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By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting in the Town of Raymond, early Saturday morning.    In a press release Monday morning, Feb. 9, RCMP confirmed several details of the incident and said Raymond RCMP were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the Town [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta (CFLSA) announced Monday they will be celebrating their 60th anniversary with a special one-time grants program.  Executive Director Charleen Davidson said they want the community to celebrate with them and came up with the idea of providing a one-time fund for celebrations.  [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herad Festival Square hosted the annual chilly fundraiser with plungers in costumes, corporate teams, and even a hesitant police dog braving a five-foot-deep ice tank. As the countdown ticked-down to zero Saturday, participants readied themselves with nervous laughter and confident grins as the tank dared them to jump. The 2026 Polar [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Environment Lethbridge is looking for artists and crafters to participate in their first Art and Craft Supply Swap on Feb. 15.  The event is a two-part event, where anyone in the community who has extra art and craft supplies can drop them off on Feb. 14, and come back on [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has opened the nomination process for the Whoop-Up Days Parade Marshal to the public this year and they are asking for their input.  Whoop-Up Days is one of the most attended events of the year, which kicks off with a parade led by a member of the community, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is suspending travel to Halifax and Munich, Germany, following a deadly school shooting in British Columbia. Carney was planning to fly to Halifax mid-day Wednesday to announce the long-awaited defence industrial strategy before flying to Munich where he was to spend the rest of the week at the Munich [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident. RCMP North District Commander Supt. Ken Floyd said police are “not in a place” [...] Read More »

Eight people, including a suspect, are dead after a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in B.C.’s Peace region on Tuesday afternoon. Police say two other people were found dead at a home in the community, while about two dozen were hurt at the school. Here is a look at some other school shootings in [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say eight people, including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home believed to be connected to the incident. Police say more than 25 people are hurt, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — RCMP say eight people including the suspect are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., with two more people found dead at a home believed to be connected to the incident. Police say more than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the [...] Read More »