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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Alberta Education’s Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team report doesn’t bring up anything new, says the president of the Alberta Teachers Association. But the union does agree with some of the reports recommendations, including hiring more teachers to lower student-teacher ratios, hiring more educational assistants, and allowing greater flexibility in scheduling mandated [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team has concluded its work and submitted the final report to Alberta’s government. Premier Danielle Smith, alongside Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides, released the report on Friday, saying it identifies key challenge areas and provides seven recommendations to address rising aggression and complexity [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Salvation Army’s Toys for Tots campaign is getting ready to welcome parents to “shop” for Christmas presents for their children beginning on Dec. 10.  Lt. Zach Marshall, community ministry’s officer with the Salvation Army Lethbridge said this year they are expecting to help 500 children.  “The way the program works [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With winter just around the corner, community members in need of help shoveling their snow in the towns of Coaldale and Coalhurst can receive assistance from the Snow Angels program.  The Family & Community Support Services (FCSS) is bringing back the Snow Angels program in Coaldale and Coalhurst after a successful [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald MyCityCare’s Shop of Wonders is ready to welcome parents in the community to “shop” for their children’s Christmas presents and they are asking for donations.  Tanya Lister, program co-ordinator, said this is their first year in their location and they were really excited to set up their Shop of Wonders.  “This [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec government will table a new bill this week to strengthen secularism rules in the province, including a ban on prayer rooms in colleges and universities. The bill, to be tabled Thursday, will deliver on the government’s promises to prohibit prayer in public places, and to extend the province’s religious symbols ban [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties while serving as finance minister for the Métis National Council. In a decision released Tuesday, Justice Loretta P. Merritt wrote that a series of transactions made under the leadership of former MNC [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Montreal non-profit is offering up to $50,000 for information that could help find an Ontario man who went missing in the Mont-Tremblant, Que., area in February. Liam Toman, 22, disappeared around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski village north of Montreal following a night out with [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister’s Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP’s announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from entering Canada. Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combating crime, released a social media video in September announcing the ban in response to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee want the government to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing multiple parties, issued a report today following a committee study on the issue of coercive control. Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says coercive behaviour in relationships can include things like [...] Read More »