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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter All it takes is a simple summer job or student opportunity to change the outlook of someone’s career path. For Farming Smarter, several former summer students have gone onto careers in agriculture, whether continuing with the organization or elsewhere in the industry. Executive Director Ken Coles says [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge Musical Theatre is ready to raise the curtain on its version of a Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. From Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, LMT will present “Once Upon a Mattress,” its version of Anderson’s classic “The Princess and the Pea.” The production is directed by Laurie [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Public Interest Alberta has raised concerns about the Mintz Report, which includes 11 recommendations to help improve post-secondary education within Alberta. Last week, Bradley Lafortune, executive director for Public Interest Alberta, visited students and faculty of the University of Lethbridge as well as community members to have [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 300 University of Lethbridge students, adorned in caps and gowns, gathered Saturday in the Co-op Centre for Sport & Wellness for the 2025 Fall Convocation. The celebration marks more than the end of studies—it was a celebration of perseverance, pride and the countless personal stories [...] Read More »

Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the home stretch of signature collection, petition originator and former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk stopped to rally with volunteers in Medicine Hat. Lukaszuk has spent the past month on the road, visiting different centres to help collect signatures for the Forever Canadian petition and to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members at several bases are in “poor physical condition” and ripe for overcrowding, Auditor General Karen Hogan said in a report released Tuesday. Hogan and her team examined living conditions on three Canadian Forces bases: Esquimalt in British Columbia, Gagetown in New Brunswick [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The lawyer for a Quebec Liberal MP who won her riding in the April federal election by a single vote says it would be unreasonable to cancel the result over one uncounted ballot. Tatiana Auguste’s lawyer told a hearing in St-Jérôme, Que. that ordering a new election would effectively deny the right to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says it’s talking to the Vatican Museum about repatriating a number of sacred items currently in its collection. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said Tuesday some logistical issues still need to be addressed before the items can be returned, including protocols to ensure their safe transfer. The AFN [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani will land in Toronto with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the World Series kicks off on Friday, but his fans in Canada say they will still cheer for the Blue Jays. Christine Takasaki, a program co-ordinator at the Japanese Canadian Culture Centre in Toronto, says she has respect [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — First Nations leaders in British Columbia say provincial Conservative leader John Rustad is using “dangerous and cynical rhetoric” in his response to a landmark court decision that recognizes Aboriginal title of the Cowichan Tribes over private and government-owned land in Richmond, B.C. The council says Rustad’s request for an immediate pause on all [...] Read More »