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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) released a report that shows how transportation is the first barrier to safety for many survivors of gender-based violence in rural Alberta.  Titled “A Ride Can Save a Life: Transporting Survivors in Rural Alberta to Safety and Healing,” the report showcases how limited [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   If St. Patrick’s Day is the headline act, consider the rest of Irish Heritage Month the encore worth sticking around for. By March 18, the green hats are wrinkled, the shamrock shakes are gone, and even the most enthusiastic “honorary Irish” have traded pub songs for coffee. But beyond [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Canada’s Premier Food Corridor (CPFC), in a continuing effort of expanding their reach and working collaboratively with other municipalities focused on the agri-food sector, is hosting a delegation from Invest Quebec over the couple of days.  The CPFC is a collaborative network of economic development professionals and municipalities committed to [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman  Lethbridge Herald CURA Climate Inc. a Canadian climate‑tech company developing electrochemical solutions to decarbonize cement production, announced a partnership with Grand Forks Concrete Ltd.  The partnership includes a formal agreement to jointly deploy both a pilot‑scale demonstration plant and a first‑of‑kind commercial facility to convert agricultural spent lime into low‑carbon cement and [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Sport Council (LSC) will be hosting a Give-it-a-Try diving event at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the university aquatic centre, for adults to try a new sport in a low commitment, low pressure environment at no cost. This event is in partnership with the Lethbridge Diving Club [...] Read More »

A former Supreme Court justice, a medical pioneer, a broadcaster and a champion for sex workers joined the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Thursday. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon said it’s a privilege to present these individuals with their awards as their names join a long list of distinguished Canadians who [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty has walked back his remarks about when and how he learned about an Iranian airstrike that may have hit Canadian assets in Kuwait earlier this month. In prepared remarks Thursday — which he described as a “clarifying statement” — McGuinty said he first learned about the airstrike in a [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has endorsed a statement from Canada and its allies expressing their willingness to contribute to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz more than two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The statement does not say how they propose to help, although Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A regional district on B.C.’s central coast has expanded a local state of emergency and evacuation orders because of flooding and the risk of landslides. An atmospheric river is currently drenching parts of B.C., and the Central Coast Regional District says the local state of emergency now covers the entire area that includes [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Some local and independent TV stations are asking the federal broadcast regulator to start a process to force Meta to pay for allowing some news content on Facebook and Instagram. They say despite Meta’s move in 2023 to pull news from its platforms in response to the Online News Act, some content remains [...] Read More »