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LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICE Lethbridge Police have charged two males in connection with an assault where a 29-year-old man sustained serious injuries. On Nov. 29, just after 9:30 a.m., police responded to a report of an assault involving multiple people fighting with weapons along the 700 block of 3 Avenue South. Upon arrival, officers located a [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The 17th annual Meals on Wheels “23 Days of Christmas” Honorary Chef and Christmas Card fundraising campaign organized by Select People Solutions and Teamworks Career Centre has officially launched with already great results.  Ryan Miller, president of Teamworks, said Monday during the official launch of the campaign that the whole month [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge will be moving forward with plans to construct a roundabout at the intersection of College Drive South and 28 Avenue/Tudor Boulevard South and will be hosting an open house on Thursday. Residents and business owners are invited to attend an informational open house [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Alberta Police Review Commission (PRC) is now operational. The PRC is an independent process that will file complaints against police in an independent manner. There will be three distinct categories for PRC complaints. Level 1 is death, serious injury and serious/sensitive allegations. Level 2 is allegations [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s a long road from Brandon to the National Hockey League, but Erica Perreaux has made the transition seamless. Perreaux is the primary photographer for the Lethbridge Hurricanes while also serving as the graphic designer for the team’s social media posts. During the season, Perreaux splits her [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it teamed up with other law enforcement agencies to seize 386 kilograms of fentanyl and significant amounts of other illicit drugs over a five-month period. The Mounties say the effort, which ran from late May through the end of October, brought together agencies across Canada to focus on fentanyl traffickers, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Dozens of advocates for women and LGBTQ+ people in Canada and abroad are demanding clarity from the Carney government on its message shift on feminism. In an open letter co-ordinated by Oxfam Canada, 92 organizations and 162 individuals say they’re deeply concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent statement that Canada supports equality [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The NDP’s interim leader says the Liberal government’s reaction to a report it commissioned on pharmacare is shockingly dismissive and deeply disappointing. Don Davies was involved in negotiations on the Pharmacare Act last year, which was a key part of the supply-and-confidence deal between the NDP and the Liberals that supported the government [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs voted unanimously today to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast. The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution calling on Ottawa to withdraw an agreement signed last week that clears a path for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs voted unanimously today to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast. The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution asking Ottawa to withdraw an agreement signed last week that clears a path for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. [...] Read More »