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Daily weather records set in southern Alberta on Thursday
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Provincial Politics
Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote
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Preview concert June 11thj
Upside Downtown returns to Rotary Square this Summer
May 28, 2026
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What's Happening
Nighttime construction on Hwy 3 in Lethbridge starts April 17
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Lethbridge and Area

Continue homestand Friday vs. Swift Current
Bulls open '26 regular season with a big win over rival Brooks
The Lethbridge Bulls opened their 2026 Western Canadian Baseball League schedule on a winning note Thursday night, upending the Brooks Bombers 8-3 at Spitz Stadium.With many of his regular players still in college, head coach Ryan MacDonald was able to evaluate some new talent."I don't know a lot of these guys...t...
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New high temperatures for May 28
Daily weather records set in southern Alberta on Thursday
Environment Canada shows that two southern Alberta locations had daily weather records on Thursday, May 28.The One Four Area in southeast Alberta reached a high of 34 C, narrowly beating a 90-year-old record of 33.9 C set in 1936.Milk River saw a new record high of 30.9 C, warmer than the 2018 mark of 29.7 C.These were...
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450 new residential units, commercial development to follow
First large-scale development in years underway in Lethbridge West
Calling it the largest development to be built during his term in office, Lethbridge mayor Blaine Hyggen is welcoming a new residential and commercial expansion on the city's west side that will bring with it 450 new family homes."It's great to be able to see the development here, especially the local trades, and ...
19h ago
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31.1 degrees Celsius
Milk River area sets new temperature record for May 27
With many areas of eastern Alberta still under a Heat Warning Thursday, the town of Milk River hit a new daily maximum temperature record for May 27 on Wednesday. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the temperature reached 31.1 degrees Celsius in the Milk River area on Wednesday, beating the old ...
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What's Happening
Continue homestand Friday vs. Swift Current
Bulls open '26 regular season with a big win over rival Brooks
10m ago

$20K grants available: TELUS STORYHIVE Pan-Asian Edition opens applications April 1
New high temperatures for May 28
Daily weather records set in southern Alberta on Thursday
1h ago
Fact File: No evidence planes are dropping ticks over Ontario
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Cultivating Community: How Excite Lethbridge Is Growing Agriculture in Southern Alberta
In the news today: Canada-China relations, Kenneth Law to enter plea, Habs vs. Canes
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Alberta

'F' for tax relief: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Report card gives former Alberta finance minister a C+ average grade
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has completed report cards on Canada's ten provincial finance ministers, including former Alberta's Nate Horner.In its annual review, the federation gave Horner an average grade of C+, based on three factors - debt, debt interest payments, and tax relief, but that's a downgrade from th...
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RCMP, ALERT, plus Calgary and Edmonton Police
Alberta invests $8 million to tackle organized crime
The Government of Alberta and Alberta RCMP announced Thursday that they are strengthening the fight against organized crime.The government is investing $8 million, officials said in a news conference, to also tackle extortion and gang activity in all corners of Alberta."This targeted investment gives law enforceme...
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Provincial Politics
Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote
Alberta election officials say while the province's question on quitting Canada hasn't been written in stone, it will be at the top of an ordered stack of 10 ballots. Elections Alberta says 10 referendum questions to be put to Albertans on Oct. 19 will be colour-coded, and voters won't need to mark the box on every que...
21h ago
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minimally invasive procedure
Non-surgical weight loss option now available to Albertans
A new non-surgical weight loss option is now available in the province, according to Alberta Health Services.The minimally invasive weight-loss procedure aimed at treating obesity is performed by bariatric surgery and gastroenterology teams at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.In a release, AHS notes the following:Endoscopi...
May 27, 2026
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Local Sports

Continue homestand Friday vs. Swift Current
Bulls open '26 regular season with a big win over rival Brooks
The Lethbridge Bulls opened their 2026 Western Canadian Baseball League schedule on a winning note Thursday night, upending the Brooks Bombers 8-3 at Spitz Stadium.With many of his regular players still in college, head coach Ryan MacDonald was able to evaluate some new talent."I don't know a lot of these guys...t...
10m ago
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Games to be played at Lloyd Nolan Yard
Canadian College World Series games re-located from Spitz Stadium
The first-ever Canadian Grand Slam of Baseball event opens Thursday in Lethbridge, but the Canadian College World Series games, which were to take centre stage at Spitz Stadium, have now been moved across town.In a Lethbridge Bulls Facebook post late Wednesday afternoon, club president Kevin Kwame said, due to field co...
May 21, 2026
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"I think they realized I was a hockey player"
Local hockey product Kris Versteeg enters Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame
It was a good turnout Friday night for the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame's induction ceremony at the Trade & Convention Centre.Seven new entries were added into the hall including former Lethbridge Hurricane and Chicago Blackhawk Kris Versteeg who remembers playing hockey at a young age."I used to play for my...
May 11, 2026
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Agriculture

80% estimate for South; 53% provincially
Seeding progressing well in the South; lagging behind elsewhere
The latest Alberta Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation shows below five and ten-year averages in seeding, except here in the South, where it's slightly above.Provincially, about 53-percent of seed is in the ground, down from the five-year average of 61% and 59%, when compared to the past ten y...
May 23, 2026
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MD of Willow Creek
Reeve 'optimistic' for producers in her county
The reeve with the MD of Willow Creek is optimistic that 2026 will be a good year for producers in her neck-of-the-woods.Maryanne Sandberg believes the current Spring conditions are aligning nicely for a successful Summer."Given that our dams are full. We still have a great snowpack up there," Sandberg reiter...
May 12, 2026
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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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Canada

Fact File: No evidence planes are dropping ticks over Ontario
Social media posts shared a rumour originating from an anonymous forum that claimed Ontario pilots were being hired to spread ticks from the air. The posts fuelled a conspiracy theory that the ticks were being dropped with the intention of infecting mo...
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In the news today: Canada-China relations, Kenneth Law to enter plea, Habs vs. Canes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... China's foreign minister Wang Yi set to meet Carney, Anand today China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. He is in C...
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$122M in EV rebate claims made since start of new program as dealers wait to be paid
OTTAWA - Canadians claimed more than $122 million in federal subsidies for new electric vehicles since Ottawa reintroduced its rebate program in February, but many car dealers say they're still waiting to get the funds they are owed. Transport Canada p...
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Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding 14 suicides in Ontario
NEWMARKET - A packed Ontario courtroom is hearing about the last moments of people who died after using deadly products purchased from Kenneth Law, after the Toronto-area man at the heart of an international investigation pleaded guilty to 14 counts of...
7h ago
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A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, accused of aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide after murder charges against him are withdrawn. Police have alleg...
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Canada slips into technical recession as economy stalls in Q1: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in the first quarter, leading to a second consecutive decline in real gross domestic product. That meets some definitions for a technical recession, though not all economists weighing in on StatCa...
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World

Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponi...
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Bus hits cars in Virginia, killing 5 people and injuring 34, state police say
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound ...
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Kenyan police arrest 8 students on suspicion of arson after deadly girls school fire
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson, authorities said Friday, after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others. The motive remains under inve...
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