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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge, in partnership with Call2Recycle Canada, has launched a pilot curbside battery collection program, where residents can bag their dead batteries and set them out for curbside pick-up the same day as their green cart. Throughout the week of Oct. 6-10, 15,800 households in Lethbridge will receive a [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Advance voting has begun and Voting stations at two locations are now open for the 2025 Lethbridge municipal and school board election. Lethbridge residents can now head to a voting station at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre or the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the Cavendish Farms Centre.  Advance voting [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 120 residents turned out to listen to, and question, the four mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election during the first candidates forum at the Lethbridge Public Library Tuesday evening. Incumbent Mayor Blaine Hyggen presented his case for re-election to the audience while challengers Quentin [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Town of Coaldale has acknowledged the latest offer from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).  During the regular town council meeting on Monday, council voted unanimously to acknowledge the receipt of the new proposal from AUPE as well as agree that any change to the [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Close to 1,000 people gathered along Mayor Magrath Drive Wednesday afternoon wearing red, holding signs, and cheering to show their support for teachers across the province during the third day of the Alberta Teachers Association strike. It was the second such demonstration in the city since the weekend. Parents, teachers, students [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer accused of killing his client has concluded at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Rogelio ‘Butch’ Bagabuyo is accused of killing Mohd Abdullah, a lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, on March 11, 2022. Justice Kathleen Ker told the court on Thursday, after closing [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s new Major Projects Office and her staff sidestepped MPs’ questions Thursday about whether she has special powers to skirt the West Coast tanker ban. Dawn Farrell was hired earlier this year as the CEO of the new office, which has been tasked by the federal government with reviewing project [...] Read More »

LONGUEUIL — The long-awaited trial of a former researcher at Quebec’s electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China opened Thursday with the Crown beginning to present its case. Yuesheng Wang, 38, is the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act. “The RCMP investigation initiated [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians detained by Israel for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip should accept Ottawa’s consular help to get home. Anand said today six Canadians have been detained from boats in the Mediterranean Sea sailing toward Gaza and Ottawa is asking Israeli authorities to release them as soon [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled a draft constitution that would enshrine the right to abortion and assisted dying while boosting the province’s autonomy within Canada. Premier François Legault says the constitution bill, tabled Thursday in the national assembly, would protect Quebecers’ distinct identity and culture. The legislation is intended to defend what Legault’s [...] Read More »