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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 — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is pushing back on a report that suggests relief from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs could be coming soon. LeBlanc told reporters in Ottawa today that he was surprised by a news report which said a deal with the Trump administration could be finalized in the next few [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s “super pumped” about the Toronto Blue Jays’ dramatic comeback win over the Seattle Mariners that sent them back to the World Series. Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning in Ottawa, Carney praised George Springer’s go-ahead three-run homer that capped a 4-3 win and gave Toronto its first American [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Maintenance employees with Montreal’s public transit agency are going on strike for the month of November, their third walkout since June. The union representing the 2,400 employees says the strike will begin on Halloween night and continue until Nov. 28. Employees will refuse to work overtime, and bus and metro service will be [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Federal Auditor General Karen Hogan says many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members across several bases are in “poor physical condition” and ripe for overcrowding. In an audit released this morning, Hogan looks at living conditions on three Canadian Forces bases: Esquimalt in British Columbia., Gagetown in New Brunswick [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A Bangladeshi man in U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody is permanently barred from returning to Canada, a Canada Border Services Agency spokesperson said. Mahin Shahriar, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi national who had lived in Canada since 2019, said he inadvertently crossed the Canada-U.S. border in May and has been in ICE custody ever [...] Read More »