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Changes coming to 2025 Canada Day Celebration in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is making changes to its Canada Day celebrations for 2025.The City and Lethbridge District & Exhibition will collaborate for the celebration this year, with some events from...
Feb 03, 2025

UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday, ...
Feb 03, 2025

Canadian defensive back Campbell returns to Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - Canadian Tevaughn Campbell is back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The six-foot, 200-pound defensive back re-signed with the CFL club Monday following six seasons in the NFL. Campbell, a T...
Feb 03, 2025

Drug overdose deaths in Lethbridge lowest since 2019
The Government of Alberta continues to report fatal drug consumption in Lethbridge, albeit in smaller numbers than we have seen in the last five years.The substance use surveillance system report has ...
Feb 03, 2025

Here's the latest as Canada faces tariffs from United States President Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump confirmed this weekend that 25 per cent tariffs against Canadian goods will go into effect on Tuesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will retaliate...
Feb 03, 2025

Canadian men's curling championship to return to St. John's next year
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian men's curling championship will return to St. John's, N.L., next year. Curling Canada says the 2026 Montana's Brier will be held Feb. 27-March 8 at the Mary Brown's Cen...
Feb 03, 2025

Alberta law society to hold sanction hearing for former justice minister Kaycee Madu
Alberta's law society is to hold a hearing to sanction former provincial justice minister Kaycee Madu.Madu was found guilty of misconduct last year when, as justice minister in 2021, he phoned Edmonto...
Feb 03, 2025

Extreme cold warning issued for parts of southern Alberta
While it is certainly a brisk morning everywhere in the region, Environment Canada says certain sections face extreme cold.It has issued an extreme cold warning, saying temperatures near -40 degrees C...
Feb 03, 2025

Crawford, Alexander seek to carry Kitzbuehel momentum into world alpine championship
James Crawford and Cameron Alexander bring a combination of confidence and hunger to the world alpine ski championship. The duo recently electrified ski racing when Toronto's Crawford became the first...
Feb 03, 2025

USAID staffers are instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters
WASHINGTON (AP) - Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency's Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, af...
Feb 03, 2025