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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 »

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 »

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. Council, sitting [...] Read More »

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 »

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 »

OTTAWA — A Liberal MP says she was shoved multiple times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday morning. Ontario MP Iqra Khalid says she was pushed after trying to check on a member of the roughly 30-person delegation who was pulled aside for additional questioning after [...] Read More »

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 alongside federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Holt says the two governments have agreed to remove duplication in a simplified environmental review [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting a call from a working group to measure productivity across Canada’s public sector, arguing that doing so would not “readily align” with its priorities. A working group tasked with measuring productivity in the federal public service recommends in a recent report that Statistics Canada explore, test and report [...] Read More »

ABBOTSFORD — The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July. RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul was charged in September with two counts of assault and one count of assault causing bodily harm by [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares of timberland in the province. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it is among the country’s largest private land conservation projects to date, and [...] Read More »