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Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March 17, a strange transformation happens across Canada. Otherwise sensible adults put on novelty shamrock glasses, beer turns suspiciously green, and people with names like “Dave from Red Deer” suddenly insist they are one-sixteenth Irish on their mother’s cousin’s side. Welcome to St. Patrick’s Day — the one [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic will be offering a new Pre-Veterinary Medicine diploma beginning in the fall and will allow graduates to transfer to the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Kevin Smith, dean for the Centre for Business Arts and Sciences, says the Polytechnic is delighted to offer [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge born author Ryan Uytdewilligen has written a book inspired by his early farm life in the Coaldale area and the pigs he took care of for his 4H club.  “I grew up as an only child and it seemed evident that farming would be my future. My dad grew [...] Read More »

Fakiha Baig THE CANADIAN PRESS A hockey-loving town in southern Alberta that lost its only two ice rinks in a Zamboni explosion says it will cost millions to rebuild. Derrin Thibault, Taber’s chief administrative officer, says council recently agreed to spend about $6 million to rebuild its large ice rink after the December blast shattered [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald There is still time to check out the Home, Garden & Leisure Show today and one area that might stand out due to its size is the Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas area.   Owner of both Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas Lethbridge, Rudy Reger says it [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Strong winds put electrical grids to the test across Central Canada and the Maritimes on Tuesday, with Quebec particularly hard hit by the massive gusts. At their peak, the outages affected more than 310,000 customers in Quebec, as Environment Canada forecast winds as strong as 90 kilometres an hour in parts of the [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A new Canadian study showing a steady increase in youth self-harm highlights the need for more mental health support and proactive teaching of coping strategies to deal with emotional anguish, researchers say. The study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, examined research papers from 12 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — The