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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge, in partnership with Call2Recycle Canada, has launched a pilot curbside battery collection program, where residents can bag their dead batteries and set them out for curbside pick-up the same day as their green cart. Throughout the week of Oct. 6-10, 15,800 households in Lethbridge will receive a [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Advance voting has begun and Voting stations at two locations are now open for the 2025 Lethbridge municipal and school board election. Lethbridge residents can now head to a voting station at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre or the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the Cavendish Farms Centre.  Advance voting [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 120 residents turned out to listen to, and question, the four mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election during the first candidates forum at the Lethbridge Public Library Tuesday evening. Incumbent Mayor Blaine Hyggen presented his case for re-election to the audience while challengers Quentin [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Town of Coaldale has acknowledged the latest offer from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).  During the regular town council meeting on Monday, council voted unanimously to acknowledge the receipt of the new proposal from AUPE as well as agree that any change to the [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Close to 1,000 people gathered along Mayor Magrath Drive Wednesday afternoon wearing red, holding signs, and cheering to show their support for teachers across the province during the third day of the Alberta Teachers Association strike. It was the second such demonstration in the city since the weekend. Parents, teachers, students [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada Post union switching from countrywide to rotating strikes The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a decision that will get mail and parcels [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as “incoherent.” Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the nearly 200-page “tool kit” hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum. It [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five “key objectives” that will help the Liberal government achieve its core missions. In a July 8 letter, Carney gave the ministers and secretaries less than three weeks to map out these priorities for [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time. Its announcement comes a day after [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The union representing Canada Post employees says it will switch from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday morning, in a move that will get mail and parcels moving again. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »