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• 'Point of pride': Okotoks and Diamond Valley are ready to host the 2023 Alberta Summer Games

  13-07-2023 23:39
  
  The 2023 Alberta Summer Games in Okotoks and Diamond Valley kick off July 20, and organizers say it's been a long journey preparing for the four-day event. Dave Wooldridge, the Games board's director of sports, says there is a lot of anticipation in the community. "We've got almost 3,000 athletes and about 700 coaches and chaperones coming to join us," he said. "We have 14 sports, 13 here in Okotoks (and) we have mountain biking out in Black Diamond." The last Games were hosted in 2018 in Grande
  
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• Local athletes competing in North American Indigenous Games in ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 23:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge and area athletes head to North American Indigenous ... - My Lethbridge Now

  13-07-2023 23:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Nursing applications from workers outside of Alberta are on the rise

  13-07-2023 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  More people have been issued permits to be a nurse in Alberta so far this year than in the past four years combined, according to the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta.
  
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• Calgary Stampede volunteer creates flapjack pins to honour 100 years of pancake breakfasts

  13-07-2023 22:51
  
  A Calgary woman is celebrating the 100th anniversary of pancake breakfasts by creating mini pancake pins and selling them for a good cause.  Chantelle Ethier has been volunteering with the Calgary Stampede for the past 16 years, and says during that time, she has made friendships and shared stories through the hobby of pin collecting. This year, Ethier used quarter-teaspoons of Calgary Stampede pancake batter cooked on a griddle to make 100 petite pancakes. The tiny flapjacks were then seal
  
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• Tornado warnings issued for southwestern Quebec, including ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 22:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Toronto FC trades Canadian Kaye to Revolution for Blessing ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 21:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Ontario horse trainer suspended for suspicious death of racehorse - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 21:59 via news.google.com
  
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• After quick turnaround, Alouettes face extra challenge against ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 21:59 via news.google.com
  
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• 'Thrilled to see': Electric vehicle now in use at Galt Museum in Lethbridge

  13-07-2023 21:08
  
  An all-electric van is now in service at Lethbridge's Galt Museum, the city's latest stride toward a more sustainable future. The cargo van, which will be used in the museum's programs, was purchased through the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC). Its primary usage will be to cut down the usage of other staff vehicles that were used to haul materials and do pickups and deliveries throughout the city. "By adding this vehicle to the Galt and the Fort, we are fulfilling a value of our n
  
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• Lethbridge's Galt Museum going green with electric vehicle - CTV News Calgary

  13-07-2023 21:08 via news.google.com
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• Alberta Health working on plan for potential fall COVID-19 booster rollout

  13-07-2023 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  'We will work with the Alberta Advisory Committee on Immunization to determine the best approach for implementing the recommendations,' Alberta Health said of COVID-19 boosters.
  
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• Special Air Quality Statement issued for most of Alberta, including ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 20:31 via news.google.com
  
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• AlphaBow fined by Alberta regulator for constructing pipeline prior to approvals

  13-07-2023 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Energy Regulator became aware of AlphaBow's pipeline work when the company submitted a notification of pressure test to the regulator, which led to a pipeline inspection.
  
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• Students and partners plants 11 new Pollinator Cafes in Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  13-07-2023 20:06 via news.google.com
  
  Students and partners plants 11 new Pollinator Cafes in Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator fines Calgary company for building pipelines without a licence

  13-07-2023 19:48
  
  The provincial government's regulator for the oil and gas industry has fined a Calgary company it says built pipelines without acquiring proper licences first. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) ordered AlphaBow Energy Ltd. to pay $25,000 after it built two pipeline segments in November 2021 near Hardisty, Alta. The body says it only became aware that the pipeline had been built when AlphaBow approached it for a pipeline pressure test on Nov. 17, 2021. "While AlphaBow had applied for pipeline li
  
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• Council Highlights July 11, 2023 - City of Lethbridge

  13-07-2023 19:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Cochrane, Alta., man charged with impersonating bank clients, RCMP say

  13-07-2023 19:13
  
  Authorities in southern Alberta have charged a Cochrane man with identity fraud after they say he impersonated clients at several banks. Members of the RCMP financial crime team were alerted about the incidents earlier this month and were able to identify a suspect. Gregory Mackenzie Calder, 41, was arrested and charged on July 8. He faces 10 counts of identity fraud, six counts of fraud over $5,000 and four counts of fraud under $5,000. Calder is scheduled to appear in court in Wetaskiwin on Ju
  
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• B.C. expected to request Ottawa's help with worsening wildfires ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 19:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Cochrane, Alta., man faces 20 charges, accused of impersonating clients at banks

  13-07-2023 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police suspect the man went to banking locations around the province and pretended to be a different customer.
  
