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Lethbridge and Area

Coutts protester receives two-year conditional sentence
One of the men who took part in the 2022 Coutts border blockade has learned his fate.Evan Colenutt has been handed a two-year conditional sentence for one count of possessing a weapon dangerous to the public.It means that he will serve it in the community, and for the first 16 months, he will be under house arrest.Cole...
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Morris family named honourary Whoop-Up Days parade marshals
A local family will be front and centre at this year's Whoop-Up Days parade.Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) has announced that the Morris family, comprising Brent, Francesca, Zachary and Alexa, will lead the parade.Brent and his father founded Gas King in 1985 in Lethbridge. They now operate four locations i...
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$9.2 million grant to move Lethbridge Water Treatment Plant upgrades forward
A major infrastructure project in Lethbridge will soon get underway, thanks to a new provincial grant.The Alberta Government will provide $9.2 million in funding for phase one of what the City of Lethbridge describes as "critical upgrades" to the Water Treatment Plant.The first phase includes two major projec...
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UPDATE: Whoop-Up partially reopened
Whoop-Up Drive temporarily closed in both directions
UPDATE (11:40 a.m.) Two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane (from the off-ramp at south Scenic Drive onto Whoop-Up Drive) have reopened.Original Story:The City of Lethbridge says drivers will need to take Highway 3 to get across the coulees for now.They say there was an "incident" on the Whoop-Up Drive bri...
9h ago
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Alberta

U17 AAA TEAM
Nick Tarnasky cleared to coach by Red Deer Minor Hockey following viral golf course brouhaha
Red Deer Minor Hockey says the coach of its U17 AAA team, Nick Tarnasky, has been cleared to stay on in the role.This came somewhat into question following an incident July 4 at a Red Deer-area golf course which went extremely viral on social media (see below).The incident featured Tarnasky, a former NHLer/AHLer and pr...
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Alberta creates accident exclusion zone, fines to curb predatory tow trucks
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is creating fines and rules meant to curb predatory tow truck drivers.Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says concerns have been raised about tow truck drivers showing up at car accidents and pressuring those involved to unnecessarily accept their services.Dreeshen says in some cases...
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Aug. 1, 2025
Update 19: Alberta wildfire update
There were more than 40 new wildfire starts over the long weekend, but the vast majority have been extinguished.Current situation (as of 3 p.m., Aug. 5)There are 64 wildfires currently burning across Alberta in the Forest Protection Area, and three mutual aid fires.16 are classified as out of control, five are being he...
Aug 05, 2025
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rcmp continue to investigate
Spruce Grove girl, 9, dies in tragic accident Tuesday morning
RCMP in Spruce Grove say a nine-year-old girl tragically died this morning.The incident happened just before 9 a.m., with initial investigation suggesting the girl was sitting on a skateboard, and when the skateboard rolled from the driveway to the road, she was struck by an oncoming vehicle.The incident happened on Ha...
Aug 05, 2025
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Canada

Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain face in B.C.
NORTH VANCOUVER - Members of three search and rescue groups combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell and injured their head. North Shore Search and Rescue says in a social media statement that they went in late Tuesday, but...
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Yukon First Nation to oppose all new mining claims on its territory during planning
A Yukon First Nation says it will oppose any new mining claims on its traditional territory as it begins a regional land-use planning process with the territory's government. The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun says in a post on Facebook that it is issuing a notice to the mining industry that it will oppose any claim &...
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Salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios, Dubai chocolate likely to expand, PHAC says
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects to report more salmonella cases linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products in the coming months, adding to the dozens of infections already confirmed in four provinces. On Tuesday, the federal agency said 52 have been sickened af...
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Canada pushing to include Indigenous rights in United Nations plastics treaty
OTTAWA - Canada is pushing to bring language recognizing the rights of Indigenous peoples back into a United Nations plastics pollution treaty. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in Geneva to resume negotiations on a treaty that was supposed to be finalized last year. Countries are at odds on how far the legall...
6h ago
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Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result. In its new annual report, the intelligence agency says it received more than 538,000 screening reque...
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More Republican lawmakers call out Canada over wildfire smoke
WASHINGTON - More Republican lawmakers are calling out Canada because of wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan has joined other Republican state lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota in filing a formal complaint against Canada...
6h ago
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