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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter All it takes is a simple summer job or student opportunity to change the outlook of someone’s career path. For Farming Smarter, several former summer students have gone onto careers in agriculture, whether continuing with the organization or elsewhere in the industry. Executive Director Ken Coles says [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge Musical Theatre is ready to raise the curtain on its version of a Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. From Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, LMT will present “Once Upon a Mattress,” its version of Anderson’s classic “The Princess and the Pea.” The production is directed by Laurie [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Public Interest Alberta has raised concerns about the Mintz Report, which includes 11 recommendations to help improve post-secondary education within Alberta. Last week, Bradley Lafortune, executive director for Public Interest Alberta, visited students and faculty of the University of Lethbridge as well as community members to have [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 300 University of Lethbridge students, adorned in caps and gowns, gathered Saturday in the Co-op Centre for Sport & Wellness for the 2025 Fall Convocation. The celebration marks more than the end of studies—it was a celebration of perseverance, pride and the countless personal stories [...] Read More »

Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the home stretch of signature collection, petition originator and former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk stopped to rally with volunteers in Medicine Hat. Lukaszuk has spent the past month on the road, visiting different centres to help collect signatures for the Forever Canadian petition and to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is praising CBC/Radio-Canada’s plans to increase local news coverage as part of its new five-year strategy. “I think there’s lots of really good elements in this plan. I really like the fact that the public broadcaster wants to invest more in local news across the country,” he told reporters [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says it’s talking to the Vatican Museum about repatriating a number of sacred items from its collection. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says there are still a number of logistical issues that need to be addressed before the items can be returned, including protocols to ensure their safe [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Germany’s defence minister says the German firm bidding for Canada’s lucrative submarine contract would have no trouble doing the work on time and on budget. Defence ministers from Germany and Norway are in Ottawa this week for meetings with Canadian ministers as the federal government shops around for a contractor to build a [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency’s contact centres provided accurate responses to individuals’ questions about taxes only 17 per cent of the time between February and May 2025, the federal auditor general said in a report released Tuesday. Auditor General Karen Hogan’s office placed calls to the CRA’s contact centres over four months this year, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Some economists say surprisingly strong September inflation figures will give the Bank of Canada pause ahead of its interest rate decision next week. Annual inflation accelerated to 2.4 per cent last month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. That’s a jump of half a percentage point from 1.9 per cent in August and a tick [...] Read More »