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The most-watched newscast in Lethbridge from the source Southern Albertans have trusted for over 50 years. Join us at 5pm, 6pm & 11pm, Monday through Friday.
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Joined May 2011
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At least three people in Hanna were briefly hospitalized after breathing in smoke from what is believed to be a chemical fire at a fertilizer plant.
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At least three people went to hospital on Thursday after an apparent chemical fire spewed plumes of smoke at a fertilizer blending facility in Hanna, Alta.
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Return to hot summer weather prompts warning about danger of new Alberta wildfires.
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Bitter taste lingers as Edmonton Elks prepare for showdown with Calgary Stampeders.
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The Edmonton Elks will be looking this weekend to avenge their embarrassing loss to provincial rivals the Calgary Stampeders in last weekend's Labour Day Classic.
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The Alberta government had promised a new ministerial order for Friday afternoon, with a technical briefing for reporters set earlier in the day. After that was supposed to start, journalists were informed by email it had been rescheduled.
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'We are taking the time needed to ensure that the revised ministerial order is clear for all school boards,' Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said.
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A Lethbridge boy has been accused of trying to stab his seven-year-old brother to death and then allegedly lying about it.
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Lethbridge police said evidence indicated a 12-year-old boy stabbed his little brother repeatedly and 'believed he had killed him, then lied about an intruder entering the home.'
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Alberta unemployment rate took big jump in August, now 2nd highest among provinces.
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The unemployment rate in Alberta jumped from 7.8 per cent in July to 8.4 per cent in August, the highest rate since August 2017, outside of the pandemic.
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Canadian Armed Forces member deployed to Latvia is missing, says DND.
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The DND said an investigation and search are underway into the disappearance of Edmonton-based Canadian Armed Forces member George Hohl, who has been missing since Tuesday.
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Calgary white supremacist granted day parole after imprisonment for 2010 murder.
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Prime Minister Carney sending MP to China to push back against canola tariffs.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney's Parliamentary Secretary will join Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on a three day trade mission to China to discuss "trade irritants."
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‘It makes people want to read’: Bookstores see sales spike after Alberta government book ban.
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Alberta bookstore owners say they've seen a spike in sales of some books caught up in the Alberta government's ban on books with explicit sexual content.
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A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 Alberta government workers represented by AUPE and the province, averting a strike that could’ve happened as soon as next week.
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A new contract has been reached between some 23,000 Alberta government workers represented by AUPE and the province, averting a strike that could’ve happened as soon as next week.
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Southern Alberta residents face loss of ‘Border Road’ used by generations of family, friends.
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Romana Didulo calls herself the “Queen of Canada” promoting various conspiracy theories, including ones about QAnon - a wide-ranging term for internet conspiracy theories that allege the world is run by a group of Satan-worshiping pedophiles.
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The village of Richmound is 440 kilometres west of Regina near the Alberta border, where so-called followers of the 'Queen of Canada' have set up a compound.
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John Carpay and Jay Cameron have been disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta after the pair hired a private investigator to track a Manitoba judge overseeing a case on COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
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Both John Carpay and Jay Cameron have been banned from practising law in Alberta, a decision that Carpay's employer calls 'a vindictive and petty abuse of process.'
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Alberta Sheriffs shut down notorious Lethbridge drug house.
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The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs department has shut down a Lethbridge drug house that was visited by police more than 50 times.
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ConocoPhillips says it will cut workforce by up to 25 per cent.
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Houston-based ConocoPhillips will announce details on Thursday to reduce its workforce by 20 to 25 per cent as part of a broader company restructuring plan.
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigating train derailment near B.C., Alberta border.
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Transportation Safety Board investigators have been called in to try to determine what caused a dozen cars from a CPKC train to detail Tuesday evening near Elko, B.C.
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Two advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the province surrounding Bill 27, a controversial piece of legislation that aims to regulate pronoun use for gender-fluid students.
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Two advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the province surrounding Bill 27, a controversial piece of legislation that aims to regulate pronoun use for gender-fluid students.
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Alberta seniors living with incurable muscle atrophy after contracting polio during childhood are speaking out about dropping vaccination levels, warning Canadians to protect their kids so they don't suffer the same post-polio syndrome struggles.
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Polio has been eradicated in Canada for over 30 years, but doctors warn if vaccine rates continue to decline, it could open the door to a return of the devastating virus.
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