
Lethbridge

Lethbridge youths designing 'I Voted' stickers for municipal election
Voters in Lethbridge will get some fun and creative stickers when they cast their ballots this fall.The City of Lethbridge is teaming up with local school divisions to launch an "I Voted" sticker contest for students in Grades K-12.City Clerk and Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says she is excited to see wha...
May 31, 2025
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June 2-6. 2025
Environment Week 2025 in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is encouraging residents to connect with, care for and celebrate the community's beautiful local environment during Environment Week.City officials acknowledge Environment Week is a nationwide event observed annually during the first week of June. It aims to help Canadians celebrate the environme...
May 30, 2025
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June 1-Aug. 31, 2025
City wide water drive
We are expecting another hot dry summer, and local agencies will once again partner to ensure that bottled water is available to community members who are unable to take shelter from the heat. For the fifth consecutive year, community members are encouraged to make donations of bottled water to Interfaith Food Bank and...
May 30, 2025
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May 31
Lethbridge Pet Hospital celebrates Grand Opening
Lethbridge Pet Hospital, a new state of the art veterinary hospital on the north side of Lethbridge, is having a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, May 31, from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.. Organizers describe the event as a family friendly community gathering with free burgers and tours, door prizes, kids' activities, an...
May 30, 2025
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Lethbridge Area

Lethbridge youths designing 'I Voted' stickers for municipal election
Voters in Lethbridge will get some fun and creative stickers when they cast their ballots this fall.The City of Lethbridge is teaming up with local school divisions to launch an "I Voted" sticker contest for students in Grades K-12.City Clerk and Returning Officer Bonnie Hilford says she is excited to see wha...
May 31, 2025
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June 2-6. 2025
Environment Week 2025 in Lethbridge
The City of Lethbridge is encouraging residents to connect with, care for and celebrate the community's beautiful local environment during Environment Week.City officials acknowledge Environment Week is a nationwide event observed annually during the first week of June. It aims to help Canadians celebrate the environme...
May 30, 2025
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June 1-Aug. 31, 2025
City wide water drive
We are expecting another hot dry summer, and local agencies will once again partner to ensure that bottled water is available to community members who are unable to take shelter from the heat. For the fifth consecutive year, community members are encouraged to make donations of bottled water to Interfaith Food Bank and...
May 30, 2025
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May 31
Lethbridge Pet Hospital celebrates Grand Opening
Lethbridge Pet Hospital, a new state of the art veterinary hospital on the north side of Lethbridge, is having a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, May 31, from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.. Organizers describe the event as a family friendly community gathering with free burgers and tours, door prizes, kids' activities, an...
May 30, 2025
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Temps Over 30 C
Southern Alberta communities break temperature records for May 29
A number of temperature records were broken throughout southern Alberta on Thursday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Bow Island area set a new record of 32.2 degrees Celsius on May 29, surpassing the old record of 29.4 set in 1966. Records in that area have been kept since 1961.The Claresh...
May 30, 2025
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Ryan Mennie running for Lethbridge City Council
A Lethbridge man looks to become one of the city's newest councillors.Ryan Mennie has been certified to run in the 2025 municipal election, which is set for October 20.He provided the following answers to an LNN questionnaire:Why did you want to run for Lethbridge City Council?I grew up right here in Lethbridge, served...
May 29, 2025
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Alberta

PROVINCE
Premier Smith and delegation showcasing Alberta energy in Washington
Premier Danielle Smith and Alberta's delegations will meet with industry leaders in Washington, DC from June 2 to 7 to lay the foundation for advancing North American energy dominance. Brian Jean, minister of energy, and Nathan Neudorf, minister of affordability and utilities, will join Smith to showcase Alberta's posi...
May 30, 2025
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PROVINCIAL
Alberta invests additional $1.5M in empowering survivors of sexual violence
The Alberta government is investing an additional $1.5 million in sexual assault centres to help support access to counselling services for survivors of sexual violence.The province said Friday the investment will further deliver on its April commitment to increase funding for sexual assault centres by $10 million.It s...
May 30, 2025
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764
RCMP arrest Edmonton teen allegedly connected to online terrorism network
RCMP say they have arrested an Alberta teen because investigators believe the youth will commit terrorism offences.Mounties allege a 15-year-old from Edmonton was planning to commit offences related to the COM/764.They say it is a violent online network that lures youth and encourages them to commit sexual acts, self-h...
May 29, 2025
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Health/Provincial Politics
Canadian doctors group challenging constitutionality of Alberta transgender law
A group representing Canada's doctors is challenging the constitutionality of Alberta's legislation limiting access to medical treatment for transgender youth, arguing it violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience.The Canadian Medical Association says the court challenge is meant to protect the relationship ...
May 28, 2025
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Alberta teachers almost unanimously favour a potential strike
Teachers across the province could soon be hitting the picket lines.The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) says 99 per cent of the nearly 38,000 educators who cast ballots have voted to approve the strike authorization.ATA President Jason Schilling says, "Teachers are standing united in demanding respect and reco...
May 27, 2025
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Energy
Levy charged to Alberta oil companies too low to cover orphan well costs; report
A new report is warning the annual levy charged to Alberta oil companies to fund the cleanup of orphaned oil and gas wells remains too low to keep up with the rate of surrendering.The report, written by former University of Calgary Public Interest Law Clinic lawyer Drew Yewchuk, says this year's levy rate combined with...
May 27, 2025
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Canada

