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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local organization is looking for help around the holiday season. Woods Homes is a mental health centre that supports youth all over the province.  Kelsey DesRoche, program supervisor for the Lethbridge Opportunity Hub for Wood’s Homes, says the organization helps various young people in the city. [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers Association and Opposition NDP responded differently to Friday’s announcement by the UCP government that a class six and complexity cabinet committee had been struck. Jason Schilling, president of the ATA said teachers have been sounding the alarm about what’s happening in their classrooms with overcrowding, rising complexity and [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A fully functional and open Whoop-Up Drive bridge is almost a reality after months of planning for major repairs under the bridge, which will begin next week.  After a flatbed trailer carrying heavy equipment hit the bottom of the bridge on Aug. 6, damaging four of six steel girders, two of [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Food waste is a significant issue in Canada with over 58% of the food supply being wasted or lost annually, amounting to 11 million tonnes; which has major environmental, economic, and social consequences including high costs for households and businesses, a contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. “Globally, [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chinook Regional Hospital pediatric and emergency departments have run out of stuffed animals that provide comfort and stress relief to hospitalized children. Provided annually by toy drives such as the Lethbridge Hurricane’s Teddy Bear Toss and the Southern Alberta Bikers’ Teddy Bear Ride, their stuffie stockpile [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Eighty years after the end of the deadliest conflict in history, the number of living Second World War veterans has dwindled to a few thousand. Veterans Affairs Canada said it estimates that as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian veterans — 667 women and 3,024 men. Veterans Affairs also believes the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A new survey suggests fewer Canadians were planning to observe Remembrance Day this year compared with 2024. The Leger poll says 69 per cent of respondents intended to mark the day this year in at least one way, including wearing a poppy or observing a moment of silence, down seven points from a [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Infectious disease experts say Canada’s loss of measles elimination status shows how badly investment is needed in public health, rebuilding vaccine confidence and solving the primary care crisis. On Monday, the Pan American Health Organization revoked the measles-free status Canada has had since 1998 because an outbreak of the virus across several provinces [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — In a world shaken by volatile geopolitics and U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is making a push for multilateralism as Canada closes out its presidency of the Group of Seven countries. Anand is welcoming G7 foreign ministers to Ontario’s freshly snow-covered Niagara region Tuesday and Wednesday to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in coming years, one economist says, as the Ontario government calls for that to change. The Canada Health Transfer is projected to be $54.7 billion in 2025-26 and is set to grow by five per cent [...] Read More »