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Southern Alberta Art Gallery launches 50th anniversary auction
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Lethbridge Regional Water Services Commission
Lethbridge Regional Water Services Commission celebrates 25th anniversary
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Community
Pioneer Seeds donates $1,500 to Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge
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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

Lethbridge and Area

May 2, 2026
Southern Alberta Art Gallery launches 50th anniversary auction
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin is inviting the community to celebrate its 50th anniversary while supporting local arts through its annual fundraiser.The gallery's auction is underway, with online bidding open and in-person viewing of the collection available until April 29.An art gala i...
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Lethbridge Regional Water Services Commission
Lethbridge Regional Water Services Commission celebrates 25th anniversary
The Lethbridge Regional Water Services Commission is marking 25 years.Since 2001, the commission has distributed safe water to thousands of users from Lethbridge County and the Town of Coaldale, purchased by the commission from the City of Lethbridge.The water is distributed through regional pipelines, like the recentl...
14h ago
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Community
Pioneer Seeds donates $1,500 to Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge
The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge has received a donation from Pioneer Hi-Bred International.The Seeds producer is celebrating its 100th anniversary and 80th year in Canada by giving back to communities where its employees live and work.As part of the anniversary, employees volunteered at the food bank as ...
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Bow Island, Milk River, Waterton Park
Record high temperatures set in some parts of southern Alberta Monday
Record high temperatures for April 20 were set in some parts of southern Alberta Monday.According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Bow Island reached a new record for April 20 of 26.0 degrees Celsius, beating the old record of 23.4 degrees set in 2006. Records in this area have been kept since 1961.The ...
19h ago
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What's Happening
In the news today: Mexico pyramid shooting, Canada-U.S. trade, Tips on buying a car
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'The day the music dies': Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
3h ago
B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing
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SASHA launches #BuyABed fundraiser to support vulnerable Lethbridge residents
Expert says it's time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade
3h ago
How 're-wilding' can make Canada's cityscapes more climate resilient and bee friendly
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Alberta

defence supply chains
Alberta and South Korea sign MOU on global energy, manufacturing
The Government of Alberta has secured another deal with a South Korean partner.Announced Tuesday, the province says it has secured an MOU with Hanwha Group to attract investment and strengthen its role in global energy, manufacturing, and defence supply chains.This comes just a couple days after Alberta shared it had a...
12h ago
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$200 million for 2026-27
Alberta investing $600 million into modular school classrooms
The provincial government has announced it is investing $600 million over the next three years to install more modular classrooms.In a release, the government notes student enrolment is growing, with more than 80,000 new students over the last three years. They also point to "unsustainable federal immigration poli...
17h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's 'Forever Canadian' petition leader says UCP stifling democratic process
The former politician who gathered more than 456,000 signatures to keep Alberta in Canada says he watched firsthand the legislature committee tasked with its review stifle the democratic process. Thomas Lukaszuk, a former deputy premier, says he's not surprised, but says it's ``bizarre'' the committee, led by United Co...
18h ago
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Provincial Politics
Alberta legislature members expected to vote to revisit riding maps for 2027 election
Politicians in the Alberta legislature are expected to vote today on a controversial motion that directly affects next year's general election. Premier Danielle Smith's governing United Conservatives have put forward a motion to revisit a panel report on how the ridings should be redrawn ahead of the 2027 vote. Smith s...
18h ago
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Local Sports

June Draft
Heger, Lesiuk listed on final rankings by NHL Central Scouting
The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced that 2007-born defenceman Kyle Heger and 2008-born forward Gavin Lesiuk have been listed in the final rankings by the National Hockey League Central Scouting Service for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft. Hurricanes officials note that Heger, 18, was ranked 66th among North Am...
Apr 16, 2026
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April 9, 2026
Pronghorns celebrate 2025-26 Season at 59th Annual Blue and Gold Banquet
The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns celebrated the conclusion of the 2025-26 season at the 59th annual Blue and Gold Banquet on Thursday, April 9, recognizing the achievements of student-athletes across all varsity programs. Organizers say the event brought together members of the community, representatives from th...
Apr 14, 2026
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April 22-May 2, 2026
Oaten named to World U18 Championship preliminary roster
The Lethbridge Hurricanes Hockey Club has announced that Hockey Canada has named 2009-born goaltender Leif Oaten to the preliminary roster for the 2026 IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Team officials say Oaten, 16, was one of three goaltenders named to the preliminary roster by Hockey Canada. The Calgary, AB, product ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Agriculture

April 10, 2026
Raging Grannies holding Water Not Coal rally in Lethbridge
The Lethbridge Raging Grannies are holding a rally on April 10 to protest coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains.Raging Grannies administrator Barb Phillips says the impact mining can have on the environment is an important issue to the rallygoers."Whatever happens in those mountains affects us, ...
Apr 09, 2026
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Multiple Ways To Support
Farming Smarter launches 2026 season
Local nonprofit Farming Smarter is seeking the public's help as they launch their 2026 season. The organization held a media event Tuesday, March 31, to showcase their past efforts while looking at upcoming and ongoing projects. "There's a lot of change here," says executive director Ken Coles. "There's ...
Apr 01, 2026
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Agriculture
Farmers in St. Mary River Irrigation District allocated more water in 2026
The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has allocated 14 inches from the farm gate for irrigation this season.Chairman Cory Nelson says the board carefully considers a number of factors when deciding on allocation."Based on modelling and snowpack data supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, we are v...
Mar 30, 2026
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Canada

In the news today: Mexico pyramid shooting, Canada-U.S. trade, Tips on buying a car
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing A haunting photo of B.C. woman Barbara Welsh and her friends shows the moment ...
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'The day the music dies': Organists pipe up to save historical instrument
EDMONTON - Music from a pipe organ has filled a convocation hall at the University of Alberta for a century, but that may soon come to an end as the institution begins renovations that include removing the memorial instrument. Marnie Giesbrecht, profe...
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B.C. tourists smile at Mexico pyramid. Behind them, a gunman, moments before killing
It looks like a typical tourist photo, as British Columbia woman Barbara Welsh and her friends smile near the foot of the famous Pyramid of the Moon at the Teotihuacan site northeast of Mexico City on Monday. But in the background, clambering the pyram...
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Expert says it's time for Canada to amp up efforts to educate Americans on trade
HOUSTON - Piling his shopping bags into his vehicle's trunk outside a Houston grocery store last week, Texan Herman Moreno said he doesn't think Canada has any kind of trading relationship with Texas at all. "Canada better straighten up, bro," he said....
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How 're-wilding' can make Canada's cityscapes more climate resilient and bee friendly
TORONTO - The laneway beside Adam Barnes's house is, at first blush, unremarkable within Toronto's catalogue of backstreets: there are garages, a graffiti-tagged brick wall and a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. The curb used to be dominated...
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MPs approve Annette Ryan as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer in House vote
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to approve the appointment of Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer. MPs approved her appointment in a 164 to 153 vote, with Bloc Québécois and Conservatives voting against her nominatio...
13h ago
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World

Searchers find body of 1 of 6 missing crew members from ship that overturned during typhoon
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. U.S. Air Force divers "used an underwater remotely operated ...
1h ago
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Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats' seats in Congress
Virginia voters approved a mid-decade redistricting plan Tuesday that could boost Democrats' chances of winning four additional U.S. House seats in November's midterm elections that will decide control of the closely divided Congress. The...
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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules
DALLAS (AP) - Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into classrooms. The 9-8 decision ...
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