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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald It was standing room only in the City of Lethbridge council chambers yesterday afternoon as a motion was passed unanimously to send a letter to the Alberta government requesting them to pause implementing the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) until proper consultation with people with disabilities [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Vice-president of research Dena McMartin presented the Research and Creative Activities Plan to the University of Lethbridge community, recognized the new Canada Research Chairs Alexandra Tetarenko, Amy Mack and Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete and also celebrated undergraduate student and Rhodes Scholar Sydney Whiting on Tuesday. “Anytime we have a chance to [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service’s Economic Crimes Unit will host three community events to help residents recognize, prevent and report fraud in March.  Sergeant Kevin Talbot of the Economic Crimes Unit said Tuesday they are excited to kick off Fraud Awareness Month in March with their three community events thanks to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Beneath that pristine surface, there was a story of risk, contamination, and human impact — a story that the group exhibition “Water: Beauty and the Beast” at the Trianon Gallery confronted head-on. The exhibition opened Saturday, bringing together a dozen artists to explore Alberta’s headwaters and the environmental pressures threatening [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald In most competitions, somebody has an edge. They’re faster. Stronger. Better trained. But on Saturday afternoon at the Lethbridge YMCA, that advantage disappeared the moment the countdown began. One. Two. Three. Shoot. More than 40 competitors gathered on the second floor at the north end of the YMCA for Rock, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Some Canadian Sikhs are calling on the government to take a firmer stand on India as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to travel there this week on his mission to expand Canada’s non-U.S. trade. B.C. Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who received a warning from Vancouver Police on Sunday about a credible threat to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada and South Korea are set to sign a defence agreement today, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of “great power” economic coercion. Following negotiations that concluded in October, the two countries are expected to sign a deal today related to the [...] Read More »

NEW WESTMINSTER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by a man convicted of first-degree murder to have the case thrown out over his claim that trial delays violated his Charter rights. The BC Prosecution Service confirms Justice Jennifer Duncan ruled against Brandon Teixeira’s bid to stay the conviction in the [...] Read More »

Métis leaders Wednesday unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glass beads, was one of 62 items repatriated to Indigenous Peoples from the Vatican last year after decades of calls for their return. Métis [...] Read More »

Nothing is too far apart in tiny Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and there was a well-worn path between the local RCMP detachment and the nondescript brown timber home on Fellers Avenue, less than a kilometre away. The detachment’s five officers, headed by Sgt. Bill Hughes, handled a little over 100 crimes a year, according to recent [...] Read More »