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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For most of us, camping is a leisure activity to reconnect with nature in the summer. But for many of Lethbridge’s unhoused population, it’s their only option to have a place they can call their own. The City of Lethbridge created an encampment strategy back in 2023, [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The creation of a new provincial police agency moved a step forward on Wednesday with the appointment of a chief for the Independent Agency Policy Service. The agency, created as a Crown corporation, will be renamed the Alberta Sheriffs Police Service with its headquarters in Calgary. Sat Parhar, Former deputy chief [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald The level of the Waterton Reservoir has increased 21 per cent since  early June but at 76 per cent capacity is still below normal,  according to the province’s latest reservoir storage summary table. As of Wednesday, the Oldman Reservoir was at 66 per cent capacity,  down four per cent since June 4. It [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With the Farmers’ Market back in Festival Square, businesses within the area share a common response, they are happy with the increase in foot traffic and what that does to their business.  Heather Just, owner of Meadow Lane Candy and Gifts says that when the Farmers’ Market is running, they are [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Downtown Farmers’ Market has returned to Festival Square to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and within the first hour of opening foot traffic had already increased in the area.  Paul Kingsmith, director event development with the Lethbridge & District Exhibition said that to partner with the Downtown BRZ to endorse the [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Manitoba town to evacuate due to wildfire The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order as a nearby wildfire threatens to cause an imminent loss of power to the community. The evacuation begins [...] Read More »

In the corner of her family’s downtown Toronto restaurant, Jeanette Liu’s young son eats a plate of chili chicken as customers gather around tables and servers bustle across the floor. Her son spending the summer at Yueh Tung is “full circle” for Liu, whose own childhood memories are flooded with the sound of clattering dishes [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A group of Canadian academics is calling on the federal government to speed up approvals of student visas for Palestinians after two students who were accepted at a Canadian university died before they could leave the region. Ayman Oweida, chair of the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk Network, said the two students, [...] Read More »

LYNN LAKE — The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order as a nearby wildfire threatens to cause an imminent loss of power to the community. The evacuation begins Friday, though officials haven’t provided a time for when residents must be out of their homes. The town says that if [...] Read More »

LYNN LAKE — The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has issued a mandatory evacuation order as a nearby wildfire threatens to cause an imminent loss of power to the community. The evacuation begins Friday, though officials haven’t provided a time for when residents must be out of their homes. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »