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Southern Alberta Newspapers As influenza season comes into full swing over the holidays, Albertans are encouraged to keep themselves safe and get immunized.The latest data available from the province’s respiratory virus dashboard is updated to include information as recent as Dec. 6.  In the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, there were 1,527 confirmed [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers Association is taking the next steps to protect teachers’ rights.  ATA president Jason Schilling said during a press conference Friday morning they are taking another step to stand up for teachers and the students and families they serve. “Today we’re filing a Labour Board Relations complaint for unfair [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There’s a second “mystery man” in the Nathan Neudorf recall campaign to join absentee organizer Ryan Tanner, according  to two city women who came forward with their story this week. Lucretia Apperloo and Barb Phillips both sent emails to recallneudorf@gmail.com after Elections Alberta announced that a notice of Recall [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local Blackfoot artist is keeping the stories he has learned from his elders and using them to inspire his art. Kiit’okii, a multimedia painter from Piikani Nation, says he has fond memories of gathering around the camps and listening to the stories of his ancestors. “When [...] Read More »

Southern Alberta Newspapers Castle Mountain Resort is opening for its landmark 60th season today. Skiers and snowboarders attending on opening day will have access to Green Chair and Buckaroo Carpet, and snowmaking efforts are well underway to open Huckleberry Chair as soon as possible. This season, Castle Mountain will be opening its first ever high-speed [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers led by the University of British Columbia analyzed data on almost 20,000 pregnant people infected with COVID between April 5, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2022. That time period covered infections with both Delta and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A rabbi killed in the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia is being remembered by family members in Toronto for his positivity and commitment to bringing Judaism to others. Rabbi Eli Schlanger was one of at least 15 people killed at the event on Bondi Beach on Sunday after two gunmen [...] Read More »

Public health says three children have died from influenza-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario over the last two weeks. Ottawa and Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officers of health say the children were between the ages of five and nine. The public health units say there has been a “rapid and significant” rise of [...] Read More »

A new international study suggests thousands of glaciers across Canada’s Arctic could be saved from total extinction if humanity can bend the curve on global warming. Yet, the study offers a grim outlook for the world’s glaciers, suggesting close to 80 per cent would be lost at the planet’s current trajectory of around 2.7 degrees [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is practising “counterfeit Conservatism.” Poilievre says while Carney likes to copy his ideas — ending the consumer carbon price, for example — his government won’t do what it says it will. Carney is widely seen to be moving the Liberals to the political [...] Read More »