Downtown Lethbridge bike lanes to stay - at least for now
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of people were in Lethbridge City Hall on Thursday as members of a committee discussed the future of the downtown bike lanes.The first lanes were installed along several streets in October 2023.Just five months later, Councillor Rajko Dodic proposed removing all of the existing lanes and cancell...
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Alberta providing $30 million in new sport and recreation funding
The province is investing in new funding for sport and recreation facilities in Alberta.As part of Budget 2024, the province is directing $30 million through the new Active Communities Initiative to support recreational facilities.Minister of Tourism and Sport Joseph Schow says, "Across Alberta, the local skating ...
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Lethbridge and Area
Downtown Lethbridge bike lanes to stay - at least for now
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Dozens of people were in Lethbridge City Hall on Thursday as members of a committee discussed the future of the downtown bike lanes.The first lanes were installed along several streets in October 2023.Just five months later, Councillor Rajko Dodic proposed removing all of the existing lanes and cancell...
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Alberta providing $30 million in new sport and recreation funding
The province is investing in new funding for sport and recreation facilities in Alberta.As part of Budget 2024, the province is directing $30 million through the new Active Communities Initiative to support recreational facilities.Minister of Tourism and Sport Joseph Schow says, "Across Alberta, the local skating ...
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What's Happening in Lethbridge this weekend: May 3, 2024
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There are plenty of events in Lethbridge and southern Alberta this weekend, and Lethbridge News Now has the details.The Mousetrap - May 3-4, 2024The Claresholm Arts Society is hosting its second stage play on Friday and Saturday. The night starts with a prime rib dinner, and then is followed by a perfo...
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Woman charged with impaired driving following fatal collision
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Police have laid charges in connection with a fatal collision.The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) says just before 3 a.m. on May 2, 2024, officers responded to a single-vehicle rollover near Pavan Park. Officials say they found a vehicle on its roof, three uninjured women and a critically-injured man, ...
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Alberta
Volunteers to clean up Alberta highways this weekend
LETHBRIDGE, AB - If you are driving along the highways of Alberta this weekend, watch out for volunteers cleaning the roads.On Saturday, May 4, 2024, volunteer groups will be clearing provincial highways of trash as part of an annual cleanup. Helpers in orange safety vests will participate between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.Driv...
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Alberta adds millions to women's and infants' health funding
The Government of Alberta has announced extra funding that it hopes will help to protect the health of women and babies.Premier Danielle Smith says healthy families are the foundation of healthy communities."Investing in women's health and newborn screening means better outcomes and more peace of mind. We're givin...
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Alberta was one of Canada's top contributors to economic growth in 2023
A new report from Statistics Canada shows that Alberta was one of the country's top economic performers last year, despite national growth slowing.Real GDP growth for all of Canada was 1.2 per cent in 2023, falling from 3.6 per cent in 2022. Alberta's economy grew by 1.5 per cent, as supposed to 5.1 per cent the year p...
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Funding provided to community justice groups in Alberta
The Alberta government is providing $961,000 toward community justice initiatives.The Alberta Community Justice Grant aims to support ways to make the justice system more accessible, inclusive and responsive to the needs of the province's diverse communities.Officials say it will allow for more options to resolve crimi...
May 02, 2024
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Local Sports
Hurricanes' Chadwick named WHL Scholastic Player of the Year
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman Noah Chadwick has been named the Western Hockey League Scholastic Player of the Year.On Thursday, May 2, 2024, the WHL announced Chadwick as the winner of the Daryl K. Doc Seaman Memorial Award. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Western Hockey League (@wester...
May 02, 2024
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Lethbridge football player Tanner McLachlan drafted by Cincinnati Bengals
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge-born football player has made history.On Sunday, April 28, the Cincinnati Bengals drafted Tanner McLachlan with the 194th overall pick in the 2024 National Football League (NFL) Draft. McLachlan grew up in the city and played for the Lethbridge Collegiate Institute (LCI) Rams football team...
May 02, 2024
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Rocky Mountain Turf Club horse races return for 2024 season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A staple of sport in Southern Alberta is returning for 2024.The Rocky Mountain Turf Club begins its 2024 season on Saturday, May 4. The day kicks off nearly four months of horse races on weekends, and the club will host its' Kentucky Derby races on that same day.Jockeys at the start of the Rocky Mounta...
May 01, 2024
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Agriculture
High prices of farmland translates to higher rental rates
Farmland rental rates are keeping pace with the value of farmland across Canada.Farm Credit Canada (FCC) provides a rental rate analysis for all cultivated farmland from data on cash rental rates and the Farmland Values Report.The analysis provides a detailed breakdown of rent-to-price ratios by province, highlighting ...
May 02, 2024
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Agricultural recycling program extended until end of 2025
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A recycling program for Alberta farmers has been extended.The 'Alberta Ag Plastic. Recycle It!' pilot program is operated by nonprofit Cleanfarms. It allows farmers to recycle their grain bags and twine. This marks the second extension of the program following its launch in October 2019.Officials say s...
May 02, 2024
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Alberta reveals 2024 drought response plan with current status one step away from water emergency
The Alberta government on Thursday outlined what it would take for it to active a never-before declared water emergency under the province's 2024 drought response plan. The province is currently at the drought plan's Stage 4 which includes the landmark water-sharing agreements signed in April. There are three triggers ...
May 02, 2024
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Canada
Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is 18 months past due - and counting
OTTAWA - For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act over the "Freedom Convoy" was supposed to present its findings in December...
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Man charged with second-degree murder in White Rock, B.C., stabbing: RCMP
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on A...
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A timeline about the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline related to the killing, which triggered a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India. 2023 June 18 - Hardeep Singh Nijjar is ...
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Fisheries Department warns boaters against disturbing orphan B.C. killer whale calf
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The Fisheries Department says its monitoring and patrolling ocean waters off northwest Vancouver Island to ensure boat traffic doesn't interfere with an orphan killer whale calf's ability to reunite with her extended family. The Fisheries Department says in a statement it will be monitoring the locatio...
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Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls
OTTAWA - Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis. The long-awaited Red Dress Alert system is a bid to prevent deaths and increase safe reunions w...
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B.C. police to make 'significant' announcement on Sikh leader's killing
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide police in British Columbia say they will be providing a "significant update" on the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid reports that arrests have been made in the case. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he has been informed about the update by the RCMP in the ...
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World
Mexican officials say 3 bodies recovered in Baja California during search for 3 missing foreigners
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered duri...
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The Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after just 2 seasons in charge and 1st-round playoff exit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles to the Western Conference finals...
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New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state's youth detention center Friday, in a landmark case finding the state's negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. David Meehan went to police in 201...
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