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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has partnered with Cooper Equipment Rentals, not only to name one of the halls in the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre, but also to provide resources for Excite Lethbridge’s events.  Cooper Equipment Rentals is now the exclusive rental equipment provider of Excite Lethbridge and are the new title [...] Read More »

Editor: A recent Crowsnest Pass Herald editorial delivered a counter to the envisioned worth and merit of Corb Lund’s petition aimed to stop new coal mining on Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The editorial included these sentences: Science matters. Environmental monitoring matters. I concur. I couldn’t agree more.  My belief in science, enhanced by reading well-documented scientific [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service and the Law Enforcement Torch Run are encouraging community members to register for the 2026 Polar Plunge and brave the cold to raise funds for Special Olympics. Cst. Gavin Enns with the Downtown Policing Unit told media on Thursday, while sitting in cold water at Artic [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald On most nights, Honkers Pub and Eatery carries the familiar rhythm of steady conversation, clinking glasses and the low hum of a room filled with regulars who know the menu as well as they know each other. Perched between Lethbridge’s industrial area and the southeast corner of [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald   Students and alumni of Lethbridge Polytechnic had the opportunity to speak with over 100 different organizations with job opportunities at their third annual career fair held yesterday. Adrianna Smith, student development coordinator at Lethbridge Polytechnic says the career fair is more than just helping students find [...] Read More »

CALGARY — Hundreds of party delegates from across the country have assembled in Calgary for the federal Conservative party’s national convention. Leader Pierre Poilievre will face a vote on his leadership Friday. Delegates are also set to debate a number of proposals that could inform the party’s future policies. The policy proposals are not binding [...] Read More »

A quick look at Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara, who died Friday at the age of 71. Born: March 4, 1954 Died: Jan. 30, 2026 Hometown: Toronto Early days: O’Hara began her career at Second City Toronto as a waitress, joined the sketch comedy troupe’s cast in 1974, replacing Gilda Radner, and later was part of [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis received the lion’s share of donations over the last quarter, beating out the only sitting NDP MP who is also vying for the job. Elections Canada reports Lewis secured $723,000 in donations from October to December, while NDP MP Heather McPherson raised $316,000. Prime Minister Mark Carney raised [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in Halifax on Friday that there were more than one million foreign students in Canada at the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Canadian government denied convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein permission to enter the country in 2018 due to his criminal past, newly released U.S. government documents reveal. On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department released some 3.5 million pages of documents related to Epstein which include correspondence from his personal email address with the [...] Read More »