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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Corn Maze hosted their 26th Annual Thanksgiving Fundraiser on Thanksgiving Monday with this year’s admission proceeds going towards Safe Families Lethbridge, a non-profit organization dedicated to surrounding local families in crisis with caring and compassionate community. Theo Slingerland, co-owner of the Lethbridge Corn Maze said the fundraiser went well [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Leave It To Beeber On the Thanksgiving weekend, while attacking the vines, shrubs and roses with a rented hedge trimmer before the onset of wintry weather, I spent time thinking about the meaning of the holiday. I also tried not to get distracted lest I hit my leg with the trimmer as I [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter No matter what your age is, everyone has a dream movie character they want to meet in real life, and a charity organization aims to make those dreams a reality through cosplay. C3 Caring Character Cosplay has been travelling across the world bringing smiles to children during [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald For the second time, the City of Lethbridge election team ias providing videos on all of the candidates running for city council and Lethbridge school boards on their website and YouTube channel. Each candidate was provided the opportunity to have a two-minute professionally produced video by a local video production company to share [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald More than 200 education support staff breathed a sigh of relief after the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division rescinded a layoff notice Thursday morning. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) demanded Wednesday that the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division immediately rescind layoff notices issued last week to more than 200 [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Chamber of commerce says Alberta teachers strike straining businesses The head of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce says a provincewide teachers strike is putting a strain on businesses. Doug Griffiths says the chamber doesn’t take a side in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is set to outline plans to strengthen border security today. Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to tour a border crossing facility in the Niagara region, and Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is to hold a news conference soon after. The Liberal government split its border security bill this month, [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The head of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce says a provincewide teachers strike is putting a strain on businesses. Doug Griffiths says the chamber doesn’t take a side in the labour dispute, but it hopes the strike is resolved as quickly as possible. The strike is entering its ninth school day, with about [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A two-day meeting of ministers responsible for justice and public safety at the federal, provincial and territorial levels is set to wrap up in Kananaskis, Alta. today after discussions ranging from bail reform to the role of victims in the criminal justice system. Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser said it was an opportunity [...] Read More »

JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA — A fatality inquiry is set to begin today into the deaths of three people on a tour bus that tumbled down a steep embankment at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. Fourteen others were seriously injured after the Ice Explorer lost control on a road leading to the Athabasca Glacier, [...] Read More »