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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Twinning Society has been fostering relationships with other cities worldwide for over 30 years and invites all “civilian diplomats” to join in a meeting Saturday to learn more about their initiatives. The idea of having sister cities actually came from former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Westside commuters will now have a slightly faster way to get across Whoop-Up Drive as speed limits increase, and lane reductions will only apply to the bridge deck.  The City of Lethbridge announced Thursday that starting today, motorists will see some changes on both directions of Whoop-Up Drive. While the speed [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With students out of school during the teachers strike, school buses are not operational and therefore their drivers are also waiting for the strike to end.  Leslie Cross, president of Pacific Western Transportation student line of business, the corporate group that owns Southland Transportation here in Lethbridge, said they are keeping [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service, in partnership with the Diversified Rehabilitation Group, hosted a special workshop to support the spouses and family members of first responders Thursday at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre.  The “Getting Better Together” workshop included members of the Lethbridge Police Service, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services and [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When Bill Gooch started farming as a young man in the 1930s, motorized farming saw the widespread adoption of tractors that replaced horse-drawn equipment, increasing efficiency in plowing, planting, and harvesting. Farming however, was still hard manual work. Nearly a century later, modern air conditioned combines can [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Health Network says the procedure could grow the national donor pool by 30 per cent if the practice is expanded across the [...] Read More »

Mail and parcel delivery are set to resume on a limited basis in the coming week as Canada Post workers switch to rotating strikes this morning. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time, ending the countrywide strike that spanned more than two weeks. The union says [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Sergio Marchi says when he asks students in his university course on politics how many of them are interested in a career in public life, he’s surprised if two or three of them raise a hand. Marchi, who served as minister for international trade from 1997 to 1999 and later as ambassador to [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Quebec man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in a northern Montreal suburb more than 31 years ago, bringing closure to the young victim’s family. Réal Courtemanche, 62, already in prison for other crimes, admitted on Friday that the evidence in the case proves [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Alberta’s government says Ottawa is dodging responsibility by not standing behind a proposed pipeline project to the B.C. coast. Premier Danielle Smith’s office says the decision to build a pipeline lies solely with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government. Her spokesperson Sam Blackett says anything short of decisive support would be [...] Read More »