LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com l Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Since it was first introduced, the Subaru Crosstrek has been one of my favourite small crossovers. And for 2021, this popular choice among buyers and reviewers is even better. The Crosstrek, in Subaru-speak, has been “re-engineered” for the 2021 model year and the improvements make an already great [...] Read More »
3 years agoThese days we regularly see TV footage of health care professionals in hospitals. Yet barely visible is a vital group who provide care for the soul. They are the Spiritual Care Team. At the Chinook Regional Hospital, I met Roman Catholic Spiritual Care Coordinator Annella Wehlage, who introduced me to Spiritual Health Practitioner John Moerman, [...] Read More »
3 years agoIt was a chilly February morning in 2001 when my father left the mall after his routine walk to drive to the curling rink to meet the rest of his retired buddies. With known heart problems, he must have sensed something amiss, and quickly and haphazardly pulled into the first pull-out he came upon. Immediately [...] Read More »
3 years agoDale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Small businesses in Alberta are being offered a helping hand. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder small businesses, the province is offering supports to help owners through a tough time with additional pandemic support through a new financial relief program, the Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit, beginning in April. The Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit provides [...] Read More »
3 years agoTim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe members are calling for the reform of the current electoral system after about 300 people were not allowed to vote in the municipal election at the Lethbridge polling station back in November. A separate problem happened in Calgary when the location of the vote was changed the day [...] Read More »
3 years agoGas prices have taken a jump at city pumps before the increase in provincial fuel taxes and the carbon tax on April 1. And drivers may not see it as a joke. Regular grade gasoline was selling at 154.9 at several Circle K stations in Lethbridge on Wednesday morning as well as at the Petro-Canada [...] Read More »
2 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old Lethbridge man learned the hard way that lying to a judge is never a good idea. Tyler Don McTavish pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to one count of perjury, and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. On May 10, 2022 McTavish was charged with criminal harassment and [...] Read More »
22 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The last University of Lethbridge PUBlic Professor Series talk of the year will be diving into the importance of the brain Thursday night at the Sandman Signature Lodge. Rob Sutherland, professor and Board of Governors Research Chair in Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, spoke Tuesday about his upcoming presentation. “The talk will [...] Read More »
22 hours agoAn array of rocks and minerals were on display during the Silver Cove’s CanGems Rock and Gem Show at the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre over the past weekend. “The focus of the Rock N’ Gem show is to showcase minerals and fossils, different crystals, gems from around the world,” said Marcel Jensen-Allard, road show [...] Read More »
22 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Rakhi Pancholi is out of the race to become the next leader of the Alberta NDP. The MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud on Tuesday morning said she has decided to end her campaign. Pancholi, in an email to media, said she believes the party should unite behind the person who she feels will be the [...] Read More »
22 hours agoHere is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and [...] Read More »
10 mins agoZEBALLOS, B.C. – Experts are reconsidering their options on a rescue plan for the young killer whale trapped by the tide in a remote lagoon off Northern Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator at the Fisheries Department, says they are thinking about changing tactics in efforts to convince the two-year-old calf to leave [...] Read More »
24 mins agoOTTAWA – Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings are delving into possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. As head of Elections Canada, [...] Read More »
25 mins agoZEBALLOS, B.C. – A Fisheries Department official says a rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from a lagoon off northern Vancouver Island is prepared to change tactics to save its life, including lifting the orca out to the open ocean. Paul Cottrell, the department’s marine mammal co-ordinator, says they will consider [...] Read More »
10 hours agoMILLBROOK, NOVA SCOTIA – RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme released a strategy Wednesday outlining how the national police force will respond to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. Almost a year after the public inquiry released a final report that offered a blistering critique of the Mounties’ response [...] Read More »
12 hours agoAlberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government won’t intervene but – if asked – would help the City of Edmonton navigate a reported rocky patch of financial and staffing dysfunction. “No one has stepped in. No one has intervened. No one is doing an audit,” Smith told reporters in Edmonton Wednesday at an unrelated news [...] Read More »
10 hours agoST. ALBERT, Alta. – Alberta’s police watchdog says there are grounds to believe Mounties may have broken the law when they arrested a non-verbal autistic teen at a playground. But it says Crown prosecutors have recommended against charges, as there must be a reasonable likelihood of a conviction and pursuing a case must be in [...] Read More »
11 hours agoLETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Three members of an Alberta high school football team accused of sexually assaulting a teammate are scheduled to go to trial in the fall. The accused boys, who are 16 and 17, are charged with sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon and forcible confinement. Police have said a 16-year-old [...] Read More »
11 hours agoEDMONTON – The Alberta government is asking the federal government for more control over provincial immigration. Premier Danielle Smith has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to re-evaluate his government’s decision that places limits on the numbers for Alberta’s provincial nominee program in 2024. She says Alberta has been informed it [...] Read More »
14 hours agoEDMONTON – The Alberta government is making a navigation and support centre to provide safe shelter for the homeless in Edmonton permanent and has announced plans for a similar facility to be created in Calgary. The UCP government announced it was setting up the centre in mid-January, largely to deal with the hundreds of homeless [...] Read More »
1 day agoLOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman lose his California law license over his efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. Eastman, a former law school dean, faces 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his development of a legal [...] Read More »
9 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, has died, according to a statement issued by his family. Lieberman died in New [...] Read More »
11 hours agoROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Four people were killed and five were wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois on Wednesday, authorities said. A suspect is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical condition. Rockford’s population [...] Read More »
11 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) – Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss potential military operations in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned visit this week because he was angry about the U.S. vote on a U.N. cease-fire resolution, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. No date has been finalized [...] Read More »
14 hours agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals court ruled. The order late Tuesday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of [...] Read More »
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