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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 »

These 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 »

It 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 »

Dale 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 »

Tim 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 »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Several sex-related charges against a Lethbridge man were withdrawn Monday after he agreed to sign a common law peace bond. During a brief hearing in Lethbridge court of justice, Fadi Chtewi consented to enter into the 12-month peace bond and acknowledge that without it, there is a risk that he would breach the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com When it comes to potholes, Lethbridge motorists have little patience and they want them repaired yesterday, especially if the potholes are on their streets. But with more than 900 calls to repair potholes expected this year, don’t expect City crews to fill the hole in front of your house any time soon. “We [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Carrie Dahl says people dealing with mental health challenges are some of the strongest people she knows. They’re expected to live life with the same expectations of society while having a battle in their own brain, which “takes a lot of strength, especially in young people,” Dahl said Monday. Dahl, Fund Development and [...] Read More »

Bikers revved their throttles for the annual Southern Alberta Bikers’ Teddy Bear Parade and Motorcycle Awareness Ride in support of the Child Life Services at Chinook Regional Hospital on Saturday. More than 100 motorbikes were ridden from Honkers Pub on the city’s northside to Chinook Regional Hospital carrying toys and teddies on board which filled [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council will be hearing multiple submissions today when it meets at City Hall. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. in council chambers. The SPC includes the mayor and all members of council. This afternoon’s meeting has 14 submissions from City staff on various [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – India’s envoy to Canada insists relations between the two countries are positive overall, despite what he describes as “a lot of noise.” During his first public remarks since the RCMP arrested three Indian nationals in the case, High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma seemed to link the case to domestic crime. But he warned [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change represents a major policy climbdown for the provincial NDP government more than a year into the three-year pilot program with Ottawa that is aimed [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province’s oilsands. The province says in a release that the committee will examine potential policies and options that would allow reclamation to happen as quickly and safely as possible. The six-member committee [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn’t directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of “pooled funds and managed by external [...] Read More »

ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downplaying a possible family reunion. A confirmed sighting of a pod of nine orcas was reported Monday near Kyuquot Sound, about [...] Read More »

Calgary’s much-maligned bylaw imposing restrictions and costs on single-use items is no more. City council has voted 12-3 in favour of ditching the rules following months of criticism from restaurants and consumers. The bylaw was passed in 2022 but only put into place in January, and the goal was to reduce waste ending up in [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s provincial ombudsman says a government body has unfairly denied a young man with autism the supports he needs. Kevin Brezinski adds that the eligibility rules for the Persons with Developmental Disabilities program are unfair. Brezinski has released a report into how the program shut out Evan Zenari when he turned 18. He [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – It was a long time ago, but Jan Novotny still remembers the tanks rumbling through his hometown of Prague in 1968 when the Soviet Union enforced its will on the people of what was then Czechoslovakia. On Monday, he stood outside the Alberta legislature in a gentle rain, holding a sign aimed at [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s municipal affairs minister declined Monday to clarify whether towns and cities would still get their say before changes are made to a contentious bill that gives the province broad authority to fire local councillors. Ric McIver announced the changes last Thursday and promised at that time he would talk to municipal leaders [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Two Alberta men found guilty in the fatal shooting of two Métis hunters have lost appeals of their convictions. Roger Bilodeau was convicted of two counts of manslaughter for the 2020 shooting of Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal. His son Anthony Bilodeau, who fired the gun, was convicted of manslaughter and second-degree murder. [...] Read More »

DENVER (AP) – A sweeping bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels [...] Read More »