October 31st, 2025

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Local News

  • Who says Halloween has to be outdoors?

    Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s that time of the year again, for the ritual where parents of young trick-or-treaters face the occupational hazards of weather, traffic and other conditions as they accompany their children in their nocturnal house-to-house quest for candy.  If the pickings are slim in their own neighborhood, that [...] Read More »

    21 hours ago
  • Paramedic concerned about safety of Monarch-area access

    Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers In a letter to Lethbridge County councillors this summer, Kim Laing asked for the county’s support in helping address safety concerns related to highway access from a private dirt roadway onto the divided highway south of the Monarch overpass.  Lethbridge County councillors reviewed the letter at the Aug. 14, regular [...] Read More »

    21 hours ago
  • SCAN closes another house in city for criminal activity

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Sheriffs closed another problem property in the South side of the city where criminal activity prompted more than 60 calls to police since 2021. Inspector Brent Pickard with the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs told reporters Wednesday that in June 2023 SCAN received a [...] Read More »

    21 hours ago
  • Students walk out

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Students at LCI showed their support for teachers forced back to work by staging a walkout Wednesday morning, following the provincial government mandating teachers back to work. The walkout started at 10 a.m. with about 50 students eaving class to cross the street in front of the [...] Read More »

    21 hours ago
  • Teachers are forced back to work after Bill 2 passes

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Tensions were high during the afternoon and evening session of the Legislative Assembly Monday as the Government of Alberta introduced and passed Bill 2, Back to School Act. Third reading of Bill 2 was passed at 2 a.m. after multiple division votes, high tension, and exhaustion from those in attendance.  Members [...] Read More »

    1 day ago

National News

  • Carney says meeting with Xi marks turning point in Canada-China relationship

    GYEONGJU — Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with an invitation to China, but no movement on the trade issues that have plagued the relationship. Still, Carney said he was “very pleased” with the outcome. “We now have a turning point in the relationship, a [...] Read More »

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  • Carney declares turning point in Canada-China relationship after meeting with Xi

    GYEONGJU — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is a “turning point” in Canada-China relations, calling it long overdue. Xi invited Carney to visit China as the pair met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea today. The invitation marks a significant thaw [...] Read More »

    2 hours ago
  • In the news today: Carney meets Xi on margins of APEC in South Korea

    Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney, Xi meet on sidelines of APEC summit in South Korea Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping today on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in South Korea. Carney told [...] Read More »

    3 hours ago
  • Xi invites Carney to visit China as leaders meet at APEC summit

    GYEONGJU — Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit China as the pair met on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea on Friday. Xi’s invitation, offered during brief remarks at the beginning of the meeting, marks a significant thaw in relations between the two countries. [...] Read More »

    3 hours ago
  • Trump’s 10% bus tariffs are about to pinch city budgets across North America

    OTTAWA — A transit advocacy group is warning new U.S. tariffs on buses coming into effect this weekend are going to upend the budgets of cities across North America — and eventually residents and riders. Property taxes, transit fares, parking fees and maybe even congestion charges could be in play. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs [...] Read More »

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