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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Disability self-advocates, families and allies walked shoulder-to-shoulder from City Hall to Galt Gardens Friday, during the 15th Annual Citizen Walk About to raise their voices for inclusion and disability rights in Southern Alberta.  This year’s theme was ““Rising from the ashes, stronger than ever, together!” The long-time [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The town of Coaldale and members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) don’t appear to be any closer to a deal that will end the lockout after its first week. Union members have been locked out since Saturday and have been picketing in the town [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The West Coulee Station Elementary School celebrated its official grand opening Friday morning with an assembly in the brand-new school’s gymnasium.  Students wore blue t-shirts showcasing the school logo and sat in the middle of the gymnasium floor while surrounded by their teachers on each side of the group and family [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Seniors from across the Green Acres Foundation’s lodges gathered at Henderson Lake’s Henderson Lake Horseshoe Picnic Shelter for the 3rd Annual Terry Fox Silver Fox fundraiser Friday. The event for senior residents to raise money for cancer research through the Terry Fox Foundation.  A Silver Fox Walk [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Many passionate questions and comments were directed to Premier Danielle Smith at Thursday night’s Alberta Next Town Hall held at the Agri-Food Hub, with topics covering a variety of issues on Alberta’s relationship with Ottawa. There were six different videos presented to the registration-only audience, each including [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Mexico City this week — the first of many official trips during what diplomats like to call “summit season.” Here’s a look at where Carney will be racking up the kilometres in flights this fall. Sept. 18 to 19: Mexico City Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told [...] Read More »

The Montreal mother who abandoned her three-year-old girl in a rural Ontario field in June has been declared not criminally responsible for the crime. Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud ruled on Monday that the 34-year-old woman could not be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. She had been charged with criminal negligence causing [...] Read More »

GATINEAU — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says she’s aiming to have a probe into allegations of unpaid work in Canada’s airline sector wrapped up by early December. Hajdu has said this process could result in new legislation — but she also says Ottawa wants to be “very careful” about what it does next to ensure [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding proof of citizenship markers to driver’s licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent election fraud. She says this will make it easier for students and the disabled to get funding given they have to prove their citizenship to do so. [...] Read More »

SURREY — The City of Surrey, B.C., is providing its police service with what Mayor Brenda Locke describes as one of the largest rewards in Canadian policing history in response to dozens of extortion attempts in the community. It says the $250,000 fund comes as the Surrey Police Service actively investigates 44 extortion cases, including [...] Read More »