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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A sedative intended for large animals is believed to be the cause of a recent increase of opioid related emergencies, specifically to the Edmonton region. According to the Canadian Center of Recover Excellence (CoRE) carfentanil can be up to 100,000 times stronger than morphine and 100 times [...] Read More »

Sam Leishman Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An important item might have been missed on your child’s back-to-school list: Glasses. The Alberta Association of Optometrists may be able to help with the expense, too. The Eye See Eye Learn program launched this school year, offering a free pair of glasses to kindergarten-aged children at [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government is introducing updates to its technology innovation and emissions reduction (TIER) system which it says will empower industries to invest in on-site emissions reduction technology that works for their specific operations. The Alberta NDP responded to the announcement Tuesday afternoon with its shadow minister for energy and minerals, [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Drought conditions in parts of western Canada improved in August thanks to higher amounts of precipitation, with southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta seeing considerable improvement. While drought improved in the west, conditions in eastern Canada  deteriorated significantly,” said Agriculture and Agri-food Canada  agroclimate specialist Trevor Hadwen recently. Hadwen, based out of [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge has launched the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) to bring together scholars from all disciplines who are employing a feminist lens in their research work, from gender and equity to society and empowerment. Tara MacDonald, an English professor with expertise in cultural studies, has been appointed director [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament paid tribute to hockey legend Ken Dryden in the House of Commons today. MPs stood for a moment of silence to honour the late Montreal Canadiens goaltender, who also served as a member of Parliament and Liberal cabinet minister. In his remarks following the moment of silence, Prime Minister Mark [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — A 75-year-old former swim instructor is facing dozens of charges related to alleged sex crimes against 30 youths at a Nova Scotia corrections facility between 1989 and 2015, RCMP say. Staff Sgt. Rob McCamon was visibly shaken Wednesday when he announced Donald Douglas Williams of Dartmouth, N.S., had been arrested at his home [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal police say they’ve resolved a long-standing cold case using genetic genealogy to identify the man who killed a woman in her apartment in 2008. Catherine Daviau, 26, was killed in her Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie apartment in December 2008. Police identified Jacques Bolduc as the man who killed Daviau. Bolduc died of natural causes in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says it’s “sad” that the U.S. “turned its back” on Canada by starting a trade war which is now forcing Ottawa to “reinvent” the national economy. Champagne said after a caucus meeting today that “a lot of the costs” the country must carry in the upcoming federal budget are [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney insists his government does have fiscal anchors after the interim parliamentary budget officer raised concerns about government spending. Jason Jacques told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday that he wasn’t sure if the federal government still has its fiscal anchors, which he said causes the people that he [...] Read More »