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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The provincial government is providing $1.36 million in funding to community-based organizations as part of the provinces 10-Year Strategy to End Gender-Based Violence. Chinook Sexual Assault Centre will be receiving $75,000 through the Community Pathways to Justice Grant Program, which funds programs that focus on victim support, [...] Read More »

Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers An end to the long-standing Town of Coaldale lockout may soon be in sight. In a virtual hearing on Oct. 21, the Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) ruled in favour of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), following an unfair labour practice complaint they made earlier this month, regarding [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge’s newly elected council members have been sworn into office.  The Oath of Office was administered for each of the nine members of the 2025-2029 Lethbridge City Council Monday afternoon during a Swearing-in ceremony at City Hall.  Mayor Blaine Hyggen and councillors Al Beeber, Mark Campbell, Belinda Crowson, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter Jully Black played her first – but not her last – Lethbridge performance at the Visitlethbridge.com Arena on Saturday.  Often called “Canada’s Queen of R&B Soul,” Black is an acclaimed musician, actor and social activist who has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of [...] Read More »

Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A $30-million project to a mustard milling facility in Bow Island received support from the province to the tune of a $3.1-million Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit. G.S. Dunn Limited expects the project to add 34 new jobs, access markets in Japan and South Korea and increase [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has ordered a Montreal millionaire to pay his former business partner nearly $1 million for falsely accusing him of profiting off gold stolen by Nazis from Jews in concentration camps. Real estate developer and lawyer Glenn Feldman began making the claims after a falling out in 2019 with his longtime [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada Post is heading back to the bargaining table with the union representing thousands of postal workers still on a national rotating strike. Both the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers confirm plans to meet later this week with a mediator but did not provide a specific date. Canada Post [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Halifax police say they have arrested a youth who is facing several child pornography charges related to their involvement in an online extremist group. Halifax Regional Police Chief Don MacLean told reporters today this is a case that all parents should be paying attention to. RCMP Sgt. Danielle Pollock with the internet child [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Hurricane Melissa is forecast to stay offshore as it accelerates northward this week, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre says the storm is still expected to play a role in dumping some ugly weather across Eastern Canada. Meteorologist Bob Robichaud says that on Friday, a low-pressure system will make its way over the northeastern [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on other parties to support legislation he says would combat intimate partner violence. Poilievre’s call came after Statistics Canada released a report that says the number of reports of intimate partner violence increased by 14 per cent between 2018 and 2024. The report also notes women and [...] Read More »