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• Alberta man faces 20 charges, accused of impersonating clients at banks

  13-07-2023 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police suspect the man went to banking locations around the province and pretended to be a different customer.
  
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• Edmonton man charged with list of sexual offences against minors

  13-07-2023 18:32
  
  Children as young as nine were sexually assaulted by an Edmonton man, authorities in Alberta allege. Aarron Kowalchuk, 34, was arrested on June 20 at an Edmonton home. A conducted energy weapon was found in his backpack, police say. Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) found "child sexual exploitation materials" and "incriminating online chat logs" on Kowalchuk's phone and computer devices. "Investigators believe Kowalchuk was sending children sexually explicit materials and attempting
  
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• Experts doubt whether illegal magic mushroom stores will advance ... - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 18:29 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Bachelor in Paradise Canada’ couples share wildest, messiest moments on the beach

  13-07-2023 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News sat down with two happy couples who paired off during Season 2 of 'Bachelor in Paradise Canada.'
  
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• 2023 WHL Graduates – Lethbridge Hurricanes – WHL Network - Western Hockey League

  13-07-2023 18:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2023 18:09 via news.google.com
  
  Parents hope soccer net bill will prevent deaths of more children  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wildfire smoke causes poor air quality in Calgary

  13-07-2023 15:06
  
  An air quality advisory was issued Thursday for Calgary and many other Alberta communities because of wildfires. Environment and Climate Change Change said the conditions could be "harmful to everyone's health." "People with lung disease (such as asthma) or heart disease, older adults, children, pregnant people, and people who work outdoors are at higher risk of experiencing health effects caused by wildfire smoke," the agency wrote in a statement. Calgary's air quality health index (AQHI) ratin
  
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• Alberta energy minister told to design incentives for industry to clean up oil wells

  13-07-2023 14:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brian Jean was tasked with "developing a strategy to effectively incentivize reclamation of inactive legacy oil and natural gas sites...''
  
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• Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

  13-07-2023 14:18
  
  Leaders of a Hollywood's actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with the studios and streaming services broke down. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, executive director of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, said at a news conference that the union leadership voted for the work stoppage hours after their contract
  
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• Street Machine Weekend returns to Lethbridge, minus the cruise - Lethbrige Herald

  13-07-2023 12:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Fort Macleod celebrates RCMP turning 150 - Global News

  13-07-2023 04:04 via news.google.com
  
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• Fort Macleod celebrates RCMP turning 150

  13-07-2023 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is marking 150 years of service and the Fort Museum in Fort Macleod is celebrating in a big way.
  
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• Alberta family's battle against homebuilder over mould continues

  13-07-2023 02:50
  
  An Alberta family suing a Calgary homebuilder for $11 million says they're still waiting for answers and accountability more than three years after CTV News first reported on their story.  Shane and Kandace Yakemchuk filed the proposed class action lawsuit against Excel Homes after they say leakage and mould in their Cochrane home contributed to the death of their 24-year-old daughter Deja. According to the family's lawyer, at least 11 additional parties have come forward with claims agains
  
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• Alberta’s tech minister to ‘explore feasibility’ of health spending accounts

  13-07-2023 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  “This is a really important task that's going to be a complicated one,” Glubish told Global News.
  
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• New office space build costs rise in Lethbridge amid high demand - Global News

  13-07-2023 01:49 via news.google.com
  New office space build costs rise in Lethbridge amid high demand  Global News
  
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• New office space build costs rise in Lethbridge amid high demand

  13-07-2023 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The office, an area of work and collaboration, transforming to meet the needs of a better work-life balance is facing a jump in costs, according to a new Avison Young report.
  
