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Nighttime construction on Hwy 3 in Lethbridge starts April 17
Apr 17, 2025

Workforce Training - connecting you back to the world of work
SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
Apr 04, 2025
$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
Mar 18, 2025

Lethbridge and Area

Lethbridge hosting qualifiers for Indian National Finals Rodeo this weekend
You can watch some of the best rodeo competitors in the country.The Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) Qualifying Reconciliation Rodeo is set to take place at the Bully's Rodeo Arena (Rocky Mountain Turf Club) on Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26, 2025.Nadine Tailfeathers, Senior Manager at Blood Tribe Administratio...
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City of Lethbridge lifts River Valley fire ban
Campfires are once again allowed in the coulees.The City of Lethbridge has cancelled its fire ban that had been in effect since June 26, 2025.The change was made due to the recent cooler temperatures and higher humidity levels, which have reduced the risks of wildfires.Officials, however, are still asking the public to...
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One of two Sylvan Lake men sentenced after incident near Crowsnest Pass
One of two Sylvan Lake residents accused in an incident near Crowsnest Pass in 2024 is now a free man.On June 11, 2024, RCMP were called to a collision on Hwy 22.Officers determined that a truck involved in the crash was stolen out of Cranbrook, B.C., while the trailer was stolen from Blairmore, Alta.Two men were charg...
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Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede kicks off Wednesday
The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is underway Wednesday, July 23, with the gates opening at noon.Gate admission throughout the week is $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.However, Wednesday from noon to 3 p.m. is Double Toonie Day, offering admission for $4 during that time. The deal returns on Fri...
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Municipal Election 2025

Robin James running for Lethbridge City Council
Another contender has stepped forward to potentially fill one of eight seats on Lethbridge City Council.Robin James will be on the ballot in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place from October 8-20, 2025. She provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Coun...
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Suketu Shah running for Lethbridge City Council
Another man has entered the city council race in Lethbridge. Suketu Shah has filed his nomination papers to run in the 2025 municipal election, which takes place October 8-20. He provided the following answers to a questionnaire from LNN: Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council? I'm running for city council...
Jul 22, 2025
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Concerns raised with new municipal election rules as October vote approaches
A new report commissioned for the City of Lethbridge raises several issues with new regulations for this fall's municipal elections.PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) examined Bill 20, which was passed by the Alberta Government in late 2024, and came back to city council with a report at Tuesday's meeting. The province touts...
Jul 15, 2025
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What's Happening
Nighttime construction on Hwy 3 in Lethbridge starts April 17
Apr 17, 2025

$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
Apr 04, 2025
$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
Mar 18, 2025

9Round Fitness kicks COVID to the curb with cleanliness
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

Alberta

Provincial Politics
Former UCP caucus members trying to resurrect PC name in Alberta
Alberta's governing United Conservative Party has now brought in the lawyers in a fight over a legacy name.The U-C-P was created eight years ago in a merging of the old Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party.But now two former members of Premier Danielle Smith's U-C-P caucus want to resurrect the P-C name and...
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Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the "Republic of Stone Mountain," a reference to the name of the multi-family village that still ...
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Agriculture
Changes to AgriStability, internal trade among discussion items at meeting of Canada's agriculture ministers
Canada's agriculture ministers agreed to some enhancements to the AgriStability program at a meeting held virtually on Thursday.A release from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the rate of compensation will go to 90 per cent from 80 per cent, and the maximum payment limit will be doubled to $6 million.Also, as of t...
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Provincial Politics
New CEO to lead Assisted Living Alberta
The provincial government has announced Gord Johnston will lead Assisted Living Alberta as it transforms how the province cares for aging and vulnerable Albertans. After a nationwide competitive search, provincial officials say the CEO for Alberta's transformative continuing care agency, Assisted Living Alberta, has be...
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Local Sports

