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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With winter just around the corner, community members in need of help shoveling their snow in the towns of Coaldale and Coalhurst can receive assistance from the Snow Angels program.  The Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) is bringing back the Snow Angels program in Coaldale and Coalhurst after a successful [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald MyCityCare’s Shop of Wonders is ready to welcome parents in the community to “shop” for their children’s Christmas presents and they are asking for donations.  Tanya Lister, program co-ordinator, said this is their first year in their location and they were really excited to set up their Shop of Wonders.  “This [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Winter Fest is coming back for the second year, along with the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan on its only stop in Lethbridge on Thursday.  On Nov. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Trades, Technologies and Innovation Facility entrance on the south side of campus, those in attendance [...] Read More »

Southern Alberta Newspapers The province is ending its interim hybrid work policy starting in February. The Alberta government announced last month that employees of the Alberta Public Service will be required to return to a five day per week in-office schedule beginning Feb. 1. A statement from the Deputy Ministers’ Council in October stated that [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Caldwell family is ready to welcome members of the community tomorrow to their eight annual Christmas with the Caldwells kick-off party, to begin collecting toys for the Salvation Army Toys for Tots campaign and non-perishable food for the Lethbridge Food Bank.  Chandel and Vince Caldwell have been gathering support from [...] Read More »

JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 2010. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Canadian Press at the G20 summit in Johannesburg that both countries want a deal that would include most industrial sectors and [...] Read More »

JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in no hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will speak again with the president “when it’s appropriate,” Carney said on Sunday. Carney said he expects to speak with Trump sometime in the next two weeks but otherwise stands ready for when the Americans [...] Read More »

PUVIRNITUQ — Even if they’re surrounded by vast bodies of water as far as the eye can see, residents of Quebec’s Far North lack a reliable water supply. Not only does this impact citizens’ health through the spread of diseases, but it weakens the quality of care and forces health workers to get creative in [...] Read More »

PUVIRNITUQ — Doctors and nurses in Quebec’s Nunavik region say constant water shortages are a factor that is pushing some colleagues to leave, in a region where retention of staff has long been an issue. In the Far North, health workers can choose between working with the Cree of James Bay or the Inuit of [...] Read More »

JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s not in a hurry to resume trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump but will “speak to him again when it matters.” Carney says he “doesn’t have a burning issue to speak with the president about right now” and will speak again with the president “when it’s [...] Read More »