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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local organization is looking for help around the holiday season. Woods Homes is a mental health centre that supports youth all over the province.  Kelsey DesRoche, program supervisor for the Lethbridge Opportunity Hub for Wood’s Homes, says the organization helps various young people in the city. [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers Association and Opposition NDP responded differently to Friday’s announcement by the UCP government that a class six and complexity cabinet committee had been struck. Jason Schilling, president of the ATA said teachers have been sounding the alarm about what’s happening in their classrooms with overcrowding, rising complexity and [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A fully functional and open Whoop-Up Drive bridge is almost a reality after months of planning for major repairs under the bridge, which will begin next week.  After a flatbed trailer carrying heavy equipment hit the bottom of the bridge on Aug. 6, damaging four of six steel girders, two of [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Food waste is a significant issue in Canada with over 58% of the food supply being wasted or lost annually, amounting to 11 million tonnes; which has major environmental, economic, and social consequences including high costs for households and businesses, a contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. “Globally, [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chinook Regional Hospital pediatric and emergency departments have run out of stuffed animals that provide comfort and stress relief to hospitalized children. Provided annually by toy drives such as the Lethbridge Hurricane’s Teddy Bear Toss and the Southern Alberta Bikers’ Teddy Bear Ride, their stuffie stockpile [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in for Simon at the National War Memorial. Rideau Hall did not specify the virus or say [...] Read More »

KINGSTON — On a chilly November morning, more than 100 volunteers began arriving at a historic cemetery in Kingston, Ont., to help honour soldiers who are buried there. Some came with family members, others were joined by friends and strangers, forming small groups that scattered across the civilian side of the sprawling Cataraqui Cemetery in [...] Read More »

The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a “community contact” whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by the landmark Cowichan Aboriginal title decision. A flyer sent to residents says the person’s role is to answer questions and listen [...] Read More »

FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt say federal support for a major project in the province will be announced later this week. The pair met today in Holt’s downtown Fredericton office, before Carney toured the warehouse of a pre-fabricated home manufacturing company and held a news conference. New Brunswick [...] Read More »

SURREY — Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police say they are looking into a report of vandalism at a Canadian Food Inspection Agency location in Kelowna, B.C., where photos of the front of the office show an expletive [...] Read More »