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• Two dead, three injured in multi-vehicle crash west of Revelstoke; Trans-Canada Highway brought to standstill

  13-07-2023 01:22
  
  There were five patients in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle crash along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke, B.C., on Wednesday afternoon, Emergency Health Services says. Only three made it to hospital. "BC Emergency Health Services received a call at 12:35 p.m. today, July 12, of a motor vehicle incident in the 8100-block of (the) Trans-Canada Highway near Three Valley Gap and responded with three ambulances and one air ambulance," EHS told CTV News. "Paramedics cared for five patients
  
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• Trans-Canada Highway brought to standstill by multi-vehicle crash

  13-07-2023 01:22
  
  A multi-vehicle crash has the Trans-Canada Highway at a standstill in both directions west of Revelstoke, B.C. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon between Griffin Lake and Three Valley Lake. DriveBC advised that emergency crews were on scene and no detours were available for motorists at the time. Social media posts described at least one vehicle engulfed in flames as well as multiple ambulances and a coroner vehicle at the scene. An update is currently expected later Wednesday, around 7 p
  
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• Why does the Bank of Canada have a 2-per-cent inflation target?

  13-07-2023 01:19
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate again in an effort to bring down inflation, which remains above its target of two per cent year-over-year. The bank on Wednesday announced that it would raise the overnight rate by 25 basis points to five per cent, the highest it's been since 2001. One basis point is equal to one-hundredth of a percentage point.Tailor the news you receive straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters Download our app to get breaking news alerts deliv
  
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• Grassfires still a risk in Lethbridge and region despite recent rainfalls - CTV News Calgary

  13-07-2023 00:51 via news.google.com
  
  Grassfires still a risk in Lethbridge and region despite recent rainfalls  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Grassfires still a risk in Lethbridge and region despite recent rainfalls

  13-07-2023 00:51
  
  It doesn't take long after heavy rainfall for the Lethbridge region to dry out. A stretch of hot, dry days can easily raise the risk of grassfires. "In southern Alberta, we have the high, dry winds and they dry out stuff real quick, even with this moisture that we just got," said Byron Fraser, Lethbridge County’s manager of fire services. "You know, in a couple of days, it could be a whole different ball game again." Grassfires in southern Alberta can cause significant damage. Lethbridge C
  
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• Jenny Craig bankruptcy leaves former Alta. employee out thousands: 'I feel traumatized'

  13-07-2023 00:38
  
  A former Jenny Craig employee in Edmonton expects to lose tens of thousands of dollars due to the company filing for bankruptcy. When news broke in early May of Jenny Craig's bankruptcy filing in the U.S., Claudia Miranda was a little more than one month into a six-month sabbatical. Years earlier, she had enrolled in a program available to centre directors like her: Over five years, directors could agree to let a total of $25,000 from their annual bonuses be set aside for a sabbatical. The compa
  
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• Lethbridge's new encampment strategy in full operation; clean-ups continue

  13-07-2023 00:27
  
  Lethbridge's new encampment strategy is in full swing and city officials say they're already seeing improvements on how homelessness is handled throughout downtown. "Since we've launched (on June 19), we have received 156 requests through the call centre, 70 of which (were for) encampments," said Andrew Malcolm, general manager of community social development for the City of Lethbridge. "We are seeing requests for things like biohazards, needle debris and people sleeping rough." Residents that s
  
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• 'Heartless': Federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister criticizes Manitoba’s landfill search decision

  13-07-2023 00:21
  
  Canada’s Crown-Indigenous relations minister has criticized the Manitoba government for its decision to not search a landfill for the bodies of two murdered Indigenous women. During a speech to Manitoba members of the Assembly of First Nations in Halifax, Marc Miller said they need to try to search the Prairie Green landfill, located near Stony Mountain. “My reflection on this is that this has been dealt with in quite a heartless way, quite frankly,” Miller said. “We do a
  
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• Lethbridge's airport a transportation priority for Premier Smith - My Lethbridge Now

  13-07-2023 00:12 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge's airport a transportation priority for Premier Smith  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• 17th Ave. BIA exploring interest in a car-free thoroughfare

  13-07-2023 00:06
  
  More than 3,000 people have responded to a survey by the 17th Ave. Business Improvement Area (BIA), with 80 per cent of respondents open to the idea of closing the southwest thoroughfare to traffic. Executive director Tulene Steiestol says respondents are split on why they want it closed. "I think we've been hearing from the residents more so than from the businesses, that interest in having a car-free (area) here on 17th Ave," she said. "But their reasons for closures are very different again -
  
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