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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Salvation Army’s 127th Christmas Kettle campaign has kicked off and members of the Lethbridge Masons are ready to continue their longstanding tradition of manning the kettle located at Park Place Mall. Lt. Zach Marshall, community ministries officer with Salvation Army told the Herald Wednesday that their Christmas Kettle Campaign is [...] Read More »

Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance Premiums Act will add a new requirement for Alberta residents to regularly renew their health card in order to [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A 12-year-old boy charged with the attempted murder of his seven-year-old brother will remain in custody after his matters were adjourned Wednesday.  The accused, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been in custody since his arrest in August. His charges stem from an incident that took [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) members have ratified a new collective agreement with Alberta Health Services and other provincial health agencies, with 66.8 per cent of members voting in favour of the agreement. After a 20-month bargaining process, a total of 15,724 members cast their ballots [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Life is ducky once again for pet ducks Chasey and Chicken after running “afowl” of the law.  The pair were in danger of being evicted from their home on the corner of 12 Street and 6 Avenue North where they live with retirees Laurel and Mitch VanDyk.  [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time. Anand told the Senate’s foreign affairs committee today that Canada’s focus with Iran is on limiting the possibility of Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons. The Harper government cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 and [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdictional challenge and argued the case should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. OpenAI said the company isn’t located in Ontario and doesn’t [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were “significantly hindered” by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early. Following the April 28 federal election, Elections Canada acknowledged that some voters in Nunavik were unable to cast ballots because a shortage of staff [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence. A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm in the 2010 shooting death of pizza delivery worker Chad Smith. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast — and opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban. At a signing ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, the two agreed that [...] Read More »