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Lethbridge and Area

Help clean up the city at the Great Lethbridge Buttpick
It's not what you think.The Helen Schuler Nature Centre has launched its humourously-named campaign, The Great Lethbridge Buttpick.Throughout July, residents are encouraged to help clean up cigarette butts.Chelsea Sherbut, Resource Development Coordinator, says, even if you do not smoke or litter, cigarette butts are e...
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GOLF COURSE BRAWL
Former Lethbridge Hurricanes player involved in viral golf course brawl
Former pro hockey player Nick Tarnasky, appears to find himself at the centre of a viral social media video after an incident at a central Alberta golf course.The 40-year old originally from Rocky Mountain House played a season and a half with the WHL's Lethbridge Hurricanes from 2002-2004.He is the current head coach ...
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10 from Lethbridge to compete at Tae Kwon-Do World Championships
A group of local taekwondo-ins are setting out to prove that they are the best in the world.Legacy Tae Kwon Do in Lethbridge has announced that it will be sending 10 of its athletes to the TKDI World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 18-20, 2025.The local competing athletes are:Rylan GibsonNick AllisonAmanda FoxTaylor ...
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update: one person dead
One killed in collision in Lethbridge
UPDATE (9:40 a.m. Wednesday): The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says a collision Tuesday evening was fatal.At 4:52 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, officers were called to the intersection of Highway 3 and 30 Street North.They say a motorcycle and a pick-up truck collided.A 62-year-old from Lethbridge, who was the lone...
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Alberta

RCMP
Alberta RCMP offering auto theft-resistant tips
Alberta RCMP is offering tips for vehicle owners to prevent auto-related thefts this summer.Mounties says thefts of and from vehicles can occur anywhere, even when at a campsite or trail head. Tips offered by the RCMP include:Keep your vehicle lockedNever leave your vehicle running unattended Keep keys safe Hide or loc...
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Alberta has highest measles cases per capita in North America as summer travel gets underway
Alberta has the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis, worrying experts who say summer events could push case counts even higher.The province's former chief medical officer of health, Dr. Mark Joffe says that's twice the rate of confirmed cases in Ontario.Ontario has been deemed Canada's epicentre o...
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Health
Alberta has highest measles cases per capita in North America as summer travel gets underway
Alberta has the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis, worrying experts who say summer events could push case counts even higher.The province's former chief medical officers of health Dr. Mark Joffe says that's twice the rate of confirmed cases in Ontario.Ontario has been deemed Canada's epicentre o...
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On the midway grounds
Three people seriously hurt after targeted assault at Calgary Stampede; Police
Calgary police say they are investigating after three people were seriously hurt in an assault at the Calgary Stampede.Police say they responded to reports of an assault just after 11 p.m. Tuesday near the Euroslide on the Stampede's midway.They say they found a severely injured man who was transported to hospital in l...
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Canada

Canada continuing to lag in the number of EV charging stations needed to meet goals
OTTAWA - Canada still doesn't have the network of public charging stations it needs to meet its electric vehicle goals, researchers say. With a little more than 35,000 charging stations in service across the country, Canada is falling well short of the 100,000-plus stations it needed by this year, according to experts ...
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Quebec won't accept some applications for sponsorship of immigrants until 2026
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it won't accept new applications from residents who want to sponsor their spouses, common-law partners or adult children for immigration until next year. The Immigration department says in a news release that it has reached its cap for sponsorship in those categories. As a result, ...
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Quebec government reassigns head of auto insurance board amid scandal
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province's auto insurance board. Éric Ducharme's dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not authorized to speak publicly. Ducharme was appointed to the position in April 2023 to restore order at the...
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Ottawa's national security review, shutdown order 'procedurally unfair': Hikvision
OTTAWA - A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems says the national security review process that led the federal government to order it to shut down its Canadian operations was unfair. Hikvision makes the arguments in a court filing challenging a June 27 directive from the federal government to close down its bus...
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Wisconsin and Minnesota Republicans call on Canada to curb wildfire smoke
WASHINGTON - Six Republican lawmakers have sent a letter to Canada's ambassador calling for action on wildfires they say have sent smoke billowing across the international border into their states. In a Tuesday letter to Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, Reps. Tom Tiffany, Brad Finstad, Tom Emmer, Michelle Fischb...
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Texas flood to create safety planning 'ripple effect' at Canadian camps: organizers
EDMONTON - Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations this summer after more than two dozen campers and camp counsellors were killed by severe flash floods in Texas on Friday. "I would be shocked if there aren't a lot of people that are looking at ...
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