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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council voted unanimously to send a letter to Sean Fraser, minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to support Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, introduced by the Alberta government late last year. This letter is a response to an incident last [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   From the heartbeat of a newborn to the rhythm of a festival drum circle, drumming has been a part of human life for millennia. In Lethbridge, community drum circles are bringing people together again, offering a space for connection, expression and shared rhythm—no musical experience [...] Read More »

BY Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Founded in June 1976, McNally began with portable asphalt operations out of Fort Macleod before following work across Western Canada. In 2004, the company established permanent operations in Lethbridge.  McNally has been part of the Volker Stevin family of companies since 2011, and in recent years, closer alignment across the [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Since 2010, Bell Let’s Talk Day, held on the fourth Wednesday of January each year, has not only been used as a way for people to break the stigma of mental health online, but Lethbridge Polytechnic also uses the day as a conversation starter to help students [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A Lethbridge man accused with multiple sex related offences remains in custody after his bail hearing was adjourned Tuesday in Lethbridge Court.  After being re-arrested for breaching his previous release conditions last week, Skye Atoa, 50, appeared in court Tuesday, but his hearing was adjourned for another week.  Atoa’s lawyer [...] Read More »

DAVOS — Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived back in Ottawa after a nine-day trip around the world — a tour aimed at drumming up investment abroad that has attracted some cross-partisan criticism. Carney departed on Wednesday from Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic Forum and delivered a widely praised speech warning that middle [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Marineland has presented a plan to the federal government to ship the last remaining captive whales and dolphins in Canada to several institutions in the United States, The Canadian Press has learned. But the theme park also gave Ottawa an imminent deadline to issue export permits or it will proceed with its backup [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby says B.C. will play a “key role” in a new international order charted by Prime Minister Mark Carney in a speech in Davos, Switzerland. Carney told the World Economic Forum on Monday that the world order is undergoing a “rupture, not a transition,” and Canada is responding by fast-tracking a [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Wilma Derksen, whose 13-year-old daughter Candace was killed in Winnipeg in 1984, still has questions about what happened to her “exquisite” child after the man accused of murdering her was acquitted in 2017. She now wonders what may come to light after the same man, Mark Edward Grant, was arrested in Vancouver this [...] Read More »

The head of British Columbia’s anti-extortion task force is apologizing after being told by British Columbia Premier David Eby to step aside unless he demonstrates a “sense of urgency.” RCMP Assistant Commissioner John Brewer says he did not mean to call into question the force’s commitment to the task when he challenged using the term [...] Read More »