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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The federal government is being called upon to adopt a “Buy Canadian” advertising policy. Several Canadian media associations are asking Ottawa to set aside a minimum 25 per cent of the federal advertising budget to support news  media in this country. Those associations include the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association and News Media [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta’s expert panel on post-secondary institution funding has delivered its final report to the minister of education. The report includes 11 recommendations to modernize and strengthen the post-secondary system within the province. Some notable experts on the panel include chairman Jack Mintz, who also serves as the [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald A 47-year-old man from Calgary is facing charges in connection with an incident where multiple pedestrians were struck by a vehicle at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena parking lot.  On Friday evening at approximately 6:30 p.m., Lethbridge police and EMS responded to numerous 911 calls reporting that a vehicle had struck multiple pedestrians and narrowly [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge County is taking a step towards making payments more convenient for their residents. The county launched the new MyCounty online platform earlier this week. The new platform allows residents to access a variety of services online rather than having to make a phone call or an [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter BROCKET – The Piikani Nation is the latest recipient of Our Healthbox, a free vending machine that provides free HIV self-tests, Naloxone anti-overdose kits as well as other harm reduction and sexual health products. Our Healthbox currently serves 17 communities across the country and was created in [...] Read More »

British Columbia’s softwood industry is facing an “existential threat” from increasing U.S. tariffs that needs to be treated with the same urgency by the federal government as threats to Canadian steel and auto jobs, B.C. Premier David Eby says. Eby held a news conference Tuesday, surrounded by union and industry representatives on the same day [...] Read More »

ST. JOHN’S — The polls have closed in Newfoundland and Labrador after an election campaign that saw the governing Liberals promising to conclude a multibillion-dollar energy deal that they say will deliver economic salvation. Incumbent Premier John Hogan says the proposed agreement between Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro could inject $225 billion into the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered a man to pay $5,000 for improperly using artificial intelligence to defend himself in court. Jean Laprade was ordered to pay the fine after he was found to have cited expert quotes and jurisprudence that don’t exist. The decision is the latest in a legal saga [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The office of federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the Liberal government remains committed to cutting municipal development charges in half, after the minister was vague about fulfilling the promise at a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday. Robertson was asked if the government was still going to cut the fees to lower [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada will not consider reopening trade talks with India until New Delhi allows the return of Canada’s full cohort of diplomats, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. “The approach that we are following is a step-by-step approach, to be prudent along the way,” Anand told reporters in a video conference from Mumbai [...] Read More »