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$300M in new development planned for West Lethbridge
Four major projects are underway in West Lethbridge, representing over $300 million in residential, commercial, hospitality, and senior living development.TCI is set to build the area's first full-ser...
Nov 03, 2025
Alberta government cancels January provincial exams
The Alberta government has chosen to cancel provincial exams in January in response to the recent teachers' strike.Due to lost instructional time, students will not be required to take the January 202...
Nov 03, 2025
Lethbridge Polytechnic joins national AI Workforce Readiness Program
Lethbridge Polytechnic has joined the inaugural consortium for the AI Workforce Readiness (AIWR) program, a national initiative led by the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), one of Canada'...
Nov 02, 2025
Teddy bear supplies down
Chinook Regional Hospital is in need of more teddy bears.The hospital's pediatric and emergency departments has run out of stuffed animals, provided annually by toy-drives like the Lethbridge Hurrican...
Nov 01, 2025
UCP clarify provincial exam dates
January provincial exams are cancelled, and now students may opt to write them in April or June 2026, the UCP say.This will be voluntary, and is a result of the recent three-week teachers' strike.Per ...
Oct 31, 2025
Peaceful blockade launched to protest logging in Highwood River Valley
A group of environmental advocates has begun a peaceful blockade in the Highwood River Valley to protest clear-cut logging in Alberta's Eastern Slopes.The group, known as the Defenders of the Eastern ...
Oct 31, 2025
Alberta dispensing promised money for parents affected by teacher strike
Alberta is beginning its rollout of compensation for families whose children were kept out of classrooms during a three-week teachers strike.Premier Danielle Smith's government promised $30 a day for ...
Oct 31, 2025
Alberta's Smith calls on Ottawa to use notwithstanding clause over child porn ruling
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on the federal government to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography.The top court has ruled that ...
Oct 31, 2025
Open drug use targeted during downtown enforcement project
Lethbridge Police arrested three dozen people for openly using drugs and seized their illicit substances as part of an enforcement initiative targeting crime and disorder downtown.Police say the proje...
Oct 31, 2025
Police seeking public's assistance in locating missing youth
Blood Tribe Police are asking for the public's help in finding a local teen.On Oct. 29, 2025, the Blood Tribe Police Service received a report of a missing youth.Chanting SMALL EYES, 13, from the Bloo...
Oct 31, 2025