loans to build Toronto rental homes
TORONTO - The federal government is promising billions in low-cost financing to help build thousands of rental homes in Toronto, including more than a thousand affordable units. Ottawa says it will provide $2.55 billion in financing through its Apartment Construction Loan Program, to be administered by the Canada Mortg...
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Ottawa caps non-sufficient fund fees and places other limits starting March 2026
OTTAWA - Ottawa is limiting the fees that banks can charge customers who don't have enough in their accounts to cover a cheque or other pre-authorized charge. The changes included in an order-in-council last week will take effect starting March 12, 2026. The new rules cap non-sufficient funds fees at $10 for personal d...
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Energy sector CEOs call on Ottawa to use emergency powers to speed key projects
OTTAWA - A group of energy sector chief executives is calling on the leaders of the four federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis and use emergency powers to help speed the development of key projects in the "national interest." In an open letter to the political leaders, the CEOs of 10 o...
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