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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Frank Flaman Foundation and Southland Trailers showed  their generosity towards Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) this week. Between the Foundation and the local trailer company, they were able to donate $10,000 to LFS, which will be put back into their Immigrant Services department. The Frank Flaman Foundation’s focus is to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  The global political order that helped shape Canada’s prosperity after the Second World War is breaking down — and the result increasingly resembles a world run by “thugs,” according to retired University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Trevor Harrison. Speaking at this week’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) meeting, [...] Read More »

  By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge man Skye Atoa, accused with multiple sex related offences remains in custody waiting for a pre-trial conference for some of his charges.  Atoa appeared in Lethbridge Court Thursday via CCTV along with his lawyer Richard Muenz regarding the charges that are still pending a trial date.  As Atoa [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   Catholic Central High School’s Fine Arts department students alongside a guest Children’s Chorus made up of students from St. Patrick Fine Arts Elementary and St. Paul School are showcasing their latest production “Joseph and the Amazing Multicolour Dreamcoat” until March 21.  Producer and co-vocal director Jessica Ens says it [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Experts at Lethbridge Polytechnic say the solution doesn’t require a gym membership or major lifestyle change. Often, small and consistent movement breaks are enough to reduce stiffness, improve circulation and boost energy. “Lots of people in different work environments are sitting a lot during the day, especially on the computer,” [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Two former advisers on Ottawa’s climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada’s independent net-zero advisory body last year. Simon Donner and Catherine Abreu were at the centre of some committee fireworks on Thursday, when Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs tried [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is rejecting a claim by the Iraqi government that Ottawa will bring home Canadian men detained during the rule of the Islamic State group. The Iraqi claim followed a meeting on Tuesday between Canada’s ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Boehm, and Iraq’s national security adviser Qasim Al-Araji. Al-Araji’s office issued a [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — As Canada’s national security and intelligence adviser prepares to leave her post, there are questions about the exact role her successor will play. Early this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that David Morrison, currently deputy minister of foreign affairs, would become his senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser and his representative for [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ottawa committed to $552 million in science funding on Friday for equipment, tools and labs needed for academic research projects across the country. The federal government released a list of 92 research projects which have secured funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. The money, distributed through the Innovation Fund, will be put [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Unions and MPs say a bureau at Veterans Affairs Canada which provides free legal advice to veterans who have been denied disability benefits is about to have its workforce cut almost in half. Toufic El-Daher, national president of the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees, told a House of Commons committee this week that [...] Read More »