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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With winter just around the corner, community members in need of help shoveling their snow in the towns of Coaldale and Coalhurst can receive assistance from the Snow Angels program.  The Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) is bringing back the Snow Angels program in Coaldale and Coalhurst after a successful [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald MyCityCare’s Shop of Wonders is ready to welcome parents in the community to “shop” for their children’s Christmas presents and they are asking for donations.  Tanya Lister, program co-ordinator, said this is their first year in their location and they were really excited to set up their Shop of Wonders.  “This [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Winter Fest is coming back for the second year, along with the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan on its only stop in Lethbridge on Thursday.  On Nov. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Trades, Technologies and Innovation Facility entrance on the south side of campus, those in attendance [...] Read More »

Southern Alberta Newspapers The province is ending its interim hybrid work policy starting in February. The Alberta government announced last month that employees of the Alberta Public Service will be required to return to a five day per week in-office schedule beginning Feb. 1. A statement from the Deputy Ministers’ Council in October stated that [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Caldwell family is ready to welcome members of the community tomorrow to their eight annual Christmas with the Caldwells kick-off party, to begin collecting toys for the Salvation Army Toys for Tots campaign and non-perishable food for the Lethbridge Food Bank.  Chandel and Vince Caldwell have been gathering support from [...] Read More »

The FBI say a Vancouver man is the latest to be arrested in connection to his alleged role in Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding’s intercontinental drug smuggling ring. An update from the FBI says Rasheed Pascua Hossain was captured days after it was announced seven other Canadians had been charged for extradition to the United [...] Read More »

JOHANNESBURG — The world’s most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington’s disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while pushing back on a Ukraine deal that western allies deemed insufficient. For Canada, disruptive geopolitics led to a technology pact with India, a recent foe, [...] Read More »

The federation representing family doctors in Quebec has launched a legal challenge against a new law that sets physician pay according to performance metrics. The federation filed its appeal for judicial review on Friday and wants the law to be suspended until a hearing on it can be heard. The law known as Bill 2 [...] Read More »

JOHANNESBURG — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Ukraine must be in control of how peace is forged, as Canada joined European peers in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for ending Russia’s invasion. The U.S. plan has been widely seen as favouring Moscow, in that it calls for Ukraine to hand over territory, reduce [...] Read More »

PUVIRNITUQ — Most Quebecers have only to twist a tap to get a seemingly endless source of clean water. The reality is completely different in the northern region of Nunavik, where the water supply system faces a host of problems, from bad weather to outdated equipment and labour shortages. Some would be inclined to blame [...] Read More »