December 16th, 2025
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  • Coal petition hits the brakes ­for now

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The citizen’s petition to stop any new coal mines from opening on the Eastern Slopes, organized by country singer Corb Lund, has been cancelled due to the implementation of Bill 14. Lund says he was informed of the cancellation of his petition on Friday morning, just five [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Ag Society and Excite team up for Aggie Days

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge & District Agricultural Society in partnership with Excite Lethbridge will be bringing Aggie Days back to Lethbridge on March 25 and 26, 2026 at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre.  Cody McIntosh, newly appointed LDAS director said it is exciting to be bringing Aggie Days back as the first [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Council asks minister to close overdose unit

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter City council has decided Lethbridge is in a position to close the local Temporary Overdose Prevention Unit (OPS) and has sent a letter to the provincial government in hopes of keeping the funding currently being used to operate the facility to put towards other programs. Council, sitting [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Songs of the season raise thousands for food bank

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Vox Musica hosted the first Carol Festival in Lethbridge after several years residents went without one, with proceeds from ticket sales going to the Lethbridge Food Bank.  More than two hundred singers took turns on the stage of the Southminster United Church Friday night to sign Christmas carols to an almost [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Number of flu cases on the rise in south zone

    Southern Alberta Newspapers As influenza season comes into full swing over the holidays, Albertans are encouraged to keep themselves safe and get immunized.The latest data available from the province’s respiratory virus dashboard is updated to include information as recent as Dec. 6.  In the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, there were 1,527 confirmed [...] Read More »

    3 days ago

National News

  • New Brunswick first province to sign federal “one project, one review” agreement

    HALIFAX — New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects. Premier Susan Holt made the announcement on Tuesday alongside federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and provincial Environment Minister Gilles LePage. The premier called it a “one project, [...] Read More »

    23 minutes ago
  • ‘Buy Canadian’ policy takes effect, changing rules for federal procurement

    OTTAWA — The federal government’s ‘Buy Canadian’ policy took effect Tuesday and Ottawa says it will fundamentally change the way it purchases goods and services. Announced earlier in the fall, the strategy is meant to ensure Canadian products and workers are prioritized in federal procurement decisions to help protect Canadian industries. It applies to the [...] Read More »

    30 minutes ago
  • Feds announce plan to reduce methane emissions from oil sector, landfills

    OTTAWA — The federal government is announcing new regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and landfills. A federal document says the new rules, which expand on regulations introduced in 2018, strengthen leak detection and repair requirements and set new standards on venting. The new rules apply to upstream production, processing [...] Read More »

    40 minutes ago
  • Liberal MP says she was shoved by Israeli officials at West Bank border crossing

    OTTAWA — A Liberal MP says she was shoved multiple times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday morning. Ontario MP Iqra Khalid says she was pushed after trying to check on a member of the roughly 30-person delegation who was pulled aside for additional questioning after [...] Read More »

    1 hour ago
  • New Brunswick agrees to joint federal and provincial environmental reviews

    HALIFAX — New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects. Premier Susan Holt made the announcement alongside federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Holt says the two governments have agreed to remove duplication in a simplified environmental review [...] Read More »

    2 hours ago