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By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  If you needed a reminder that spring is inching back into southern Alberta, you could do worse than listening for a low, familiar buzz. Bumblebees are among the first pollinators to emerge after winter, often appearing before the landscape has fully shaken off the cold. Fuzzy, loud and a little [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic held its annual Stone Pipe Days Powwow yesterday to commemorate the stone pipe gift it was given over nine years ago. This Powwow is a celebration of the institution receiving the Blackfoot name Ohkotoki’aahkkoiyiiniimaan (Stone Pipe) and being gifted a stone pipe from Peter [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   Pull up a chair and pour yourself a pint of history—A Smile in Every Bottle is brewing something special at the Galt Museum & Archives Akaisamitohkanao’pa. The new temporary exhibition, A Smile in Every Bottle: Sicks’ Breweries Ltd., runs from March 21 to September 6, 2026, in the Special [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Tourism Lethbridge partnered with SouthGrow Regional Initiative to expand the Southern Alberta Economic Summit with the addition of a dedicated Tourism Day on Wednesday.  The event brought together municipal leaders, tourism operators, economic development professionals, and industry organizations to explore how tourism supports regional growth, investment, and collaboration.  The agenda [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media Wednesday to provide an update on the Ground Ambulance Service Agreement with Emergency Health Services – Alberta and said he was heading to Edmonton that afternoon, to speak with the provincial government and Mayors of other municipalities dealing with the same issue. [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — The NDP leadership candidates are making their last pitch to party members before voting in the six-month campaign concludes later today. Each of the five candidates will have time at the convention this morning to outline their vision for party leadership. While there is a voting booth at the Winnipeg convention, voting opened [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here’s a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months have gone for them. Avi Lewis Work: Lewis is a documentary filmmaker, activist and journalist for outlets ranging from Much [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women’s rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality. Toronto resident Yanar Mohammed opened the first women’s shelter in Iraq two decades ago. She died after being shot outside her [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says it’s relocating and repurposing the majority of its work camp for building the Site C hydroelectric dam to support the construction of the North Coast Transmission Line project, as its construction will begin this summer. A statement from the provincial Crown utility says about 85 per cent of the camp [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on NDP delegates Friday to focus on issues like affordability and health care and put off tackling bigger policy ideas until they form a government. Kinew offered a simple piece of advice to the next leader of the federal NDP — concentrate on winning elections first. “It’s important [...] Read More »