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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The biggest challenges for an immigrant landing anywhere are almost universally language barriers, finding employment and affordable housing, cultural adjustment, and social isolation, all of which can be compounded by discrimination and legal hurdles. Newcomers to Alberta deserve a warm welcome and Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) Immigrant [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Glow Lethbridge is back for its third year to kick off the holiday season, this time with a fairy tale theme at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre.  Paul Kingsmith, director of event development for Excite Lethbridge shared that the lights are on, the bouncy castles are inflated, Santa and Mrs. [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A woman whose daughter’s body was found dismembered is walking thousands of kilometres to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. According to Statistics Canada, between 2009-2021 Indigenous women represented between five to seven per cent of all homicide victims, while only representing two-three per cent [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation’s Christmas Tree Festival will return Sunday for its 31st year, with a new location to give more people an opportunity to view the trees and take on other Christmas activities as well.  The decorating process and the creation of the displays began Friday morning to get [...] Read More »

Alexandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Family Services 33rd annual Angel Tree Christmas Campaign officially launched on Friday, and their three-year presenting sponsor Avonlea Homes, presented them with a substantial financial donation.  During the launch of the campaign at one of their show homes, Ron Tyslau from Avonlea Homes, presented the Angel Tree Campaign with [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The NDP says all five official candidates will be on the debate stage in Montreal later this month, now that the first fundraising deadline has passed. Candidates had until last Friday to make their second of four $25,000 payments and get the necessary signatures to stay in the race. Tanille Johnston, a social [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will vote Monday evening on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget — a critical vote that could determine whether Canadians go back to the polls less than a year after the last election. The critical budget vote, expected around 6:45 p.m. ET, is a vote of confidence in the minority [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A woman whose cousin was killed says the release last week of a man who killed two women is another outrage from a justice system that victimizes Indigenous women and girls. Shawn Lamb pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2012 deaths of two Indigenous women — Carolyn Sinclair and Lorna Blacksmith — and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Shannon Pethick thought cervical cancer would be in Canada’s rear-view by now. “It hurts my heart because we should be past this,” she said from her home in Saskatoon, reflecting on her diagnosis 15 years ago, at age 32. But the latest Canadian Cancer Statistics report says the country may not reach its [...] Read More »

MONTRÉAL — Two Montreal public transit unions have reached tentative agreements with their employer, while two others are still without a deal. The union representing 1,300 administrative and technical employees negotiated a tentative agreement on Sunday with the transit agency, two days after the union for 4,500 bus drivers and metro operators reached a deal. [...] Read More »