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SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
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Renter's Choice - providing options for landlords
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Mar 18, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
Feb 10, 2025

Lethbridge and Area

U of L Pronghorns celebrate annual award winners
The very best collegiate athletes and coaches at the University of Lethbridge were honoured for their skills and contributions.Pronghorn Athletics hosted its 58th Annual Blue and Gold Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 3, honouring student-athletes during the 2024-25 season.The following information was provided by Pro...
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Lethbridge to host mayors' conference on opioid crisis
Municipal leaders from 28 communities across the country are heading to Lethbridge later this month.The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) is gathering mayors to continue work on developing the first municipally-led, integrated standards for treatment, harm reduction, recovery, prevention and enforce...
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Lethbridge Police Cadets conducting night shooting training Friday
Members of the public should not be alarmed if they hear gunshots in the River Valley today.The Lethbridge Police Service says its cadets are participating in a low light/no light shooting training exercise at the Police Range.This is expected to take place between 2:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Friday, April 4.There is s...
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Marc Slingerland running for Christian Heritage Party in Lethbridge
The field of candidates in the 2025 federal election in Lethbridge has widened to six.The Christian Heritage Party has announced Marc Slingerland as its candidate in the southern Alberta city.Slingerland is no stranger to election campaigns as he represented the party in 2006 and 2019.He says abortion is his top policy...
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Federal Election 2025

Marc Slingerland running for Christian Heritage Party in Lethbridge
The field of candidates in the 2025 federal election in Lethbridge has widened to six.The Christian Heritage Party has announced Marc Slingerland as its candidate in the southern Alberta city.Slingerland is no stranger to election campaigns as he represented the party in 2006 and 2019.He says abortion is his top policy...
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Coaldale Chamber to host election forum Apr. 14
Voters in Coaldale will have a chance to meet their candidates in the federal election later this month.The Coaldale Chamber of Commerce is set to host a federal candidates forum at Civic Square on Monday, April 14, 2025. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event begins at 7:00 p.m.Chamber President Robert Woolf says, &quo...
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Louisa Gwin running for NDP in Bow River
The New Democrats have chosen their candidate for the Bow River riding in southern Alberta.Louisa Gwin looks to become the riding's first MP following the 2025 federal election.She provided the following answers to LNN in a questionnaire.Why did you want to run in the 2025 federal election? This is my first time runnin...
Apr 03, 2025
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What's Happening
SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
7h ago

Renter's Choice - a business built on a dream, heartache and perseverance
$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
Mar 18, 2025
What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
Feb 10, 2025

SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 20-26, 2025
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Alberta

POLICE
Brooks RCMP asking for public's help to locate missing Brooks woman
Brooks RCMP is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Yasmine Agostino, 20, was last seen approximately a week ago in Brooks, RCMP said Friday. Police said she may be located in Red Deer and that there is concern for her safety. Agostino is described as having dark complexion, five-foot-four-inches ...
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call2recycle
Battery recycling initiative launches in Alberta
Call2Recycle has launched a new program in Alberta to give residents more convenient options to recycle batteries.The program, "Recycle your Batteries, Canada!" officially began April 1 and operated under the Alberta Recycling Management Authority oversight. According to a media release, Call2Recycle is Canad...
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ALL 18+ ALBERTANS
Surgical Prehabilitation Program expands referral eligibility
Referral eligibility for Alberta Health Services' (AHS) Prehabilitation Program has been expanded to include any adult in Alberta waiting for surgery. The program was launched at Edmonton hospitals in December 2023 and prepares individuals for surgical procedures in an effort to improve patient outcomes and experiences...
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REDUCE YOUR RISK OF COLLISION
RCMP urge Alberta drivers to avoid speeding as weather warms up
As the weather warms up and roads become clear again, Alberta RCMP would like to remind motorists of the dangers of speeding. Even with improved driving conditions, RCMP say unsafe speeds increase the risk of collision and serious injury for all road users. "Speeding is one of the biggest threats to traffic safety...
Apr 03, 2025
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Local Sports

U of L Pronghorns celebrate annual award winners
The very best collegiate athletes and coaches at the University of Lethbridge were honoured for their skills and contributions.Pronghorn Athletics hosted its 58th Annual Blue and Gold Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 3, honouring student-athletes during the 2024-25 season.The following information was provided by Pro...
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Game 5 of Hurricanes/Wheat Kings playoff series returns to Lethbridge Friday
Hockey fans in Lethbridge will get to take in at least one more WHL playoff game this season.The Lethbridge Hurricanes entered game four of its first-round series with Brandon looking to potentially sweep the Wheat Kings on the road but were unsuccessful.The Manitoba squad came out with a 6-4 victory to bring the serie...
Apr 03, 2025
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Lethbridge looks to sweep first-round WHL playoff series Wednesday
The Lethbridge Hurricanes could sweep the first round of the WHL playoffs with a win on the road Wednesday. The Canes were victorious in game three over the Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday with a score of 3-1.Carsen Adair kicked off scoring two minutes into the contest with assists from Voytech Port and Miguel Marques.A...
Apr 02, 2025
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Agriculture

Farmers in St. Mary River Irrigation District allocated 50% more water for 2025
Agricultural producers in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region can rejoice - more water will be available to you this growing season.The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) set its water allocation for 2025 at 12 inches, an increase of 50 per cent from last year.SMRID board chair George Lohues says the initial all...
Apr 03, 2025
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Agriculture
Host farms invited to sign up for Alberta Open Farm Days
Registration is now open for any place that wants to be a host farm for Alberta Open Farm Days. This year's edition is set for August 16 and 17. The weekend gives people a chance to visit farms and ranches, see food production first-hand and try and buy locally produced products. The theme this year is Water, The Lifeb...
Apr 01, 2025
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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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Canada

Quebec's high court rejects random police stops ahead of Supreme Court hearing
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has refused the provincial government's request to allow arbitrary police traffic stops to continue until a legal challenge of the practice is heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. In a decision rendered earlier this week, the province's high court said the negative impacts of random...
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Recruiters say surge in U.S. doctors looking to move to Canada since Trump election
HALIFAX - Recruiters say there's been a surge of interest from American doctors considering moving to Canada since the election of U.S. president Donald Trump in November. Katrina Philopoulos, recruitment director for Nova Scotia Health, says 27 American doctors are in serious negotiations to move, which to date has re...
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Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022
The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.The agency said the unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February.The hit came amid increased uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs ...
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In the news today: Party leaders campaigning in Quebec today, job numbers due
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Federal party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today Party leaders will be in Quebec today as the second week of the federal election campaign comes to a close. Leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre will hold a press ...
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StatCan's March jobs figures to give glimpse at tariff hit to labour market
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release employment figures for March today. Economists polled by Reuters expect a gain of 10,000 jobs in the month, and for the unemployment rate to rise by a tenth of a point to 6.7 per cent. RBC Economics expects the economy instead shed 10,000 jobs last month. Canada's labou...
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Nuclear waste agency looking for Canada's second deep geological repository
TORONTO - An organization tasked with managing Canada's nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground - and now it's looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geol...
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World

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues. The justices split 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the three liberal justices in dissent. The cu...
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LA County reaches $4 billion agreement to settle sexual abuse claims at juvenile facilities
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, would be the largest in history and have long-lasti...
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Judge blocks Trump from dismantling agency that funds community groups in Latin American countries
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to block the Trump administration from dismantling an independent agency that distributes grant money to community development groups in Latin American and Caribbean countries. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that the administration doesn't have the authority t...
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