Lethbridge news

• Gas well fire northwest of Calgary sends five to hospital

  01-10-2024 03:54
  
  Five people were rushed to hospital after a gas well fire northwest of Calgary Monday afternoon. It broke out just after 2p.m. in the area of Big Hill Springs Road and Range Road 40. A spokesperson with AHS says EMS transported five patients to hospital, three of which were suffering from life-threatening injuries. According to a statement posted online by Rocky View County, Orlen Upstream Canada is the owner of the gas well and is responding to the fire. Rocky View County fire crews remain on s
  
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• Lethbridge shelter expansion delayed, but community services growing

  13-03-2025 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Construction delays have pushed the Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre expansion to the end of March, but local organizations continue to expand support services.
  
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• Ukrainian refugees in Edmonton skeptical of ceasefire talks

  13-03-2025 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The chance for a ceasefire should leave Ukrainian refugees in Edmonton hopeful — but they've seen too many horrors and heard too many lies to find comfort in the possibility.
  
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• Alberta farmers brace for canola tariffs — again

  13-03-2025 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  With China's looming 100 per cent tariffs on canola on the horizon, Alberta farmers are preparing for yet another unpredictable trade headache.
  
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• Avoiding Trump’s tariffs: Albertans scramble to complete cross-border business deals

  12-03-2025 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many Alberta business were scrambling on Wednesday to fulfill shipments to American customers before the latest round of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect.
  
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• Avoiding Trump’s tariffs: Albertans scramble to complete cross-border business

  12-03-2025 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many Alberta business were scrambling on Wednesday to fulfill shipments to American customers before the latest round of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect.
  
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• RCMP investigate ‘security incident’ at Calgary International Airport

  12-03-2025 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP have been called in to investigate a security incident involving a Westjet flight from Calgary to Ottawa that has now been cancelled.
  
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• Nicolaides says $1.1B for more staff at Alberta schools will ‘alleviate pressure on classrooms’

  12-03-2025 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the provincial government, student enrolment at Alberta schools has risen by about 89,000 students since 2020.
  
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• House hunting in a trade war? What Bank of Canada’s rate cut means for you

  12-03-2025 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 2.75 per cent. Experts say the outlook for the housing market remains hazy.
  
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• Woman accused in child’s drowning at Wabamun Lake opts to be tried by judge

  12-03-2025 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mary Quinn, the Edmonton woman accused of manslaughter in the drowning death of a five-year-old girl in Parkland County, has opted to be tried by a judge alone.
  
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• Logan Boulet’s family honoured ahead of Green Shirt Day 2025

  12-03-2025 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  With less than one month before Green Shirt Day puts a spotlight on organ donation, the family of Logan Boulet was honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medals in Lethbridge.
  
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• Firefighters respond to devastating house fire in southwest Airdrie

  11-03-2025 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters from Airdrie had to call in help from nearby communities after house fire on Tuesday destroyed one home and threatened several others.
  
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• Alberta RCMP investigating homicide in Red Deer

  11-03-2025 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators with the RCMP major crimes unit have been called out after the body of a woman was discovered inside an apartment in Red Deer on Monday evening.
  
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• Alberta government defends transgender youth health law in court

  11-03-2025 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are seeking a court injunction that would suspend the Alberta law while the court decides its constitutionality.
  
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• Loblaw introduces ‘T’ symbol to identify products impacted by tariffs

  11-03-2025 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a statement on LinkedIn, the CEO and president of Loblaw Companies Ltd., Per Bank, said the organization has created a tariff symbol (T) to help customers make choices on goods.
  
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• Canadian man sentenced to 25 years for shootings that damaged pipeline and power station in Dakotas

  11-03-2025 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 50-year-old Canadian man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty damaging a pipeline substation and other energy infrastructure in North and South Dakota.
  
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• Leaked emails show Sask. breast cancer patients can’t afford Calgary for care

  11-03-2025 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Leaked Saskatchewan government emails say some breast cancer patients are choosing not to go to Calgary for treatment because they can't afford it.
  
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• Ottawa, Alberta reach joint $70-million deal for homelessness response

  11-03-2025 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province says the funding is expected to boost shelter capacity, build transitional housing, and support the government's navigation centres in Edmonton and Calgary.
  
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• Energy minister hopes Alberta royalty changes help move pipelines forward

  11-03-2025 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province has announced it will collect bitumen royalties in the form of the heavy oil itself, as opposed to cash.
  
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• Alberta government in talks with potential overseas heavy oil buyer

  11-03-2025 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province has announced it will collect bitumen royalties in the form of the heavy oil itself, as opposed to cash.
  
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• Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton says funding cuts forcing pause on intakes for some services

  11-03-2025 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The organization said people who are current clients, who are on the waitlist for services, or who have an intake booked, will continue to be able to access services as scheduled.
  
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• Jennifer Heil named Canada’s chef de mission for 2026 Winter Olympics

  11-03-2025 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics take place from Feb. 6 to 22.
  
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• Alberta reaches deal with Ottawa on national school nutrition program

  11-03-2025 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's recently introduced budget proposes an additional $20 million for the provincial school nutrition program.
  
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• Nanton RCMP issue warning about dangerous ice conditions

  11-03-2025 04:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP are warning about the dangers of thin ice after an ice fishing shack broke through the ice around Chain Lakes on Sunday, Mar. 9, 2025.
  
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• Sports tourism surges in Lethbridge in 2024

  11-03-2025 03:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  A recent report shows Lethbridge's sports tourism industry contributed nearly $20 million to the local economy last year.
  
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• ‘Our Jeep was missing’: Calgary family wakes to find house broken into

  11-03-2025 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  As a family slept peacefully, they were unaware of the criminals creeping through their home in Douglasdale, stealing electronics, wallets, gold coins and the keys to their Jeep.
  
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• Let’s talk about it, Period: Canadians struggle to get reproductive conditions recognized, treated

  11-03-2025 00:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  For some, menstruation is a life-giving gift — for others, it's sheer hell. For too long, women have been sitting in silent, crippling monthly agony that far exceeds what's normal.
  
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• Let’s talk about it. Period.

  11-03-2025 00:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  For some, menstruation is a life-giving gift — for others, it's sheer hell. For too long, women have been sitting in silent, crippling monthly agony that far exceeds what's normal.
  
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• Newly independent MLA Scott Sinclair disappointed, but not ruling out return to UCP

  10-03-2025 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  A United Conservative backbencher kicked out of the caucus last week for opposing the government's budget isn't ruling out a return to the party caucus.
  
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• Alberta government, United Nurses of Alberta reach 4-year tentative agreement

  10-03-2025 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  United Nurses of Alberta says the agreement will significantly improve wages, including an immediate hike of about 15 per cent for registered nurses and registered psych nurses.
  
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