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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media on Monday and said the province announced Friday they will be closing the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit located here in Lethbridge.  Hyggen said he wrote a letter to the Alberta government to request the conclusion of the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit here [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald The quiet hum inside the trades wing at Lethbridge Polytechnic didn’t last long Saturday morning. By 8 a.m., it was all focus, fine margins and flying sawdust as nearly 75 high school students from across southwestern Alberta got down to business at the 2026 South West Regional Skills Canada Competition. [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Firefighters IAFF Local 237 has expressed concern for their contract renewal with Emergency Health Services – Alberta, as the city was given less than a month to make a decision.  President of Lethbridge Fire Fighters AIFF Local 237, Brent Nunweiler told the Herald Monday that the province has told [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of a 22-year-old charged with luring a child under 14 and invitation to sexual touching was heard in Lethbridge court Friday.  Sean Cedric Bilo’s charges stem from an incident that took place in December 2025.     In mid-December 2025, police responded to a report that a 13-year-old [...] Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Once upon a time…when I was a child growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 70s, “streaming options” meant adjusting the rabbit-ear antenna and hoping for the best. We had three main channels—ABC, CBS and NBC; plus a local station, KTVU, and my favourite…public television station [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says today’s budget will take the tax off food from the grocery store. Kinew, in a post on social media, says everything from rotisserie chicken to salads would be free of the provincial sales tax of the budget passes. The change is a key part of a budget that [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A federal union is warning the Canada Revenue Agency’s decision to get rid of drop boxes as a method to file taxes will reduce access to services for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The agency said earlier this month it will stop accepting tax returns, payments and other tax documents through the 45 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Lawyers for the Quebec government argued in Supreme Court today that the province was within its rights when it adopted its secularism law, Bill 21. The 2019 law bans some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job, and the legislation includes a provision that overrides the Canadian Charter of Rights [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Pride festivals are seeking $3 million annually from Ottawa to fill a funding gap left by organizers pulling back funding amid a backlash to diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Leaders from across the country argue Pride parades and other programming at festivals celebrating LGBTQ+ people help to promote inclusion and boost tourism revenues. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Age restrictions on using social media accounts and AI chatbots are among the topics up for debate when Liberal party grassroots gather next month for their national convention. Party rank-and-file are set to meet in Montreal for their policy convention April 9 through 11, where 24 different policy resolutions are on the agenda. [...] Read More »