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Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government is introducing winter rules for utilities that will prevent people from being left out in the cold and dark. Until April 15, the winter rules are in effect which means residential electrical services can’t be disconnected by retailers. And starting  Nov. 15, natural gas services won’t be allowed to be [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor At the risk of sounding like an old codger (yeah, I know, that ship sailed a long time ago), I can’t help waxing nostalgic whenever election time comes around. Back in the late 1990s-early 2000s, during my first go-round in journalism, election night was always an exciting time. We’d all come [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For the first time in a generation, the Toronto Blue Jays have won the American League pennant and will play in the World Series beginning Friday. Toronto rallied from a two run deficit in the seventh inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald As municipal ballots continue to be counted by hand, unofficial results are being posted multiple times a day through the City of Lethbridge website as resident wait for official results.  The 2025 Municipal and School Election results won’t become official until noon on Friday. The City did divulge Tuesday that 17,102 [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With the 10th anniversary of the Winter Lights Festival just around the corner, Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden received a rating of 5 Blooms – Bronze – and a special mention for the Winter Lights Festival at the 31st annual Communities in Bloom National and International Awards Ceremonies [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is setting an “ambitious” goal to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports in the next decade to generate $300 billion more in trade. Carney says Canada cannot overly rely on the U.S. as the country turns to protectionism and lashes out with tariffs at levels not seen since the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is setting an “ambitious” goal to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports in the next decade to generate $300 billion more in trade. Carney says in a speech in Ottawa that the core of his government’s strategy in the coming November budget will be to spur “unprecedented” investments in [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — Almost one year ago to the day, John Rustad was on the brink of becoming premier of British Columbia. Now, even his own handpicked party executives do not want him as their leader. Party president Aisha Estey and other members of the Conservatives’ management committee have told Rustad to quit over “chaos” in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the core of his government’s strategy in the coming November budget will be to spur “unprecedented” investments in Canada. His remarks, in a prepared copy of the speech Carney is delivering to a crowd of students at the University of Ottawa, set the stage for his first fiscal [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government has approved plans for construction of North America’s first coastal refuge for whales and dolphins retired from marine theme parks. Here are four things you need to know about the project. MONEY — Charles Vinick, CEO of the U.S.-based Whale Sanctuary Project, said it will cost about $15 million [...] Read More »