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A health-care advocate says Alberta is at a crossroads, warning that recent policy changes could push the province toward a two-tier system resembling that of the United States. Speaking Thursday to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA), Friends of Medicare executive director Chris Gallaway argued that a series of reforms under Premier Danielle [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald CANstruction Lethbridge has returned for their 12th year to help restock the shelves of local food banks with much needed canned food, while displaying the creativity, engineering, and community spirit showcased in the structures on display at the Centre Village Mall.  CANstruction organizing board chair Darryl Schalk said the event [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald A young Indigenous woman, who was murdered in September of 2024, was described by her father as a firecracker who also very empathetic with a big heart. Charmayne Briggs Scout says she remembers the day she found out her sister Ginnean Briggs Scout was killed as if [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A new 20,000 square foot facility has opened just outside of Lethbridge City limits, east of the Churchill Industrial Park, where delivery service partner ,RHAY Logistics, will help Amazon customers receive their packages faster.  The facility represents a newer business model for Amazon in Canada, operated in partnership with independent [...] Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March we participate in an unwanted archaic ritual. Clocks leap forward, sleep schedules implode and coffee sales spike. “Spring Forward” arrives like a bureaucratic prank…leaving parents negotiating with overtired children, shift workers recalculating paycheques and the rest of us wondering why we’re still pretending this charade makes sense. [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Prosecutors in Frank Stronach’s Toronto sexual assault trial say they will only be seeking convictions on seven of the 12 charges he originally faced. Crown attorney Jelena Vlacic says that after reviewing the evidence, the prosecution concedes it can’t meet the threshold of proof beyond a reasonable doubt on two charges of sexual [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Voting began today in the NDP leadership race, with a March 28 deadline for party members to cast their votes. A party official says 100,000 members are eligible to vote in the election. In the 2017 leadership race, which was won by Jagmeet Singh on the first ballot, the party had just under [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government says it’s planning to spend up to $94.5 million over the next five years to get a better sense of what’s happening on the ground in a turbulent labour market. Ottawa says the money will go to 14 organizations to create forecasts and dashboards on data points like job vacancies [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Voting has begun in the NDP leadership race with a March 28 deadline for members to cast their vote. A party official says that there are 100,000 members who are eligible to vote in the election. There are five candidates in the race, union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanille Johnston, filmmaker Avi [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Federal Liberal government has proposed a debate on Iran war, House leader says Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has proposed to debate the turmoil in the Middle East on Monday evening, [...] Read More »