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By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge Herald Many Albertans instinctively shrink at the sight of a rattlesnake. But the Western rattlesnake, Alberta’s only venomous snake, is more likely to flee than fight, according to Sheri Monk, founder of the conservation group Snakes on a Plain.  “What we really need to know is when [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of Audrey Rae Small Legs was heard in Lethbridge Court on Monday morning.  Small Legs is charged with arson in connection with a grass fire that razed a southside coulee and an area of the Mountain View Cemetery.  Her matters were adjourned to Jan. 30 to finalize [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge man Skye Atoa, accused with multiple sex related offences remains in custody after pleading not guilty to all charges Monday morning.  After the Crown gave revocation notice to Atoa’s lawyer Richard Muenz last week, Atoa agreed to remain in custody.  Muenz asked Justice Olsen and the Crown to allow [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   After a nine-year hiatus, the skirl of bagpipes, the weight of tradition and the long-awaited return of haggis filled the Lethbridge Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch #4 Sunday evening as Burns Night finally returned after a nearly 10-year absence.   The Lethbridge Legion’s 48th [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of a male charged with various offences after multiple pedestrians were struck by a vehicle and injured in a southside parking lot in October 2025 was heard in Lethbridge Court Monday.  Christopher David Hegg from Calgary is charged with five counts of attempted murder, three counts of [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A long-anticipated hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being adjourned for four weeks, after it was derailed by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation of counsel for the proceeding in Vancouver. Counsel for the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner Chris Considine says lawyers representing police, including [...] Read More »

Air travel picked back up in earnest today as crews cleared the remnants of a record-breaking snowstorm in Central Canada from the tarmacs. Aviation analytics firm Cirium says Toronto’s Pearson airport notched 46 flight cancellations, or about 11 per cent, as of 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, compared with 10 times that number on Monday. Environment [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Holocaust Remembrance Day is a moment to remember the consequences of ignorance and hatred. Speaking today in front of the National Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa to mark the day, Carney said Canada was complicit in the murder of millions of Jewish people during the Second World War due [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Marineland has a “solid plan” to move Canada’s last remaining captive whales and dolphins to several parks in the United States, Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said Tuesday. On Monday, the minister conditionally approved the shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park’s application to export its 30 belugas and four dolphins south of the border. [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A hearing into the 2015 police-involved killing of Myles Gray hangs in the balance in Vancouver this morning after Monday’s resignation of a lawyer appointed by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner. The hearing by the office was adjourned after the resignation of Brad Hickford over an obscenity caught on an audio [...] Read More »