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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) is spearheading a campaign this year to recognize November as Runaway Prevention Month. The national campaign focuses attention on prevention, education, and community support for runaway and at-risk youth. The Missing Children Society of Canada was established in 1986 to help return missing children [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Lethbridge Herald Editor One of the guiding principles of journalism is that, when it comes to government, watch what they do, not what they say. That old aphorism has been on my mind quite a bit in the last 10 days or so since the UCP government passed Bill 2 to force striking [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A month after a ground search for missing six-year-old Darius MacDougal was ended, a candlelight vigil was held for him on the steps of Lethbridge City Hall Saturday. Over 50 members of the community gathered to show support for young MacDougall’s family and continue hope for his [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Indigenous people have always fought to protect their land, but Indigenous Soldiers returning home after serving in the First and Second World had their status taken away and were not given the same recognition their white peers did. Because Indigenous veterans were often overlooked, in 1994 in [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local #987 have ratified a new two-year agreement after eight months of negotiations. ATU represents 50 City employees who operate the Lethbridge Access-A-Ride (AAR) Fleet. AAR operators will see their wages reach parity with their counterparts on [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Gunshots herald ostrich cull after police limit access to British Columbia farm Gunshots rang out at a British Columbia ostrich farm as a Canadian Food Inspection Agency operation to cull hundreds of the birds got underway. Police have [...] Read More »

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — An operation to kill hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is underway, with numerous gunshots heard on the property overnight. The shots were coming from inside a hay bale enclosure where Canadian Food Inspection Agency staff had herded scores of the birds. Police have limited access to the [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — There is no computer at the Wongs’ Benevolent Association in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Everything is done by mail, from paying utility bills to contacting members for an event, just as it was when the Chinese community organization was founded in 1912, said vice-president Jeffrey Wong. “We actually stamp and print out invitations and write [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Concordia University says it’s deferring sabbaticals and won’t be renewing some teaching contracts in response to federal and provincial immigration policies. The university in Montreal says provincial funding cuts for international students have also played a role in its decision. Concordia announced the cost-saving measures in a budget update earlier this week. The [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its jobs report for the month of October this morning. The consensus among economists polled by Reuters is that the labour market took a breather last month, with 2,500 jobs expected to be lost. That would come after a surprise hiring surge in September, when more than [...] Read More »