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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) is spearheading a campaign this year to recognize November as Runaway Prevention Month. The national campaign focuses attention on prevention, education, and community support for runaway and at-risk youth. The Missing Children Society of Canada was established in 1986 to help return missing children [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Lethbridge Herald Editor One of the guiding principles of journalism is that, when it comes to government, watch what they do, not what they say. That old aphorism has been on my mind quite a bit in the last 10 days or so since the UCP government passed Bill 2 to force striking [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A month after a ground search for missing six-year-old Darius MacDougal was ended, a candlelight vigil was held for him on the steps of Lethbridge City Hall Saturday. Over 50 members of the community gathered to show support for young MacDougall’s family and continue hope for his [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Indigenous people have always fought to protect their land, but Indigenous Soldiers returning home after serving in the First and Second World had their status taken away and were not given the same recognition their white peers did. Because Indigenous veterans were often overlooked, in 1994 in [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local #987 have ratified a new two-year agreement after eight months of negotiations. ATU represents 50 City employees who operate the Lethbridge Access-A-Ride (AAR) Fleet. AAR operators will see their wages reach parity with their counterparts on [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A B.C. couple who ran educational seminars promoting the bogus notion that people don’t have to pay taxes have lost their appeal against tax bills on $1.4 million in revenue from the scheme. The Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver ruled this week that Russell Porisky and Elaine Gould’s appeal of the tax [...] Read More »

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The highway overlooking Universal Ostrich Farms was lined with its supporters on Thursday, some hugging and crying, some jeering at Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers in white biohazard suits in the field below. “CFIA you can stop!” yelled Katie Pasitney, whose mother, Karen Espersen, co-owns the farm near the tiny [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Prince Harry joked in Toronto that he was “under duress” when he wore a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during a World Series game against the Blue Jays last week. The Duke of Sussex was in the crowd at Los Angeles’ Dodgers Stadium with his wife Meghan Markle for Game 4 of the Fall [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to attend a meeting with other G7 foreign ministers in Ontario’s Niagara Region next week. Global Affairs Canada says Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will welcome her counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. Canada will [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Alberta teachers are taking Premier Danielle Smith’s government to court for passing a law to end their strike and for using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to do it. Jason Schilling, head of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, says the union has filed an application asking for a judge to immediately pause the law until [...] Read More »