July 14th, 2025

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Local News

  • Council asked to fund police body cameras

    Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD Facing no real choice, the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday voted to recommend that funding be approved to supply the Lethbridge Police Service with provincially mandated body cameras. The Alberta government in early 2023 ordered all police forces in the province to be wearing [...] Read More »

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  • Airport and City addressing local air service

    Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Profitability and cost efficiecies are key considerations for airlines, the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council heard on Thursday. Mike Perkins, senior manager of airport affairs for WestJet in Calgary, told the SPC online during a report on Lethbridge air service, that the local market is a [...] Read More »

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  • Environment Lethbridge receives funding from watershed program

    Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD Environment Lethbridge is a beneficiary of provincial funding announced Friday for 20 new projects aimed at helping to restore and protect watersheds. Only from the Watershed Resiliency and Restoration Program is going to help Lethbridge residents implement long-term strategies to address drought here, according to Kathleen Sheppard, executive director of Environment [...] Read More »

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  • Province establishes school library plan

    Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative The Alberta government has announced its plan to ensure all books students access in their school libraries are age appropriate, especially when it comes to sexual content. Several weeks ago, Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Education, announced there would be regulations put in place after concerns were raised over highly graphic [...] Read More »

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  • Downtown project building upon recommendations from study

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD Earlier this week the downtown core saw some geotechnical drilling taking place as part of a project to revitalize 5 Street South between 1 Avenue and 6 Avenue.  Bryce Dudley, senior project administrator with the City’s transportation department, says that was part of the preliminary design phase.  “The project was first [...] Read More »

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National News

  • Torrential rains: Montreal calls on Quebec to expand flood compensation

    MONTREAL — Montreal’s mayor says the province must expand its disaster compensation program in the wake of torrential rainfall over the weekend that flooded many homes. Up to 100 millimetres of rain fell on the Montreal area on Sunday, leading to flash flooding and power outages. Mayor Valérie Plante visited a hard-hit sector of the [...] Read More »

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  • Pilot dead after helicopter crash in Northwest Territories

    YELLOWKNIFE — One person is dead after a helicopter crash in the Northwest Territories. RCMP say they were told around noon that an aircraft had crashed near the community of Behchoko. Police say the pilot died despite the efforts of first responders. They say he was the lone occupant of the aircraft. No details were [...] Read More »

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  • Drug use sees parole revoked for Kerry Sim, who killed B.C. teen Reena Virk in 1997

    VANCOUVER — Day parole has been revoked for the woman who drowned Victoria teenager Reena Virk 28 years ago. A Parole Board of Canada decision says Kerry Sim, known as Kelly Ellard when she was convicted, breached her conditions to abstain from drugs. The decision says Sim at first adamantly rejected the test result for [...] Read More »

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  • Federal Court says Canada acted ‘unreasonably’ in denying request to repair home

    OTTAWA — The Federal Court says Indigenous Services Canada acted unreasonably to deny funding for mould removal in a house for two First Nations children with asthma under its Jordan’s Principle program. The principle stipulates that when a First Nations child needs health, social or educational services they are to receive them from the government [...] Read More »

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  • Fires force Manitoba to prep for evacuees, bring alert to jewel Saskatchewan park

    WINNIPEG — Manitoba prepared Monday to find shelter for thousands more potential wildfire evacuees while in neighbouring Saskatchewan, out-of-control blazes shut down close to half of Prince Albert National Park, the province’s crown jewel summer destination. Manitoba officials said Monday about 1,300 fire refugees are staying at two congregate shelters in Winnipeg. Other shelters were [...] Read More »

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