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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lifeguards are a mandatory presence at all public pools, especially during the busy summer months, to ensure the safety of swimmers. They prevent accidents, respond to emergencies, and maintain order in and around the pool area. Most of them are young, under 24 years of age, and [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government is eliminating nearly 30 per cent of regulations for agricultural marketing boards and commissions. The province said on Thursday that it is cutting 28.5 per cent of the regulations, including 20 redundancy rules which it says overlap with existing requirements. The motivation is to streamline rules and provide [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Are you an optimist or a pessimist? In the uncertainty of the world we live in, being pessimistic and disillusioned would be easy. Especially when it comes to financial matters. A July 14 blog by MNP Ltd. states that almost half of this province’s residents are $200 – or less – from being financially insolvent each month [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald A year after July 2024 saw virtually no rain in the area, the skies opened up this year with Lethbridge alone getting about 81.1 millimetres. By comparison only 1.6 mm fell in the city last July. Rainfall totals can vary widely, with Farming Smarter executive director Ken Coles on Thursday saying he had 40 mm after the late-night storm on Monday, [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Pure Power Wrestling and Lethbridge & District Exhibition are partnering once again to bring Hot Summer Night to Whoop-Up Days for the third year in a row.  The event will take place at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. and will bring southern Alberta’s top [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Two months after announcing it had trucks of food waiting to enter Gaza, a Canadian charity says it is finally about to get its first shipment of aid to desperate Palestinians. Human Concern International has two trucks full of bags of flour that were supposed to enter Gaza today, but concern over desperate [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Canadian aid agencies say malnutrition and starvation is rampant among children in Gaza, as well as among the aid workers trying to help them. The Toronto-based president and CEO at Save the Children says its clinics are inundated by 200 to 300 people arriving each day. Danny Glenwright says there’s been a tenfold [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland told MPs Friday she was “dismayed” by BC Ferries’ decision to purchase four new electric-diesel ships from a Chinese shipbuilder using a $1 billion federal loan — but did not call for the loan’s cancellation. The House of Commons transport committee launched a study of the Canada Infrastructure Bank [...] Read More »

An evacuation order has been lifted for all residents who were chased out by a wildfire near Peachland, B.C., just days ago. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations centre says the remaining 118 addresses on the last evacuation order are now cleared, and residents can return home but must be ready to leave again quickly. The [...] Read More »

COMOX — A mother and her five-month-old baby have been killed by a tree that fell in a Vancouver Island campground. Police say emergency responders were called to the scene in Cumberland, B.C., on Thursday afternoon. RCMP say that the 26-year-old mother died at the scene and the infant was taken to hospital but did [...] Read More »