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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chinook Regional Hospital pediatric and emergency departments have run out of stuffed animals that provide comfort and stress relief to hospitalized children. Provided annually by toy drives such as the Lethbridge Hurricane’s Teddy Bear Toss and the Southern Alberta Bikers’ Teddy Bear Ride, their stuffie stockpile [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Albertans are concerned about the constant changes in the healthcare system, says Friends of Medicare, whose latest set of town halls have seen hundreds of worried citizens. Friends of Medicare are holding town halls in communities across the province, traveling with Paul Parks, an emergency physician from [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Alberta’s New Democrats are introducing legislation to crack down on conflicts of interest and tighten rules around gifts and political influence, through Bill 202: the Conflicts of Interest (Ethical Governance) Amendment Act. During a news conference ahead of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Opposition leader Naheed Nenshi said it is time [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) is spearheading a campaign this year to recognize November as Runaway Prevention Month. The national campaign focuses attention on prevention, education, and community support for runaway and at-risk youth. The Missing Children Society of Canada was established in 1986 to help return missing children [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Lethbridge Herald Editor One of the guiding principles of journalism is that, when it comes to government, watch what they do, not what they say. That old aphorism has been on my mind quite a bit in the last 10 days or so since the UCP government passed Bill 2 to force striking [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.1 per cent (10.6) _ Prince Edward Island 8.5 per cent (9.7) _ Nova Scotia 6.7 per cent (6.2) _ New Brunswick 7.9 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.6) Participation rate: 65.3 per cent (65.2) Number unemployed: 1,557,300 (1,606,500) Number working: 21,081,900 (21,015,300) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 14.1 per cent (14.7) Men (25 plus) [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy added 67,000 jobs in October, blowing past economists’ labour market expectations for a second month in a row. Those job gains were concentrated in part-time work while the private sector saw employment grow for the first time since June. Tariff-sensitive Ontario led job growth last month with 55,000 [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Gunshots herald ostrich cull after police limit access to British Columbia farm Gunshots rang out at a British Columbia ostrich farm as a Canadian Food Inspection Agency operation to cull hundreds of the birds got underway. Police have [...] Read More »