July 18th, 2025

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  • Roller derby members competing in Australia

    Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative reporter Two members of the Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild (LRDG) will be dawned in red and white as they compete at the world stage in Austrailia later this month. LRDG will be sending Caroline Reimer, known in the derby world as Coach Meow, as the head coach for Team Canada [...] Read More »

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  • Legal Aid agreement reached

    Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The provincial government has signed an updated governance agreement with Legal Aid Alberta and the Law Society of Alberta. The governance agreement, which came into effect on Wednesday, runs until July of 2030. “This agreement reflects a shared commitment to maintain an independent, stable and sustainable legal aid system in Alberta [...] Read More »

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  • ‘Kids and Kops’ program creates positive interactions

    Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative reporter The Lethbridge Police Service, in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters, runs the “Kids and Kops” program which provides children on the waitlist for a Big Brother or Big Sister with a week-long introduction to policing. The annual program aims to offer positive interactions with police officers, showcase different [...] Read More »

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  • Province to regulate health care aides

    Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Alberta’ s 40,000 health care aides will become regulated under a professional college starting on Feb. 2 of next year. The provincial government made the announcement on Wednesday with Minister of Primary and Preventative Heatlh Services Adriana LaGrange calling the regulation “a major step forward in strengthening Alberta’s health care system.” [...] Read More »

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  • 24-hour child care facility gets green light from council

    Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge city council on Tuesday gave its unanimous support to the establishment of a 24-hour child care and respite facility in West Lethbridge. After a public hearing, council voted to support Bylaw 6491 – Land Use Bylaw Amendment re: 2401 Westside Dr. W. which will allow applicant  Carolyn Agyapong of Agyapa [...] Read More »

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National News

  • Google kills ad fee implemented in response to digital services tax

    OTTAWA — Google is eliminating a surcharge on ads it previously implemented in response to Ottawa’s now-defunct digital services tax. A year ago, Google said it would put in place a 2.5 per cent surcharge for ads displayed in Canada in response to the tax, effective October 2024. A Google spokesperson says the company has [...] Read More »

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  • Photo Gallery: The week in news photos

    Here’s a look at some of this week’s top news photos as selected by editors. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

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  • Alberta Premier Smith demands apology from fire-stricken Jasper for critical report

    EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith demanded Friday the fire-stricken town of Jasper apologize and retract a report criticizing her government for its role in last summer’s devastating blaze. Smith, speaking at an unrelated press conference in Edmonton, also blamed the federal government for failing in the fire response by not asking sooner for provincial [...] Read More »

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  • Toronto Boxing Day killer granted full parole months before Montreal shooting

    The man convicted in the 2005 Toronto Boxing Day murder of a 15-year-old was granted full parole in January after being assessed as having a 76 per cent chance of recidivism. Seven months after getting parole, 43-year-old Jeremiah Valentine faces one count of first-degree murder in the killing of Abdeck Kenedith Ibrahim. Ibrahim, 33, was [...] Read More »

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  • Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections

    The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform. More than a century since that 1920 plebiscite, the vote that is expected to be part of this year’s territorial election could see [...] Read More »

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