Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service is partnering up with the Christmas Hope campaign to host their 6th Annual Charity Checkstop on Saturday. Cst. Dana Holland with the Community Engagement Unit said Wednesday that on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. officers and staff will be volunteering at the Park Place Mall’s west [...] Read More »
9 hours agoNathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Handmade Market (LHM) has come a long ways in the past decade. LHM will be hosting their 10th annual Holi-yay holiday market at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. LHM is organized by local entrepreneur Jessy Gust. [...] Read More »
9 hours agoJoe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It took a while but the City of Lethbridge and the local firefighters’ union have reached an innovative new deal. The previous collective agreement between the City and the International Association of Firefighters Union (IAFU) Local 237 expired in 2020. On Tuesday Lethbridge City Council ratified the [...] Read More »
9 hours agoAlexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Discussions on Lethbridge adopting a ward system have come to a screeching halt as city council rejected a motion which would have brought the matter to the Governance Standing Policy Committee to look into. The motion was brought forth by councillors Jenn Schmidt-Rempel and Belinda Crowson this [...] Read More »
9 hours agoAlejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge County Regional Emergency Management Partnership (REMP) hosted its first annual regional emergency preparedness “tabletop” exercise on Wednesday, to simulate their coordinated response to a large-scale disaster affecting the region. The scenario, called “Southern Skyfall” was a damaging summer storm and tornado with a significant impact on life safety, property, [...] Read More »
9 hours agoOTTAWA — Two founding members of Canada’s net-zero advisory body have resigned, accusing the Carney government of not seeking the group’s advice on key policy decisions, including the Alberta energy deal and Bill C-5. Former co-chair and co-founder Simon Donner announced his resignation on his LinkedIn account Wednesday, saying the structure and governance of the [...] Read More »
11 minutes agoOTTAWA — The head of the federal Leaders’ Debates Commission says the body should no longer be responsible for organizing post-debate press conferences and the rules for participating in the debates should be reviewed. The commission came under fire over several controversial calls it made during debate week late in the April federal election campaign [...] Read More »
51 minutes agoVANCOUVER — A British Columbia judge says a man convicted in the notorious Surrey Six murder case is guilty of contempt of court for refusing to answer questions out of fear of violating the so-called “inmate code” against co-operating with law enforcement. Cody Haevischer was found guilty of six counts of first-degree murder and one [...] Read More »
54 minutes agoOTTAWA — The armoured vehicles U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is purchasing from Canadian defence firm Roshel fall under Buy American provisions, the law enforcement agency said Thursday. The department’s media relations team said in an emailed statement that the “production of the Roshel Senator emergency response vehicle originates in the United States.” Despite numerous [...] Read More »
55 minutes agoIndustry Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is serving Stellantis a notice of default after the automaker shifted some of its production to the United States. Stellantis announced in October it was moving planned production of its Jeep Compass from Brampton, Ont. to Illinois. Joly told the standing committee on international trade today the move breaches [...] Read More »
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