July 9th, 2025

News

Local News

  • COVID vaccine strategy impacts yet to be realized

    Alejandra-Pulido Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD After changes to the federal COVID-19 vaccine procurement process were announced earlier this year, and the Alberta government announcing last month that the vaccine will no longer be funded, Alberta Lung has raised the alarm on how that will affect Albertans living with chronic lung diseases like Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and [...] Read More »

    4 hours ago
  • Casa exhibit explores Japanese Garden

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Gallery at Casa is featuring works from 42 artists who have engaged in a year-long exploration of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, and it expands throughout both floors and all gallery spaces at Casa.   “Nikka Yuko – Re: Turning the Stories”, is a major multidisciplinary exhibition running until Aug. 23, [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Body cameras focus of SPC funding request

    Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council will be asked Thursday to recommend that funding be approved to provide the Lethbridge Police Service with body-worn cameras. The SPC consists of the mayor and all council members. A report, to be submitted by Chief Financial Officer Darrell Mathews [...] Read More »

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  • Foam Fest makes a splash with thousands

    ALEJANDRA NOAD Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Nicolas Sheran Park was an array of obstacles, mud and foam on Saturday for the second time as was the site of the 5K Foam Fest, a fun run with proceeds of the event going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Over the last 10 years, the 5K Foam Fest has [...] Read More »

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  • City launching business survey

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD The City of Lethbridge has launched a new business survey aimed at better understanding the goals, challenges and needs of local businesses.  Darrell Mathews, Chief Financial Officer spoke to media Monday morning and said the survey will be conducted by Deloitte LLP, and businesses will be selected randomly.  “If businesses want [...] Read More »

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National News

  • Canada continuing to lag in the number of EV charging stations needed to meet goals

    OTTAWA — Canada still doesn’t have the network of public charging stations it needs to meet its electric vehicle goals, researchers say. With a little more than 35,000 charging stations in service across the country, Canada is falling well short of the 100,000-plus stations it needed by this year, according to experts with the Dunsky [...] Read More »

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  • Quebec won’t accept some applications for sponsorship of immigrants until 2026

    MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it won’t accept new applications from residents who want to sponsor their spouses, common-law partners or adult children for immigration until next year. The Immigration department says in a news release that it has reached its cap for sponsorship in those categories. As a result, the families of those [...] Read More »

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  • Quebec government reassigns head of auto insurance board amid scandal

    QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has reassigned the president and CEO of the province’s auto insurance board. Éric Ducharme’s dismissal from the top job was confirmed by a government source who was not authorized to speak publicly. Ducharme was appointed to the position in April 2023 to restore order at the auto board, which has [...] Read More »

    1 hour ago
  • Defence expected to find operational savings even as its budget balloons

    OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence will not be spared from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cost-cutting drive — even though overall defence spending is set to balloon in the coming years. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to cabinet ministers Monday asking them to find savings of 7.5 per cent in their budgets starting [...] Read More »

    2 hours ago
  • Ottawa’s national security review, shutdown order ‘procedurally unfair’: Hikvision

    OTTAWA — A Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems says the national security review process that led the federal government to order it to shut down its Canadian operations was unfair. Hikvision makes the arguments in a court filing challenging a June 27 directive from the federal government to close down its business in Canada. [...] Read More »

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