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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   It was a packed house at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens on Friday evening as people gathered to sign the Water not Coal petition, which was recently re-approved. Singer, songwriter Corb Lund submitted the initial application for the petition late last year, which was approved, [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service recently released its Provincial Policing Standards Audit report, where they were fully compliant with all 159 standards.  Inspector Robin Klassen said all police services across Alberta must go through these audits every 4 years. The audit was completed in 2025.  Klassen explained that the 159 standards [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald With pounding drums, swirling dragons and flashes of red and gold, the Southern Alberta Chinese Association (SACA) welcomed the Year of the Fire Horse — a rare zodiac year that last occurred in 1966 — on Saturday evening at the Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre.  The sold-out Lunar New [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre announced their car and cash winners Monday afternoon, after months of running a car raffle to raise funds to expand their Dunford Diner.  Winner of the 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Touring Edition Pattie Ambrus, said she saw that Nord-Bridge was raffling a car, the car she always wanted, [...] Read More »

By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers zmason@medicinehatnews.com Premier Danielle Smith provided more details at a media availability Friday about the referendum coming in October. Smith announced the referendum during her address to the province Thursday night. The referendum poses nine questions to Albertans, including several non-constitutional questions about the future of Alberta’s immigration policy and [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A lawyer representing Frank Stronach is suggesting one of the complainants in the businessman’s sexual assault trial has a “tendency to lie” and made up parts of her account. Leora Shemesh began cross-examining the complainant, who is the fifth to testify at trial, on Monday afternoon, focusing on discrepancies in dates and details [...] Read More »

CALGARY — Alberta RCMP say a relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootselaar was arrested on an outstanding warrant last Thursday in Sylvan Lake, Alta., stemming from a 2024 case in Fort McMurray. They say Jan [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised another $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Moscow on Tuesday, as Ukraine marked four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion “Four years on, Russia is failing militarily, strategically and economically, and we are in it for the long term,” Carney told reporters before the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty is announcing a $3.7-billion plan today to build more housing units for Canada’s military. The government plans to add 6,000 more units with the money, in 25 communities where the Canadian Armed Forces operates. That’s in addition to the 800 new units already underway. A report from Canada’s auditor [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Survivors are calling on Ottawa to pass legislation to criminalize non-consensual sterilization. Heather Bear, who was sterilized without proper consent, says the bill will help protect other women like her and bring accountability and justice. The bill would amend the Criminal Code to make sterilizing a person without obtaining informed consent an act [...] Read More »