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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald City council today will hear an application for a land use bylaw amendment that will allow the creation of a 24-hour child care and respite facility for youth with disabilities at the site of a westside daycare that is under construction. If the project gets the green light, it will be [...] Read More »

Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The provincial government on Monday announced it is investing $22 million over three years to modernize and expand the renal dialysis unit at Chinook Regional Hospital. The province says the funding will improve programs for southern Alberta who who chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease and depend on dialysis for [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council today will be asked to give second and third readings to three bylaws when it meets in chambers at 12:30 p.m. It will also address multiple items in the consent agenda, any of which can be removed for further discussion. Two of the items for second and third [...] Read More »

Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD Facing no real choice, the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday voted to recommend that funding be approved to supply the Lethbridge Police Service with provincially mandated body cameras. The Alberta government in early 2023 ordered all police forces in the province to be wearing [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Profitability and cost efficiecies are key considerations for airlines, the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council heard on Thursday. Mike Perkins, senior manager of airport affairs for WestJet in Calgary, told the SPC online during a report on Lethbridge air service, that the local market is a [...] Read More »

British Columbia’s representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she’s concerned “fiscal limitations” will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need. Jennifer Charlesworth’s statement comes a year after her report on the myriad of failures that ended in the death of [...] Read More »

Summer camps and daycares are being forced to shift their plans amid stifling heat and poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke drifting across Central Canada, Prairies and other parts of the country. Special air quality statements or warnings are in effect for a second day across several provinces and territories, combined with heat warnings [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Underlying inflation remained stubbornly hot in June, leading financial markets and many economists to firm up calls for a third straight interest rate hold from the Bank of Canada later this month. Statistics Canada said Tuesday that the annual pace of inflation accelerated to 1.9 per cent in June, up from 1.7 per [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — The CEO of Via Rail says the Crown corporation wants to use refurbished rail cars to improve service between Halifax and Montreal. Mario Péloquin made the comments after a ceremony marking the completion of renovations to Via’s Halifax station. Péloquin also noted that last year was the 120th anniversary of The Ocean — [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A trade deal with the United States will likely include some tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with his cabinet. Carney told reporters he expects the trade talks with the U.S. to “intensify” ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to secure a new agreement, but then in [...] Read More »