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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald On Wednesday hundreds gathered at the University of Lethbridge atrium, to protest the presence of former Mount Royal University professor Francis Widdowson, who had previously been protested against in February 2023, also on a Wednesday afternoon.  This time around members of Lethbridge Police were present working alongside Campus Safety to [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Festival, formally the Kiwanis Music Festival, received $15,000 to support a new Scholarship in the memory of Fran Rude. Rude put on 80 productions which included over 500 participants over the span of 55 years. Following Rude’s death about [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   Speaking to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) on Thursday, University of Lethbridge (U of L) neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Iwaniuk argued that bird brains—often assumed to be small and simple—have played a crucial role in reshaping how scientists understand intelligence, behaviour, and the brain itself. Iwaniuk’s presentation, [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Whoop-Up Days’ focus on spotlighting local talent has earned the annual festival a significant nomination from Country Music Alberta (CMAB). Whoop-Up Days is one of five finalists for the Live Event or Presenting Series of the Year (Large Market) award. Director of event development with Excite Lethbridge, Paul Kingsmith says [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Once a chilling warning from George Orwell’s 1949 novel 1984, his vision of a totalitarian society has become cultural shorthand—used in reality-TV promos, smartphone jokes and casual conversation about life online.  More than 75 years later, Orwell’s dystopia continues to feel uncomfortably current, a fact reflected [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Quebec’s finance minister says some U.S. alcohol will be returning to the province’s liquor store shelves before the quality drops. Eric Girard says the only products authorized to be sold are those which could start to deteriorate by March 2027. The sale is expected to generate up to $8.6 million, which will be [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.2 per cent (10.5) _ Prince Edward Island 7.6 per cent (7.1) _ Nova Scotia 6.9 per cent (6.4) _ New Brunswick 6.7 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada’s January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.8) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9) Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.4) Number unemployed: 1,457,500 (1,551,700) Number working: 21,121,200 (21,146,000) Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 12.8 per cent (13.3) Men (25 plus) [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy shed 25,000 jobs in the first month of the year but a drop in the number of people looking for work drove the unemployment rate down to 6.5 per cent. The agency says January’s job losses largely came from the private sector and part-time work, and were concentrated [...] Read More »