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Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A $30-million project to a mustard milling facility in Bow Island received support from the province to the tune of a $3.1-million Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit. G.S. Dunn Limited expects the project to add 34 new jobs, access markets in Japan and South Korea and increase [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has received a major land donation along the Oldman River.  Diane Glover has donated 1,253 acres of property to the NCC with the intention of the land being conserved for years to come. In a press release from the NCC to [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers’ Association  is condemning the government’s plan to table legislation on Monday to force teachers back to work and end the province-wide strike.  ATA president Jason Schilling said Friday that Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is undemocratic and deeply disrespectful to teachers, students and the collective bargaining [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police Service is inviting the community to join them on Halloween for a fun afternoon of trick-or-treating during their third annual Trunk or Treat, this year with a third location.  Cst. Joel Running said the event gives families an opportunity to bring the kids and get candy from the back [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Leave It To Beeber Well, that’s a wrap. After a newspaper career that started on May 5, 1980 when I was 20 years old, I’m moving on to new challenges and adventures. After being elected to Lethbridge city council this week, I end my decades-long career in newspapers with this column. When I [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The union for Alberta’s teachers says the province using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to end their strike is a gross abuse of power — but says it will follow the law. The Alberta Teachers’ Association, in a statement, says it will pursue all legal alternatives to challenge the bill passed early this morning [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work. Smith’s United Conservatives, using their majority in the legislature and passing procedural rules to put one-hour limits on discussion, voted [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike Premier Danielle Smith’s government has passed a bill using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work to end the largest walkout in [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE — Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to Singapore on Tuesday, as his first official visit to Asia enters its second leg. Carney has been pitching Canada as a reliable trading partner for Southeast Asia as he works to expand exports to non-U.S. markets, and also as an attractive place for investment. On Sunday, he [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith’s government has passed a bill using the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking teachers back to work to end the largest walkout in Alberta history. Members of Smith’s caucus, using their majority in the legislature and passing procedural rules to curtail debate, voted and passed the bill through three [...] Read More »