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Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government is introducing winter rules for utilities that will prevent people from being left out in the cold and dark. Until April 15, the winter rules are in effect which means residential electrical services can’t be disconnected by retailers. And starting  Nov. 15, natural gas services won’t be allowed to be [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor At the risk of sounding like an old codger (yeah, I know, that ship sailed a long time ago), I can’t help waxing nostalgic whenever election time comes around. Back in the late 1990s-early 2000s, during my first go-round in journalism, election night was always an exciting time. We’d all come [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For the first time in a generation, the Toronto Blue Jays have won the American League pennant and will play in the World Series beginning Friday. Toronto rallied from a two run deficit in the seventh inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald As municipal ballots continue to be counted by hand, unofficial results are being posted multiple times a day through the City of Lethbridge website as resident wait for official results.  The 2025 Municipal and School Election results won’t become official until noon on Friday. The City did divulge Tuesday that 17,102 [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the 10th anniversary of the Winter Lights Festival just around the corner, Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden received a rating of 5 Blooms – Bronze – and a special mention for the Winter Lights Festival at the 31st annual Communities in Bloom National and International Awards Ceremonies [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner’s office has released a series of recommendations aimed at preventing suicides in Montreal’s metro system. They were produced by coroners who analyzed the cases of four men who died by suicide in the metro in 2024. Their first recommendation is to advance the transit network’s timeline to study the installation [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet privately with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at 4:30 p.m. ET today to discuss the coming federal budget, the Conservatives say. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A group of wildfire evacuees, volunteer firefighters and Indigenous wildfire guardians is in Ottawa this week calling on the federal government to do more to prevent seasonal wildfires. This year’s wildfire season, the second-worst on record, saw nearly 9 million hectares consumed — larger than the area of New Brunswick and P.E.I. combined [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to give a speech later today on the tough choices his Liberal government faces in its first budget. Carney is slated to address a group of university students — young people who could feel the effects of the budget for years to come. The government has signalled that [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Tax cuts hurt Ottawa’s fiscal position: report A new analysis of federal finances ahead of the much-anticipated fall budget argues Ottawa’s fiscal position was made worse by its decision to drop counter-tariffs and cut income taxes. Desjardins deputy [...] Read More »