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Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD An audit of municipal election processes shows numerous challenges that the City of Lethbridge is facing before and during the Oct. 20 vote. An audit report to city council Tuesday by City Clerk and returning officer Bonnie Hilford and deputy City Clerk David Sarsfield illustrated those challenges for the City during [...] Read More »

Joe Manio LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER For ages, paganism and its practitioners have existed in the shadows.  Annual events like the 2025 Pagan Fest at Galt Gardens Saturday aim to bring paganism and its practitioners out into the open light in an inclusive and family friendly day of music, guest speakers, arts and crafts and [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A newly renamed political party is hoping to bring Alberta independence to a vote in a binding referendum. The Republican Party of Alberta (RPA) was founded in 2022 as the Buffalo Party but was renamed earlier this year. Cameron Davies, the leader of the RPA says the name change [...] Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald City council today will hear an application for a land use bylaw amendment that will allow the creation of a 24-hour child care and respite facility for youth with disabilities at the site of a westside daycare that is under construction. If the project gets the green light, it will be [...] Read More »

Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The provincial government on Monday announced it is investing $22 million over three years to modernize and expand the renal dialysis unit at Chinook Regional Hospital. The province says the funding will improve programs for southern Alberta who who chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease and depend on dialysis for [...] Read More »

MONTRÉAL — The Montreal-Trudeau International Airport and surrounding area is set to undergo a $10-billion transformation over the next decade. The airport authority for the greater Montreal area says it has negotiated a $1-billion loan from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to support its plan for the city’s main air hub. Aéroports de Montréal says renovations [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal police say they are looking for a 32-year-old man who may have drowned in the St. Lawrence River. Police divers today searched the water off the southwestern borough of Verdun. They say they received calls on Tuesday around 6:40 p.m. about a man struggling in the water. Const. Caroline Chèvrefils says officers [...] Read More »

TORONTO — First Nations chiefs behind a legal challenge to a pair of federal and provincial laws meant to fast-track infrastructure projects say they are turning to the courts because they worry the laws will lead to environmental destruction. Nine Ontario First Nations want the court to declare the federal law known as Bill C-5 [...] Read More »

The Weeknd donned a mask amid a post-apocalyptic themed concert to open his world tour in Vancouver on Tuesday. “After Hours Til Dawn,” a stadium tour featuring the Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, will see eight Canadian and 13 U.S. dates from now until it wraps on September 3 with the final show [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Steel originating in China will be subjected to higher tariffs to try and prevent steel dumping amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing global trade war, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. The prime minister toured a steel manufacturing company in Hamilton before announcing a suite of measures to protect the Canadian steel industry. [...] Read More »