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Gallery – Cold Lake Airshow- Reflections of flight

If the page was a little quiet yesterday, I apologize. I’ve been an airplane nut much longer than I’ve been a journalist, so when I get to combine the two, some things take a backseat. Heading to the Cold Lake Airshow is a strange mix of stepping back in time and glimpsing the future, all within a four-hour span. Sitting here with a sunburn from a day I won’t soon forget, I know I’m one of the lucky ones. A walk through history The day started with a walk through the aircraft, including a trip front to back through a

Ground still soaked in Lloydminster-area fields

Featured, Agriculture

Warm weather is helping crops progress, but saturated ground continues to stress crops in the Lloydminster area. Crops in the Lloydminster area are still fighting saturated ground, even as warm weather pushes development forward. The North East region, which includes Vermilion, Camrose and Provost, is rated 51.6 per cent good to excellent as of July 14, essentially unchanged from the week before. That is 11 points below the region’s five-year average of 63 per cent, according to the latest Alberta crop report. The ground remains saturated in many areas and continues to stress crops, though recent heat is helping them

Lashburn woman charged after coyote spray incident

Featured, Crime and Courts

A Lashburn, Saskatchewan woman is facing a weapons charge after someone was hit with an irritant spray early Sunday morning near the old Avery school. RCMP say Carla Lameman, 25, was found in possession of coyote spray on July 12. She’s charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. According to a nearby neighbour an individual arrived on their back deck and pounded on the door for help. They called the RCMP after realizing they had been sprayed by something. Cpl. Mat Howell, an RCMP K Division public information officer, confirmed the charge to BorderPulse. Howell said two

Warm, dry week helps Sask. crops catch up

Featured, Agriculture

Warmer temperatures and less rain gave Saskatchewan producers room to spray and start haying, though the northwest saw some hail and moisture damage. Warmer temperatures and lighter rain helped Saskatchewan crops catch up last week, though parts of the northwest, including the Lloydminster area, still saw damage from hail and excess moisture. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s latest crop report says producers in the east-central region, along with parts of the northeast and northwest, are reporting moderate to minor damage from excess moisture and hail. Provincewide, drier conditions and more sunshine let fields dry out and gave producers a window

Advance planning positions city for $3M in grants

Featured, Municipal politics

Lloydminster city council is betting that years of advance planning will pay off in federal dollars. Council voted Monday to submit two grant applications to the federal Build Communities Strong Fund, a $51-billion national infrastructure program launched in April. If both applications succeed, the city could receive up to $3 million toward two projects already sitting in its long-term capital plan. The first is the Bud Miller Enhancement Project, aimed at the fund’s Local Impact Stream. It carries an estimated cost of $2 million, split evenly between the city and the grant. The work covers a rehabilitation of the front

Kitscoty woman pleads guilty to illegal hunting

Crime and Courts, Featured

Eight people have pleaded guilty to 13 offences under Alberta’s Wildlife Act after an investigation into illegal cougar and Canada lynx hunts across the province. Jody Janzer of Kitscoty was among those who entered guilty pleas. Janzer and her husband, Garth, operate Dore River Outfitters, according to multiple sources and social media posts. The guilty pleas resulted in a combined $135,500 in fines and 18.5 years of hunting prohibitions and related court orders across all eight cases. Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services began the investigation in January 2024. Officers were looking into a closed season cougar hunt tied to

Gallery – Taxi ticketed in Lloydminster collision

Featured, Lloydminster News

A mid-afternoon collision at the corner of 48 Ave. and 49 St. in Lloydminster on June 15 left one driver with a ticket and a destroyed cab. The call came into emergency services around 3:15 p.m. Upon arrival, they located the cab with passenger side airbags deployed. A black truck pulling a trailer was seen stopped north of the intersection. According to RCMP it struck their rear right corner of the cab, after the cab failed to yield. The cab came to rest on the curb on the east side of 48 St. A driver from Edmonton was provided a

Lloydminster Health Report – 12 – The 13 recommendations

Featured, Lloydminster Health Needs Assessment: Investigation, Lloydminster News

Cornerstone Planning Group originally posted on its website in February that the Lloydminster Health Service Needs Assessment contained 13 future-state recommendations. That page was later removed. This is the final chapter. BorderPulse has been working from an unredacted 261-page copy of the document the provinces refused to provide the public, meticulously examining its findings to bring those recommendations to light. On June 25, 2026, the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta released a four-page summary of the Lloydminster Health Service Needs Assessment and told the public that “overall, service levels are being met similar to other communities of this size.” That

LLOYDMINSTER HEALTH ASSESSMENT: – 11 -The provinces failed us

Lloydminster Health Needs Assessment: Investigation, Lloydminster News

Every story in this health series has a thread running through it. A provincial border that doubles the administrative burden, splits every system in two, and creates problems no other community in Canada has to solve. The health assessment says so. It has been saying so for years. There is a line running through the middle of Lloydminster Hospital. It does not appear on any floor plan. No sign marks it. No wall separates the rooms on one side from the rooms on the other. But it is there in every staffing decision, every patient transfer, every discharge plan, every

Tornado potential included in Lloydminster storm watch

Featured, Lloydminster News

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Lloydminster area Wednesday morning, warning of strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain. The watch was issued at 10:32 a.m. Some storms in the area may produce tornadoes. Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop over the region Wednesday afternoon and evening. Environment Canada says the threat will continue into the overnight hours across central and eastern Alberta. Local utility outages are possible, along with damage to roofs, fences and tree branches. Heavy rain could cause flash flooding and sharply reduce visibility on area roads. The watch is part of a