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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After dealing with the first significant snow event over the weekend, the City of Lethbridge has shared an update on how the first snow route activation went.  Juliane Ruck, transportation operations manager said Tuesday that the recent snow event brought 17.5 centimeters in a 24-hour spam over the weekend, which was [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Country singer Corb Lund has taken Premier Danielle Smith up on the challenge she gave at the Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod last summer to hold a public initiative to prove the majority of Albertans are against coal mining of the Eastern Slopes. Lund consulted with [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With the holiday season around the corner, the Interfaith Food Bank is getting in the spirit and bringing opportunities to raise funds for the holiday season with a Christmas Market and treat boxes that will be ready for pick up at that time.  Danielle McIntyre, executive director of Interfaith Food Bank, [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The provincial government is taking a stand against Ottawa and the federal gun buyback program Minister of Justice Mickey Amery has introduced a motion under the Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act to protect gun owners in Alberta. Amery says Alberta isn’t the only province to [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It was a good day to witness the official raising of a new flag for the Town of Coalhurst Tuesday, and an opportunity to learn about how the municipal government works for nearly 40 students from Coalhurst Elementary School.   Coalhurst recently undertook a rebranding which was [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel-Garner says it’s time for the federal government to end virtual citizenship ceremonies. Rempel-Garner says the government should drop the virtual ceremonies because support for immigration is at “an all-time low” and taking the citizenship oath in person has a “unifying” effect. The government introduced virtual citizenship ceremonies during [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be supplying armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights records. NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she’s deeply troubled because the ICE agency has been credibly accused of human rights abuses. U.S. government procurement records show ICE [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is in the process of sending information on its planned early retirement program to almost 70,000 employees as it works to reduce the size of the public service. Mohammad Kamal, director of communications for the Office of the President of the Treasury Board, says letters are being sent to roughly [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027. Treasury Board President France-Élaine Duranceau also says that by the end of January government employees will work in the office three days a week instead of two. She says the measures are aimed [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., is wrongfully blocking access to properties that would allow its crews to clear the way for the North Coast Transmission Line, a $6-billion project the federal government has labelled a “nation-building.” A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week alleges that Kenneth [...] Read More »