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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 — Ottawa police say they’ve charged a man over alleged threats made to a local high school in response to a staff member’s social media post on the death of Charlie Kirk. The principal of St. Mark High School in south Ottawa sent a message to parents Sunday morning telling them that a threat [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says it will launch a probe of problems with special ballots in the last federal election. A report released by the chief electoral officer today says Elections Canada will examine its training, control mechanisms and processes. The report cites a number of cases of special ballots not being handled properly and [...] Read More »

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The mother of a three-year-old Montreal girl who was found alive after being abandoned in a rural Ontario field has been declared not criminally responsible of the crime. Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud has ruled that the 34-year-old woman cannot be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. The woman faced charges [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Government House leader Stephen MacKinnon says that while the government needs opposition votes to pursue its agenda, he’s under “no illusions” about the prospects for co-operation with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. MacKinnon briefly outlined the Liberal government’s agenda this morning after parliamentarians returned from their summer break. He acknowledged the minority government will need [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Many parents across Quebec were left scrambling this morning as school bus routes remained cancelled after Lion electric buses were pulled off the road last week. Several Montreal-area school boards and service centres announced Sunday evening that their Lion buses would not be ready in time for the morning commute. The Quebec government [...] Read More »