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Gas prices soar to record highs in Lethbridge, averaging $1.42.9/litre
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you need to refuel your vehicle, be prepared to pay up.Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at Gas Buddy, says gas prices in Lethbridge are at their all-time highs.As of noo...
Jul 21, 2021

‘Defining issue’: Federal environment minister says extreme weather a wake-up call
CALGARY, AB. -- Canada's environment minister says extreme weather conditions across the country should be a wake-up call for people resisting taking action against climate change. Wildfires are ragin...
Jul 21, 2021

Two confirmed dead in Taber motor collision on July 16
TABER, AB - Two people died in a motor vehicle collision on Friday, July 16, in Taber along Highway 36.Taber RCMP along with the MD of Taber Fire Department and Alberta Health Services responded to th...
Jul 20, 2021

“Multi layer smoky mess” across Western Canada
EDMONTON, AB. -- Heat warnings have ended, but they've been replaced by special air quality statements covering much of western Canada.Smoke from western wildfires have created what Justin Shelley at ...
Jul 19, 2021

Air quality warning across most of Alberta – Heat warning for the south-east
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Smoke from BC wildfires continues to cause air quality concerns across most of Alberta including the south and there is a Heat Warning for the South-east region. Air quality indexes...
Jul 18, 2021

Whoop-Up Days set for September 2-5
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Whoop-Up Days makes its return in Lethbridge later this summer.The festival will take place September 2 to 5 at Exhibition Park, with some changes. Admission and parking on-site will ...
Jul 16, 2021

Albertans to vote on equalization, daylight saving time, and senators in October election
EDMONTON, AB - In the upcoming Municipal Elections in October, the provincial government will ask voters a few questions as well. Albertans will have the following two referendum questions: Equalizati...
Jul 15, 2021

LPS officers who arrested "Stormtrooper" on Star Wars Day cleared of misconduct
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The investigation into an arrest in Lethbridge that went viral online has now been completed.Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh says that no officers involved are...
Jul 14, 2021

City of Lethbridge cuts 61 full-time equivalent employees
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Through the city's Organizational Review & Workforce Adjustment Strategy, 61 full-time equivalent employees will be let go from their jobs.In July 2020, KPMG was engaged to conduc...
Jul 13, 2021

Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA, ON - The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. Proc...
Jul 12, 2021