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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s that time of the year again, for the ritual where parents of young trick-or-treaters face the occupational hazards of weather, traffic and other conditions as they accompany their children in their nocturnal house-to-house quest for candy.  If the pickings are slim in their own neighborhood, that [...] Read More »

Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers In a letter to Lethbridge County councillors this summer, Kim Laing asked for the county’s support in helping address safety concerns related to highway access from a private dirt roadway onto the divided highway south of the Monarch overpass.  Lethbridge County councillors reviewed the letter at the Aug. 14, regular [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Sheriffs closed another problem property in the South side of the city where criminal activity prompted more than 60 calls to police since 2021. Inspector Brent Pickard with the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs told reporters Wednesday that in June 2023 SCAN received a [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Students at LCI showed their support for teachers forced back to work by staging a walkout Wednesday morning, following the provincial government mandating teachers back to work. The walkout started at 10 a.m. with about 50 students eaving class to cross the street in front of the [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Tensions were high during the afternoon and evening session of the Legislative Assembly Monday as the Government of Alberta introduced and passed Bill 2, Back to School Act. Third reading of Bill 2 was passed at 2 a.m. after multiple division votes, high tension, and exhaustion from those in attendance.  Members [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Fans are buzzing in anticipation as the Toronto Blue Jays aim for just one more win on Friday to bring home a World Series title for the first time in more than 30 years. The visiting Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Wednesday, giving the Jays a 3-2 series lead in [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Canada is heading up talks in Toronto to establish a G7 critical mineral production alliance in what’s widely seen as a bid to check China’s reign over a supply chain key to everything from wind turbines to fighter jets. Federal energy minister Tim Hodgson says the critical minerals pact will look at countering [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — A Quebec minister has resigned amid an uproar over a recently passed law that imposes a new payment system on the province’s doctors. Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant announced his resignation from the governing party this morning, accompanied by Premier François Legault. Carmant’s daughter, a physician, has published an open letter criticizing the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty says he has “every confidence” the Liberal government will be able to pass its fall budget through the current minority Parliament, despite his colleague’s concerns about securing enough votes. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon recently said he’s worried the budget might not win enough votes to pass through the [...] Read More »

GEOJE — Prime Minister Mark Carney toured a South Korean submarine Thursday during a visit to the shipyards of Hanwha Ocean, one of two companies competing to build Canada’s next fleet of submarines. On the same day that Canada and South Korea agreed to a new defence partnership, Carney was joined at the shipyard by [...] Read More »