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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Canadian country legends George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett have been travelling across the country for almost two moths raising funds for Children Believe and will be making a stop at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena this evening. Children Believe is a Canadian charity organization who works alongside poverty stricken [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new lottery is being launched to help cardiac care at the Chinook Regional Hospital. The Downtown Rotary Club of Lethbridge has launched their 2025-26 Catch the Ace lottery with all proceeds headed to the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation’s Bringing Home Hearts campaign, which aims to raise [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As Lethbridge residents prepare to deck the halls this holiday season, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) reminds people to decorate and cook safely as some of the things that bring comfort and joy to the season can also become fire hazards under the right conditions. Winter [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The citizen’s petition to stop any new coal mines from opening on the Eastern Slopes, organized by country singer Corb Lund, has been cancelled due to the implementation of Bill 14. Lund says he was informed of the cancellation of his petition on Friday morning, just five [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge & District Agricultural Society in partnership with Excite Lethbridge will be bringing Aggie Days back to Lethbridge on March 25 and 26, 2026 at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre.  Cody McIntosh, newly appointed LDAS director said it is exciting to be bringing Aggie Days back as the first [...] Read More »

Blizzard conditions continue across Saskatchewan and Manitoba today. Environment Canada says the winter storm system is pushing through the southern parts of the two Prairie provinces, where blowing snow and gusty winds will begin to taper off later today. Winter storm warnings have also been issued across north-central Ontario and into Quebec, with up to [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Downtown Eastside resident Brian O’Donnell lives in a single-room occupancy hotel in Chinatown, although he says it’s not really a home. “It’s livable,” said O’Donnell, who added that he felt like a “house mother” to fellow tenants. “It’s got a roof over my head.” O’Donnell was one of hundreds of voices heard at [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Federal government investment in provincial transportation infrastructure is crucial to avoid long-term impacts on cross-Canada trade and companies’ willingness to work in British Columbia, Premier David Eby says. Eby met with the federal government’s major projects office Wednesday and said he raised work that needs to be done on “trade-enabling infrastructure” such as [...] Read More »

The Canadian Press interviewed and photographed young people across the country for a series of stories about the challenges they are facing, that have seen their generation go from being the happiest in Canada to the unhappiest in less than 15 years. Here are some of them. This report by The Canadian Press was first [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has ruled that requiring prospective lawyers to swear the Oath of Allegiance to the reigning monarch is unconstitutional and infringes on religious freedom. The Court of Appeal of Alberta made the decision Tuesday in Prabjot Wirring’s years-long case against the province and Law Society of Alberta. The court said the [...] Read More »