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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The town of Coaldale and members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) don’t appear to be any closer to a deal that will end the lockout after its first week. Union members have been locked out since Saturday and have been picketing in the town [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The West Coulee Station Elementary School celebrated its official grand opening Friday morning with an assembly in the brand-new school’s gymnasium.  Students wore blue t-shirts showcasing the school logo and sat in the middle of the gymnasium floor while surrounded by their teachers on each side of the group and family [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Seniors from across the Green Acres Foundation’s lodges gathered at Henderson Lake’s Henderson Lake Horseshoe Picnic Shelter for the 3rd Annual Terry Fox Silver Fox fundraiser Friday. The event for senior residents to raise money for cancer research through the Terry Fox Foundation.  A Silver Fox Walk [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Many passionate questions and comments were directed to Premier Danielle Smith at Thursday night’s Alberta Next Town Hall held at the Agri-Food Hub, with topics covering a variety of issues on Alberta’s relationship with Ottawa. There were six different videos presented to the registration-only audience, each including [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald An 80-year-old city man is in critical condition after being assaulted while trying to recover a stolen bicycle on Wednesday. An unidentified 34-year-old man is facing charges of aggravated assault after the incident in North Lethbridge. Police say the senior’s bike had been stolen from outside a business and when the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A judicial rights group is denouncing the recent appointment of judge Robert Leckey to Quebec Superior Court, characterizing it as illegal and unconstitutional. The group, Droits collectifs Québec, says Leckey doesn’t meet basic eligibility requirements needed to take on the role. Under federal legislation, to become a judge at a superior court, one [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The House of Commons reconvenes tomorrow, which will see Prime Minister Mark Carney square off with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Parliament for the first time. Poilievre will once again take a seat in the House of Commons after winning a byelection in Alberta last month. The first few weeks of the sitting [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba’s former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld under the province’s freedom of information law. Records obtained by The Canadian Press show senior bureaucrats assembled a presentation for cabinet ministers on [...] Read More »

ST. JOHN’S — An imminent provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador is a key opportunity for the public to demand transparency about a new energy agreement with Hydro-Québec — and possibly even halt it, say critics of the deal. Jack Harris, a former member of Parliament for the NDP, is among a number of former [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada’s highest court will hear the case. Katie Pasitney says the farm remains hopeful that it will get another [...] Read More »