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Lethbridge and Area

Six Locations
Parking lot maintenance underway
Several city parking lots are getting a tune-up this month.City officials say the lots require maintenance work, including crack sealing, line painting, pothole filling and drainage improvements.Atso Towaawa ParkIndian Battle ParkTed Petrunia ParkLegacy ParkCrossings ParkPavan ParkThe city says each parking lot will be...
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60 Groups
ICA Service Fair strengthens community connections
More than 200 people from approximately 60 groups gathered this week to strengthen Lethbridge's coordinated response to preventive social programs, homelessness and housing instability.Integrated Coordinated Access (ICA) is Lethbridge's coordinated response to these challenges. Organizers say it brings housing, health...
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Negotiations Update
City of Lethbridge release statement on EMS
The City of Lethbridge released a statement Tuesday regarding EMS services in the community.The statement reads:"We value our emergency services employees and view them as an important part of our public safety system.The current rates of pay for the City of Lethbridge Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which is re...
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November 5, 2026
Claresholm man charged in multi-vehicle collision near Cochrane
A 30-year-old Claresholm man is facing several charges after a multi-vehicle crash near Cochrane last week.RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 1A around 6:20 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. Witnesses reported a westbound SUV was being driven erratically before crossing the centre line and colliding head-on with ...
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Alberta

Provincial Politics
Alberta government facing scrutiny over bourbon distilleries tour in Kentucky
Alberta's government is bucking questions about the taxpayer cost of a delegation that toured Kentucky bourbon distilleries last year and brought a staffer's husband along for the ride. The office for Dale Nally, the minister of red tape reduction, says the husband of his chief of staff paid his own expenses. But docum...
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Alberta government
Applications now open for new round of seniors housing funding
What the provincial government calls the "largest continuing care expansion in the province's history" continues, with the province putting $250 million towards senior housing.The province says it is now accepting applications to build and upgrade 850 affordable homes for seniors, with $200 million set for bu...
Nov 9, 2026
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$39 million investment
Nine new urgent care centres announced across Alberta
On Monday, the Government of Alberta announced it's investing $39 million over the next three years that will support planning and land acquisition for nine new urgent care centres across the province.The communities include in Sylvan Lake, west and south Edmonton, the Stony Plain-Spruce Grove area, east Calgary, Lethb...
Nov 9, 2026
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Oct. 17, fire
Military sending 15 nurses to Alberta to help treat injured Wainwright soldiers
The military is sending 15 nurses to Alberta to relieve those who have been providing care to soldiers injured three weeks ago in a deadly fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. Acute Care Alberta says the nurses are set to arrive today and stay for more than a month. Eleanor Olszewski, the federal emergency manageme...
Nov 9, 2026
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Canada

Climate activists award Carney, other absent world leaders 'fossil of the day' title
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and several other world leaders who failed to attend the UN Climate Conference in Turkey have been awarded the "fossil of the day" title. Climate Action Network International, which has handed out the satirical award...
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Ottawa releases list of companies lending staff to major projects office
OTTAWA - The major projects office has seconded employees from banks, oil and gas companies and mining firms as it pursues its mandate to improve Canada's review process and get shovels in the ground faster, a new document shows. The list of 41 employe...
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Fact File: Military chaplains can't lead prayers on Remembrance Day; no blanket ban
Recent social media posts claim Canadian Armed Forces chaplains have been banned from saying prayers on Remembrance Day, or that prayers and references to God are banned among members. A policy directive issued by the military in July does instruct mil...
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Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans is reinstated after 84 years
VICTORIA - A descendant of a decorated soldier who fought at Vimy Ridge says the revival of a British Columbia Legion branch founded by Japanese Canadian veterans like his grandfather helps correct an injustice. Legion Branch No. 9 was shut down in 194...
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Federal report offers 'first step' toward health strategy for men and boys: advocate
OTTAWA - The federal government has released a report outlining challenges related to boys' and men's health as it works toward a national strategy to be released next year. The report, published last week, raises concerns about stereotypes about mascu...
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Four grizzly bears involved in deadly attack on mother and daughter in B.C.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says four grizzly bears that it captured in Bella Coola in recent days were all involved in a deadly attack that claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in the community this month. Insp. Jeff Tyre with the serv...
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