Ports, mines and pipelines top premiers' wish lists ahead of meeting with Carney
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war. Carney asked the premiers to each pass on five suggestions for national...
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Family that operates B.C. ostrich farm pushes back against CFIA claims
The family that operates an ostrich farm in British Columbia's interior is pushing back on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency., which is poised to cull around 400 birds at the farm due to avian flu. Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., said during Facebook Live stream event Satur...
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B.C. ostrich farm at heart of avian flu debate upbeat despite looming federal cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The family that operates the British Columbia ostrich farm where some 400 birds face being euthanized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says spirits remain high among protesters looking to stave off the cull. Katie Pasitney, whose parents own Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood...
16h ago
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Rallies in support of Canada Post workers scheduled across the country
Rallies in support of Canada Post workers are set to take place across the country today amid ongoing labour tensions between the employer and the union representing roughly 55,000 staff. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers announced the rallies on its website, saying supporters will gather in 13 cities including Hali...
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Quebec to seek leave to appeal school board reform ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
MONTREAL - Quebec will ask the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal lower court rulings that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violates English-language minority education rights. A spokesperson for Quebec's justice minister confirmed this week the province will appeal a ruling from the Quebec...
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Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms
OTTAWA - Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on his own terms with his family at his side. "I was told at the outset, 'This is palliative care, there is no cure f...
May 31, 2025
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World

2 fans died and an officer is in a coma after Champions League celebrations in France
PARIS (AP) - Two fans died and a police officer is in a coma after mass nationwide celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain's historic Champions League victory, European soccer's biggest prize, French authorities said Sunday. A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in the city of Dax during a PSG street party after Saturday...
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Poles begin voting for a new president in a pivotal runoff election
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poles began voting Sunday in a decisive presidential runoff that could set the course for the nation's political future and its relations with the European Union. The contest pits Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, a liberal pro-EU figure, against Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by t...
7h ago
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At least 21 Palestinians killed while heading to Gaza aid hub, hospital says
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - At least 21 people were killed on Sunday as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation in the Gaza Strip, according to a nearby hospital run by the Red Cross that received the bodies. Officials at the hospital said another 175 people were wounded, without saying who opened fire ...
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Trans athlete wins girl high jump event at California track and field finals
CLOVIS, Calif. (AP) - A transgender athlete bested the competition Saturday at the California high school track and field championship to take home her first gold in the girls high jump at a meet that has stirred controversy and drawn national attention. AB Hernandez - a trans student who on Friday finished ahead in th...
10h ago
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PSG leads 2-0 against Inter Milan at halftime in the Champions League final
MUNICH (AP) - First-half goals from Achraf Hakimi and Desire Doue gave Paris Saint-Germain a 2-0 halftime lead against Inter Milan in Saturday's Champions League final. PSG totally dominated the half at Allianz Arena to move within touching distance of a first Champions League title. It took just 12 minutes for the Fre...
16h ago
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Hungry Palestinians in Gaza block and offload dozens of UN food trucks
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip blocked and offloaded dozens of food trucks, the U.N. World Food Program said Saturday, as desperation mounts following Israel's monthslong blockade and airstrikes while talks of a ceasefire inch forward. The WFP said that 77 trucks carrying aid, mostly flour, were...
May 31, 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

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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: February 10-16, 2025
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What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: January 29-February 2, 2025
Jan 29, 2025