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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald It was standing room only in the City of Lethbridge council chambers yesterday afternoon as a motion was passed unanimously to send a letter to the Alberta government requesting them to pause implementing the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) until proper consultation with people with disabilities [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Vice-president of research Dena McMartin presented the Research and Creative Activities Plan to the University of Lethbridge community, recognized the new Canada Research Chairs Alexandra Tetarenko, Amy Mack and Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete and also celebrated undergraduate student and Rhodes Scholar Sydney Whiting on Tuesday. “Anytime we have a chance to [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service’s Economic Crimes Unit will host three community events to help residents recognize, prevent and report fraud in March.  Sergeant Kevin Talbot of the Economic Crimes Unit said Tuesday they are excited to kick off Fraud Awareness Month in March with their three community events thanks to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Beneath that pristine surface, there was a story of risk, contamination, and human impact — a story that the group exhibition “Water: Beauty and the Beast” at the Trianon Gallery confronted head-on. The exhibition opened Saturday, bringing together a dozen artists to explore Alberta’s headwaters and the environmental pressures threatening [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald In most competitions, somebody has an edge. They’re faster. Stronger. Better trained. But on Saturday afternoon at the Lethbridge YMCA, that advantage disappeared the moment the countdown began. One. Two. Three. Shoot. More than 40 competitors gathered on the second floor at the north end of the YMCA for Rock, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Métis leaders today unveiled a model dog sled repatriated to their communities after more than a century in the Vatican collection. The sled, made in the 1920s of leather, wood and glass beads, was one of 62 items repatriated to Indigenous Peoples from the Vatican last year after decades of calls for their [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Two federal ministers signalled today that Ottawa could act to improve online safety related to artificial intelligence as questions mount about OpenAI’s decision not to warn police about Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar. The company’s handling of the issue has been under scrutiny since the Wall Street Journal reported that Van Rootselaar’s [...] Read More »

Mexican special forces killed a notorious cartel leader on Sunday, sparking a wave of retaliatory violence that saw cars set ablaze by cartel members and roads blocked in 20 Mexican states. As smoke filled the sky and Canadian tourists sheltered in place, fake and misleading images claiming to show the destruction of Mexican cities and [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade czar says if Canada wants a trade deal with Washington, it will have to accept “some level of higher tariff” and help to reshore American industries. United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBC News’ Katie Simpson on Tuesday that “if Canada wants to come in and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A woman is telling Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial that she became a “social recluse” and lost her “zest for life” as a result of an incident in 1986. The woman is the sixth of seven complainants expected to testify at the billionaire businessman’s trial in Toronto. Tearing up on the stand this [...] Read More »