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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 »

OTTAWA — The interim parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa should turn over scrutiny of one of its key fiscal anchors to an independent body. Jason Jacques told MPs on the House of Commons finance committee today he fears that changes to the federal government’s fiscal anchors in the recent budget were made quickly and without [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of mass migration, marking the Trump administration’s latest push to reshape the geopolitics of America’s longtime allies. Last week’s dispatch to embassies directed diplomats in Ottawa, New Zealand, Australia and countries in western Europe to [...] Read More »

A pekinese named Prince was awarded Best In Show at the Canadian Kennel Club’s National Championship Dog Show over the weekend. The Canadian Kennel Club says over half a million Canadians attended one of 4,000 purebred dog events across Canada last year. Founded in 1888, the Canadian Kennel Club says it is the primary registry [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — The left-wing Québec solidaire party is reeling from the abrupt departure over the weekend of a legislature member who had been flirting with the Parti Québécois. Vincent Marissal announced on Saturday he was leaving Québec solidaire, shortly after the party voted to suspend him from caucus for having talks with PQ Leader Paul [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — House of Commons finance committee chair Karina Gould says Prime Minster Mark Carney’s claim that Canada’s foreign policy is not feminist “certainly” marks a departure from the previous government. But Gould says the policy and ideals Carney described remain feminist. Carney’s comment on Sunday at the G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa marks [...] Read More »