A health-care advocate says Alberta is at a crossroads, warning that recent policy changes could push the province toward a two-tier system resembling that of the United States. Speaking Thursday to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA), Friends of Medicare executive director Chris Gallaway argued that a series of reforms under Premier Danielle [...] Read More »
14 hours agoBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald CANstruction Lethbridge has returned for their 12th year to help restock the shelves of local food banks with much needed canned food, while displaying the creativity, engineering, and community spirit showcased in the structures on display at the Centre Village Mall. CANstruction organizing board chair Darryl Schalk said the event [...] Read More »
22 hours agoBy Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald A young Indigenous woman, who was murdered in September of 2024, was described by her father as a firecracker who also very empathetic with a big heart. Charmayne Briggs Scout says she remembers the day she found out her sister Ginnean Briggs Scout was killed as if [...] Read More »
22 hours agoBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A new 20,000 square foot facility has opened just outside of Lethbridge City limits, east of the Churchill Industrial Park, where delivery service partner ,RHAY Logistics, will help Amazon customers receive their packages faster. The facility represents a newer business model for Amazon in Canada, operated in partnership with independent [...] Read More »
22 hours agoMorning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March we participate in an unwanted archaic ritual. Clocks leap forward, sleep schedules implode and coffee sales spike. “Spring Forward” arrives like a bureaucratic prank…leaving parents negotiating with overtired children, shift workers recalculating paycheques and the rest of us wondering why we’re still pretending this charade makes sense. [...] Read More »
22 hours agoOTTAWA — Valdez, Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality, will highlight Ottawa’s commitment to gender equality and share best practices with international partners. This year’s priority theme for the session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women focuses on strengthening access to justice for women and girls through inclusive legal systems [...] Read More »
8 minutes agoOTTAWA — The decades-long debate over whether Canada should create a CIA-style foreign spy agency has been coloured by pressure from allies, budgetary restraint and internal federal rivalries, a new study reveals Much of the discussion about Canada’s foreign intelligence aspirations has taken place — fittingly perhaps, given the subject matter — in classified memos [...] Read More »
8 minutes agoFor some Canadians the twice-a-year changing of clocks is a welcome marker of progress through the seasons, but for many it’s just a nuisance that comes with fatigue, confused pets and even safety issues. Daylight time began at 2 a.m. today in all provinces that observe the practice, and clocks sprung ahead by one hour. [...] Read More »
8 minutes agoCanada and Japan have signed a new strategic partnership agreement that looks to boost co-operation on defence, energy, trade and technology. Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Friday to discuss closer collaboration on everything from cyber policy to Arctic security and climate change. Carney — who earned a [...] Read More »
13 hours agoSAINTE-ROSE-DE-WATFORD, QUÉBEC — A child is dead, and 17 others were injured after a school bus carrying local children overturned Saturday morning in southeastern Quebec. Provincial police said four people sustained serious injuries, including the bus driver, but none of the injuries are immediately life-threatening. Another 13 sustained minor injuries, police said. Samuel Poulin, the [...] Read More »
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