Lethbridge hosting qualifiers for Indian National Finals Rodeo this weekend
You can watch some of the best rodeo competitors in the country.The Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) Qualifying Reconciliation Rodeo is set to take place at the Bully's Rodeo Arena (Rocky Mountain Turf Club) on Friday and Saturday, July 25 and 26, 2025.Nadine Tailfeathers, Senior Manager at Blood Tribe Administratio...
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Lethbridge Hurricanes announce trade with Saskatoon
A deal has been made between two WHL clubs in the prairies.The Lethbridge Hurricanes have acquired 2007-born forward Hudson Kibblewhite, a fourth-round draft pick in 2026 and a conditional third-round pick in 2028 from the Saskatoon Blades.In exchange, the Blades will receive 2006-born defenceman Tristen Doyle and an e...
Jul 18, 2025
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Hurricanes forward Kash Andresen traded to Moose Jaw
The Lethbridge Hurricanes are investing in their future with a newly announced deal.They are sending 2007-born forward Kash Andresen to the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2028 WHL Prospects Draft.Warriors G.M. Jason Ripplinger says, "Adding Andresen to our group will provide us with ...
Jul 16, 2025
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Agriculture

South Alberta School of Agriculture looks to help students gain entry into the industry
The South Alberta School of Agriculture (SASA), through the Prairie Rose Public Schools, plans to take agriculture education to the next level, giving students a pathway to enter the industry while they are still in high school with an ag-focused facility.The hopes are to have the location open to students by September...
Jul 17, 2025
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Significant concern for drought conditions in southern Alberta
An official with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says it has been a challenging summer for farmers in the prairies, and it might not get much better in the immediate future.Agroclimate Specialist Trevor Hadwin has provided his latest drought monitor update, largely focusing on the conditions in June 2025.He says he re...
Jul 10, 2025
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$4.7 million going to emissions reduction projects in Lethbridge & Coaldale
The Government of Canada has announced millions of dollars in funding for a pair of energy-related initiatives in southern Alberta.Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin says a total of $13.3 million under the Low Carbon Economy Fund (LCEF) will support five projects in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.She sa...
Jul 03, 2025
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Canada

Senator says U.S. tariffs from Trump White House damaging for Washington state
Opponents from Washington state of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against Canada are vowing to fight, saying the ongoing trade war has delivered a heavy blow to American border communities. In a conference call led by Democrat U.S. Senator Patty Murray that included British Columbia Premier David Eby, Mur...
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Report raises questions about First Nations ownership in major projects
OTTAWA - A new think tank report is questioning how the federal and provincial governments' sprint to build major infrastructure projects might affect Indigenous Peoples' rights - and warns that it could end up pitting Indigenous communities against each other. The report by the Yellowhead Institute, "Buried Burde...
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Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the "Republic of Stone Mountain," a reference to the name of the multi-family village that still ...
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Ottawa threatens to pull Toronto's housing funding over sixplex decision
OTTAWA - Claiming the city is falling short on its promise to ramp up density, Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson is threatening to pull some of Toronto's housing funding. In a letter to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow earlier this week, Robertson wrote that he's disappointed by a recent decision to limit where builde...
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Immigrant families threaten legal action over new directive limiting daycare access
MONTREAL - Two families are threatening legal action over the Quebec government's move to deny some immigrants access to subsidized daycare spots. The two sets of parents, from France and Ukraine, are at risk of losing their children's spots in a subsidized home daycare that costs $9.35 per day. The Quebec government r...
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Three people trapped in B.C.'s Red Chris mine, Premier David Eby says
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - Three miners have been trapped underground at British Columbia's Red Chris copper and gold mine. B.C. Premier David Eby released the news at the end of the premiers' gathering in Ontario. Eby says there was an accident overnight at the mine, which is located in B.C.'s northern Interior. He says to th...
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World

House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful...
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Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he's released from jail
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he's released from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges, according to an order issued Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis o...
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Judge rejects Trump administration effort to unseal Epstein grand jury records in Florida
A judge on Wednesday rejected a Trump administration request to unseal transcripts from grand jury investigations of Jeffrey Epstein years ago in Florida, though a similar records request is pending in New York. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach said the request to release grand jury documents from...
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