July 1st, 2025

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Local News

  • Understanding addicts the first key to helping them recover, says expert

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter People dealing with addiction need a lot of care and support, and sometimes that includes a shove in the right direction, says an expert in the subject. Chasen Miko, interim operations manager for Fresh Start Recovery, spoke to the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs Thursday about [...] Read More »

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  • Walking tours offer a variety of ways to explore history

    Alexandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Historical Society in partnership with local historian Belinda Crowson, are offering residents and visitors an opportunity to explore the city’s history through a new set of walking tours.  The Hidden History Walking Tours will begin July 3 and will be offered Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 10 [...] Read More »

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  • Local group eager to help people learn how to knit, spin or crochet

    Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalsim Initiative Reporter International Knit in Public Day was June 14, and to mark the occasion a group of Lethbridge fibre artists staged an event called YQL Fibre Fun on the opening day of the Lethbridge Farmers Market.  The event at the Agri-food Hub highlighted the art of knitting and [...] Read More »

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  • Running for her brother

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A caring sister with indirect ties to our city is running across Alberta to raise funds to end Multiple Sclerosis in support of her brother, and will be going through Lethbridge on Tuesday.    Erin Bodnar will run a total of 345 kilometres in seven days to raise awareness and funds [...] Read More »

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  • City’s Water Rescue team shares river safety tips

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Members of the Water Rescue team with Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services, took part In a dive training exercise this week to improve their skills and learn new ones, and on Thursday they shared some tips on to stay safe while spending time on or near the Oldman River. Charles Schoening, [...] Read More »

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National News

  • From bulky car phones to pocket computers, cellphones mark 40 years in Canada

    MONTREAL — Pierre Robitaille remembers feeling embarrassed in 1985 when he made his cellphone calls from a bulky device that came with its own carrying case. Now 86 years old, Robitaille was one of the first people in Canada to sign up for a wireless plan when they became available 40 years ago, on July [...] Read More »

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  • Pet abandonments in Quebec used to spike around Canada Day; now they’re year-round

    MONTREAL — Canada Day has traditionally been synonymous in Montreal with moving day: piles of junk on street corners, sweaty bodies carrying couches up and down the city’s winding staircases — and a spike in abandoned animals at shelters. However, Montreal’s SPCA is no longer seeing a big jump in animal surrenders around July 1, [...] Read More »

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  • B.C. reports offer ‘road map’ for repatriation of Indigenous items, remains

    A pair of reports out of British Columbia are detailing the complex, expensive and under resourced process of repatriating Indigenous historical items or remains back to their homes. The studies, developed in partnership between the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and K’yuu Enterprise Corporation, call for changes including the creation of a centralized body to facilitate [...] Read More »

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  • There’s no one way to be a Canadian: Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault

    OTTAWA — Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job just as the whole country was looking at itself in the mirror. Guilbeault took on the new ministry — which replaces the old heritage ministry and takes up responsibility for Parks Canada — as U.S. President Donald Trump was ramping [...] Read More »

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  • Ottawa set to host Canada Day celebration with Prince Edward, PM Carney

    OTTAWA — Ottawa’s Canada Day ceremony will be getting the royal treatment today, with Prince Edward set to make a speech during a noon event at LeBreton Flats Park. Prime Minister Mark Carney is also expected to speak at the event on what is his first Canada Day since taking office in March. Canada Day [...] Read More »

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