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Southern Alberta Newspapers As influenza season comes into full swing over the holidays, Albertans are encouraged to keep themselves safe and get immunized.The latest data available from the province’s respiratory virus dashboard is updated to include information as recent as Dec. 6.  In the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, there were 1,527 confirmed [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers Association is taking the next steps to protect teachers’ rights.  ATA president Jason Schilling said during a press conference Friday morning they are taking another step to stand up for teachers and the students and families they serve. “Today we’re filing a Labour Board Relations complaint for unfair [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There’s a second “mystery man” in the Nathan Neudorf recall campaign to join absentee organizer Ryan Tanner, according  to two city women who came forward with their story this week. Lucretia Apperloo and Barb Phillips both sent emails to recallneudorf@gmail.com after Elections Alberta announced that a notice of Recall [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local Blackfoot artist is keeping the stories he has learned from his elders and using them to inspire his art. Kiit’okii, a multimedia painter from Piikani Nation, says he has fond memories of gathering around the camps and listening to the stories of his ancestors. “When [...] Read More »

Southern Alberta Newspapers Castle Mountain Resort is opening for its landmark 60th season today. Skiers and snowboarders attending on opening day will have access to Green Chair and Buckaroo Carpet, and snowmaking efforts are well underway to open Huckleberry Chair as soon as possible. This season, Castle Mountain will be opening its first ever high-speed [...] Read More »

A look at news events in February 2025: 1 – Hamas handed over three male hostages as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. The latest, American-Israeli Keith Siegel, was handed over to the Red Cross, roughly an hour after the other two were freed in a similar scene. All three had been abducted [...] Read More »

A look at news events in January 2025: 1 – Nearly all of Puerto Rico started 2025 in the dark after a blackout hit the U.S. territory early Tuesday. More than 1.3 million clients were without electricity and officials say it could take up to two days to restore power. 1 – In New Orleans, [...] Read More »

SYDNEY — Canadian Finn Foster, backpacking with his girlfriend in Australia, says they were planning to watch the sunset on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach when they heard about two dozen pops. At first, they thought it might be fireworks but quickly realized the situation a few hundred metres away was serious and they were in [...] Read More »

British Columbia is bracing for another “high impact” deluge of rain that’s forecast to hit the province’s Fraser Valley, after intense downpours and cross-border outflows last week inundated Abbotsford, triggered evacuations and cut major highways. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said Sunday that flood and landslide risks in parts of the province will increase with [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — British Columbia is preparing for another widespread deluge of rain after flooding through the province’s Fraser Valley temporarily shutdown a portion of Highway 1 last week. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said Sunday that flood and landslide risks in parts of the province will increase with more stormy weather in the forecast, even [...] Read More »