By Vanessa Gera And Monika Scislowska, The Associated Press on April 25th, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s foreign minister called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness on Thursday and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine rages across the border. Setting out his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Associated Press on April 25th, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A routine traffic stop on a highway south of Denmark’s capital turned into an unusual standoff as a 26-year-old woman locked her car and refused to speak to the police officer who had pulled her over, authorities said Thursday. The Central and West Zealand Police said in its daily report that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago due in part to its reduced ownership in its steelmaking coal business as well as lower copper and zinc prices and higher costs. The Vancouver-based mining company says it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $343 million or 65 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Gil McGowan believes the Alberta NDP is the party that can save the oil and gas industry. The candidate for the party leadership, which is holding its first debate at the Yates tonight starting at 7 p.m., also believes the party needs the support of working class voters if it hopes to beat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
The growing season is at hand, and for months the forecast has been bleak. Heat without moisture makes for parched land and poor yields and the winter trended unwaveringly in a dry direction until February and March, when a few good snowfalls finally fell and sank in. Grant Hunter, MLA for Taber-Warner, knows the concerns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 25th, 2024
Michael Bartz, producer of a local podcast series titled In Over My Head, has travelled across the province for more than eight months and conducted 18 interviews for his latest season talking with experts from organizations such as the Oldman Watershed Council, The Alberta Wilderness Association, the Cows and Fish organization and the Alberta Lake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 25th, 2024
An article on mental health within the Canadian Armed Forces has earned Lethbridge College second-year Digital Communications and Media student Justin Sibbet an internship with Troy Reeb, executive vice president of Global News. The Troy Reeb internship is annually rewarded given to a DCM graduate of Lethbridge College. Reeb is a 1998 graduate of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The trial for a retired Lethbridge police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Lethbridge several years ago has been cancelled. William Kaye was set to stand trial for two weeks starting Monday in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, but the matter was brought forward and vacated a few weeks ago when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 25th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as having to choose between enjoying Halloween or taking a traditional school picture on retake day at his new school has become a very particular tradition for a young Lethbridge resident. Kashtyn Di Rocco ,who will be heading into a new school next year as a Grade 9 student, has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
The watchdog that handles grievances about telecommunications companies in Canada says complaints about phone, internet and television services were up 43 per cent halfway through its reporting year. The report by the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS), which measured complaints from customers between Aug. 1, 2023 and Jan. 31, 2024, found an “alarming” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors’ retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal budget presented last week ... Read More »
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