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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 »

Nathan 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 »

Joe 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 »

Alexandra 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 »

Alejandra 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 »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at a FIFA World Cup event Friday in Washington, D.C. The Prime Minister’s Office says the meeting with Trump will be at the Kennedy Center, where the event is being held, and is expected to be brief. Carney is also [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Hospitals are seeing more children sick with flu after the virus began circulating earlier than usual this year. The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario said it saw eight times more kids testing positive for influenza last month than it did in November last year. A spokesperson for CHEO said the difference is stark [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government will table a bill on Friday to ban vote-buying in political party leadership races. The legislation comes following allegations that some party members who voted for Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez during a leadership race earlier this year could have received cash rewards. Élections Québec later revealed that the province’s [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is planning to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum while the three leaders are attending a FIFA World Cup event in Washington on Friday. The Prime Minister’s Office says the meeting with Trump will be at the Kennedy Center, where the event is being [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Food prices to rise 4-6% next year: report Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next year. The latest Food Price Report produced by several Canadian universities is projecting that an average family [...] Read More »