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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While the western world may think of the winter solstice as the official start of winter, in Blackfoot culture it’s a sign of warmer days to come. On Friday, The City of Lethbridge hosted a winter solstice event where participants had the opportunity to learn about the [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For more than 50 years, the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) has been disproving the saying “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” by opening its doors on Christmas Day to provide a free turkey meal with all the fixings plus dessert to anyone in the [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald Staff Lead medical officer for the South Zone and local physician Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta’s permanent chief medical officer of health. The announcement comes after an extensive eight-month search, following the ending of previous chief medical officer Mark Joffe back in April. Suttorp has over 25 years of experience in [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor This past Wednesday marked three weeks since the recall petition for Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf was approved by Elections Alberta, and nine days since I wrote a column specifically calling out petition “organizer” Ryan Tanner to come forward and own up to the fact that he’d been actively ignoring dozens [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge city council may be dissolving its Standing Policy Committee (SPC) governance model and switching to a Community Issues Committee (CIC), after the motion was passed 7-2 at Tuesday’s council meeting. The motion was co-sponsored by Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Councillors Al Beeber, Rajko Dodic and Ryan [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Retail Council of Canada is sounding the alarm about the significant increase in circulation of fake $20, $50, and $100 bills since November. The association reports that it has detected more counterfeit bills in one month than in the entire previous year. Counterfeiters have refined their techniques to such an extent that [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Firefighters say they are facing increasing levels of violence on duty, and they’re asking the federal government to step up legislation. In a survey of over 117 fire departments in Canada, 40 per cent of firefighters have experienced an assault within the last five years, says Edward Kelly, president of the International Association [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The spring federal election saw voters elect four MPs who were born in the 2000s — the first Canadians from that age cohort ever to take seats in the House of Commons. Eight months into the job, the young MPs — representing ridings across the country — say they think they’re already making [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break. Departments such as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Environment and Climate Change and Employment and Social Development have told their staff already that news on job cuts will be shared in the new year. [...] Read More »

Police say a 59-year-old man suspected of shooting a police officer in a city southwest of Niagara Falls has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a nearly 24-hour standoff. Niagara regional police say the suspect was arrested just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday and the shelter-in-place order and road closures in the area of [...] Read More »