December 16th, 2025
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  • Coal petition hits the brakes ­for now

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The citizen’s petition to stop any new coal mines from opening on the Eastern Slopes, organized by country singer Corb Lund, has been cancelled due to the implementation of Bill 14. Lund says he was informed of the cancellation of his petition on Friday morning, just five [...] Read More »

    9 hours ago
  • Ag Society and Excite team up for Aggie Days

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge & District Agricultural Society in partnership with Excite Lethbridge will be bringing Aggie Days back to Lethbridge on March 25 and 26, 2026 at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre.  Cody McIntosh, newly appointed LDAS director said it is exciting to be bringing Aggie Days back as the first [...] Read More »

    9 hours ago
  • Council asks minister to close overdose unit

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter City council has decided Lethbridge is in a position to close the local Temporary Overdose Prevention Unit (OPS) and has sent a letter to the provincial government in hopes of keeping the funding currently being used to operate the facility to put towards other programs. City council [...] Read More »

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  • Songs of the season raise thousands for food bank

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Vox Musica hosted the first Carol Festival in Lethbridge after several years residents went without one, with proceeds from ticket sales going to the Lethbridge Food Bank.  More than two hundred singers took turns on the stage of the Southminster United Church Friday night to sign Christmas carols to an almost [...] Read More »

    9 hours ago
  • Number of flu cases on the rise in south zone

    Southern Alberta Newspapers As influenza season comes into full swing over the holidays, Albertans are encouraged to keep themselves safe and get immunized.The latest data available from the province’s respiratory virus dashboard is updated to include information as recent as Dec. 6.  In the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, there were 1,527 confirmed [...] Read More »

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National News

  • Clarification to Dec. 15 story on school violence

    A Canadian Press story published Monday about a survey of violence reported by teachers did not specify over what period the incidents were alleged to have occurred. The survey polled teachers on whether they had been victims of violence at any point in their careers. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

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  • Man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges arrested in B.C.

    SURREY — A 39-year-old man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges has been arrested in Surrey, B.C. The Surrey Police Service says officers from the Calgary Police Department reached out in October, asking for help in finding and arresting the man who was thought to be in Surrey. The service says its [...] Read More »

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  • Quebec teachers’ union survey says 90 per cent faced violence during their careers

    MONTRÉAL — A Quebec teachers’ union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work since the beginning of their careers. “We are here to teach, not to be beaten up,” Catherine Renaud, a vice-president [...] Read More »

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  • Woman killed by fallen tree branch amid rain, wind warnings in parts of B.C.

    VANCOUVER — A woman has been killed by a fallen tree limb in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley during what police say was severe and unpredictable weather. RCMP say they were called to Island 22 Regional Park in Chilliwack on Monday, where a 27-year-old woman had been walking with her two young children when she was [...] Read More »

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  • New Brunswick first province to sign federal “one project, one review” agreement

    HALIFAX — New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects. Premier Susan Holt made the announcement on Tuesday alongside federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and provincial Environment Minister Gilles LePage. The premier called it a “one project, [...] Read More »

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