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Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD An audit of municipal election processes shows numerous challenges that the City of Lethbridge is facing before and during the Oct. 20 vote. An audit report to city council Tuesday by City Clerk and returning officer Bonnie Hilford and deputy City Clerk David Sarsfield illustrated those challenges for the City during [...] Read More »

Joe Manio LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER For ages, paganism and its practitioners have existed in the shadows.  Annual events like the 2025 Pagan Fest at Galt Gardens Saturday aim to bring paganism and its practitioners out into the open light in an inclusive and family friendly day of music, guest speakers, arts and crafts and [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A newly renamed political party is hoping to bring Alberta independence to a vote in a binding referendum. The Republican Party of Alberta (RPA) was founded in 2022 as the Buffalo Party but was renamed earlier this year. Cameron Davies, the leader of the RPA says the name change [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald City council today will hear an application for a land use bylaw amendment that will allow the creation of a 24-hour child care and respite facility for youth with disabilities at the site of a westside daycare that is under construction. If the project gets the green light, it will be [...] Read More »

Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The provincial government on Monday announced it is investing $22 million over three years to modernize and expand the renal dialysis unit at Chinook Regional Hospital. The province says the funding will improve programs for southern Alberta who who chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease and depend on dialysis for [...] Read More »

A suitable bear trap had arrived on British Columbia’s Texada Island on Tuesday, meant to hold a grizzly that had caused a ruckus among the island’s residents. It came too late, B.C.’s minister of water, land and resource stewardship said on Wednesday. Tex, as the bear became known, was found dead by conservation officers, Randene [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Many First Nations leaders say their expectations are low for the meeting planned on Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney and are warning it should not be seen as the full and fair consultation required on major projects. The closed-door meeting was promised by Carney in June after chiefs said their rights were [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Norad says it scrambled F-15 fighter jets in response to the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft on Tuesday that disrupted operations at Vancouver International Airport. A spokeswoman for the North American Aerospace Defence Command says additional F-18 fighters were also being readied to respond, but the Cessna landed at YVR before those [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has responded with a number of measures. Initial response The day after the U.S. tariffs came into effect, Canada imposed [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers’ offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 to August 1. Canada Post has been at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service [...] Read More »