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Extreme heat in southern Alberta has experts warning the public on staying safe.

With summer only weeks away, outdoor pools are getting ready to open, but finding lifeguards to staff them has been a challenge.

  LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. -- Residents of Lethbridge are being urged to reduce their time outdoors due to wildfire smoke that is blanketing parts of southwestern Alberta. Monday, the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) was shifting between four and seven in the areas around Lethbridge and Taber, which ranges from moderate to the low end of the high risk category. The forecast calls for the AQHI to reach nine on Tuesday and Tuesday evening. Many areas of southern Alberta remain under gray skies and a dingy veil of haze, but the wildfire smoke wasn’t enough to keep Pam Brown from going for a walk...

Council addressing mining, masking and EMS dispatch Poll Yes Chris Speaman – Mayor of Lethbridge Our local and regional economy depends on clean water. At its most recent meeting, Lethbridge City Council voted unanimously to have its voice be heard in regards to any current and future coal mining projects on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies. Lethbridge is downstream and gets its water from the Oldman River, so any proposed projects have the potential of affecting the water in the entire Oldman Watershed. Lethbridge’s and southern Alberta’s economy and jobs may be impacted long-term if ...