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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service is partnering up with the Christmas Hope campaign to host their 6th Annual Charity Checkstop on Saturday.  Cst. Dana Holland with the Community Engagement Unit said Wednesday that on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. officers and staff will be volunteering at the Park Place Mall’s west [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Handmade Market (LHM) has come a long ways in the past decade. LHM will be hosting their 10th annual Holi-yay holiday market at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. LHM is organized by local entrepreneur Jessy Gust. [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It took a while but the City of Lethbridge and the local firefighters’ union have reached an innovative new deal. The previous collective agreement between the City and the International Association of Firefighters Union (IAFU) Local 237 expired in 2020. On Tuesday Lethbridge City Council ratified the [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Discussions on Lethbridge adopting a ward system have come to a screeching halt as city council rejected a motion which would have brought the matter to the Governance Standing Policy Committee to look into. The motion was brought forth by councillors Jenn Schmidt-Rempel and Belinda Crowson this [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge County Regional Emergency Management Partnership (REMP) hosted its first annual regional emergency preparedness “tabletop” exercise on Wednesday, to simulate their coordinated response to a large-scale disaster affecting the region.  The scenario, called “Southern Skyfall” was a damaging summer storm and tornado with a significant impact on life safety, property, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — More than 27,000 federal public servants were paid at least $150,000 in the last fiscal year, a document tabled in Parliament shows. It says more than 20,000 employees received compensation — salaries, bonuses, benefits and overtime pay — of between $150,000 and $199,999 in 2024-25. The document, prepared by the Treasury Board of [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Environmental groups say Health Canada needs to take action after an influential research article on the safety of a popular weed-killer was retracted by its publisher. A paper published in 2000 in the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology concluded that the herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, is safe for humans. The [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting a new case of measles in the Montreal area, the first in the province since April. The case involves a person who visited a pediatric clinic in St-Eustache, Que., an off-island suburb of Montreal, on Nov. 28. The government says more cases are possible and vaccination is the best protection [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Several key federal cabinet ministers addressed the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa Thursday, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne. But Energy Minister Tim Hodgson — who is helping to advance Prime Minister Mark Carney’s major projects agenda — has been taken off the agenda, despite being previously scheduled to appear Thursday. Hodgson’s [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — The Conservative Party of B.C. has released a statement from John Rustad saying he has resigned as leader, one day after he refused to quit in the face of a caucus revolt. The statement says the uprising “was not a hostile takeover by BC Liberals,” a reference to the centre-right party that imploded [...] Read More »