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Article content The parents of Alberta are tired. I hear it in the stories parents tell me in my medical practice. I see it when I look in the mirror. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: Albertas tired parents need universal child care Back to video The parents of Alberta are the ones working frontline jobs in health-care facilities and retail businesses. We’re the daycare educators, the cleaners, the delivery people, and the grocery sto...

  EDMONTON -- As the provincial budget is set to drop on Thursday, the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) is hoping it will include a reversal of previous funding cuts. “We’re looking for this budget to prioritize funding for public education in particular,” said EPSB chair Trisha Estabrooks. “We are looking for a reversal to the devastating cuts to Program Unit Funding (PUF), the significant cuts that were announced in the last provincial budget. “We have been advocating quite ...

Unhappy Hatters take part in Broken Heart Campaign Poll Yes A group of Hatters unhappy with the provincial government took part in the province-wide Broken Heart Campaign. Albertans all over went to their United Conservative Party MLA’s office this past weekend to post broken-heart stickers to the outside of the building. Hatter Kym Porter says she went to Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes’ office to put a poster up on his window. “This happened all over Alberta and it was organized by...

2020 year in review: January Poll Yes By Lethbridge Herald on December 29, 2020. Herald file photo by Ian Martens Contractors, Lethbridge police and members of the Alberta Sheriffs Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit work to shutter an alleged drug house Tuesday on the citys westside. @IMartensHerald The Herald looks back to the stories that made headlines over the past year with a month by month series running through this week to the New Year: JANUARY Lethbridge murder case feat...