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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For more than six decades, the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra has been a pillar of classical music in the community.  To celebrate the 65 year anniversary, the Lethbridge Symphony has partnered with Bailey and Soda Films to produce Prairie Visions, a documentary film detailing classical music and cultural [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of features on the three new members of city council elected in the Oct. 20 municipal election. After getting acquainted with his new role as city councillor, Ryan Wolfe is sharing a little bit about his life and what he is bringing [...] Read More »

Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers After more than two-months, locked-out workers with the Town of Coaldale will back on the job Nov. 17.  More than 40 town workers, represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, (AUPE) have been locked-out since Sept. 6 and will now return to their jobs following a vote on a [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Legion members, veterans, first responders, dignitaries, youth and hundreds of community members paid their respects to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom at the Remembrance Day Parade and service held at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre, formally the Argi-Food Hub. This year marks [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of features on the three new members of city council elected in the Oct. 20 municipal election. After getting acquainted with his new role as city councillor, Ryan Wolfe is sharing a little bit about his life and what he is bringing [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — In a Nov. 11 story about federal health funding in the budget, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that the $2.5-billion in annual funding for bilateral health agreements with the provinces and territories is set to expire in 2027. In fact, the agreements are set to run until 2033. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls “troubling,” content farms that typically use AI to narrate videos have come up with a way around crackdowns on such content – using real people. With the proliferation [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Eight fewer departments and agencies are being asked to slash their budgets at least 15 per cent over the next three years, a move one economist says shows Ottawa’s cost cutting exercise was not “thought through.” Earlier this year, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne directed most ministers to find ways to cut their departments’ [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s governing council was on the same page about the need to lower its benchmark interest last month — but the exact timing of the cut was up for debate. The central bank today released the summary of deliberations from its decision two weeks ago to lower the policy rate [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ottawa says it’s looking to hire a permanent parliamentary budget officer — someone with “tact and discretion” — just a few months after appointing a highly critical fiscal watchdog on an interim basis. The federal government’s list of governor-in-council appointments includes a posting for a new budget officer — an independent agent of [...] Read More »