July 4th, 2025

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Local News

  • Province has budget surplus

    Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Nearly eight months after the Alberta government predicted a budget surplus of $4.6 billion at the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year, that figure has risen substantially. The province now says the budget surplus was $8.3 billion due largely to higher than anticipated resource revenue as well as corporate and personal [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago
  • LPS IS HERE TO STAY

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald As the appointment of a new chief for the Independent Agency Police Service marked the next step in giving municipalities a new option for local policing, local officials and the National Police Federation weighed in on the matter Thursday.  Mayor Blaine Hyggen says that as public safety in our city is [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago
  • Dealing with encampments is a complex issue with many moving parts

    Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For most of us, camping is a leisure activity to reconnect with nature in the summer. But for many of Lethbridge’s unhoused population, it’s their only option to have a place they can call their own. The City of Lethbridge created an encampment strategy back in 2023, [...] Read More »

    1 day ago
  • Province names chief for policing agency

    Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The creation of a new provincial police agency moved a step forward on Wednesday with the appointment of a chief for the Independent Agency Policy Service. The agency, created as a Crown corporation, will be renamed the Alberta Sheriffs Police Service with its headquarters in Calgary. Sat Parhar, Former deputy chief [...] Read More »

    1 day ago
  • Reservoir levels up somewhat after recent rains

    Lethbridge Herald The level of the Waterton Reservoir has increased 21 per cent since  early June but at 76 per cent capacity is still below normal,  according to the province’s latest reservoir storage summary table. As of Wednesday, the Oldman Reservoir was at 66 per cent capacity,  down four per cent since June 4. It [...] Read More »

    1 day ago

National News

  • Ottawa talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about liquidity help amid U.S. tariffs

    OTTAWA — Industry Minister MĂ©lanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with liquidity problems caused by the United States’ global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the province’s critical aluminum sector, Joly [...] Read More »

    8 minutes ago
  • B.C. funds more policing as hate crimes rose by 23 per cent between 2022 to 2023

    Hate aimed at religion, sexual orientation and race or ethnicity has jumped in British Columbia, setting off a funding increase for the RCMP’s hate crimes unit. Public Safety Minister Garry Begg announced an additional $734,000 for the RCMP’s anti-hate crime unit in the province as police-reported hate crimes rose by an average of 23 per [...] Read More »

    3 hours ago
  • Norwegian company has plans for LNG export project in Quebec

    MONTREAL — A subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company wants to build a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec. Marinvest Energy Canada says there’s a strong business case for an LNG project in Quebec to export Canadian natural gas to Europe. The company is offering few details about the project, but an elected official [...] Read More »

    4 hours ago
  • Ottawa talking to metals giant Rio Tinto about cash flow help amid U.S. tariffs

    OTTAWA — Industry Minister MĂ©lanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States’ global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the province’s critical aluminum sector, [...] Read More »

    5 hours ago
  • Minister planning to table First Nations water bill despite provincial opposition

    OTTAWA — The federal minister of Indigenous services says her government plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations’ rights to clean drinking water — despite calls from Alberta and Ontario for it to scrap the bill altogether. Environment ministers from Alberta and Ontario sent a letter to their federal counterpart calling on Prime Minister [...] Read More »

    5 hours ago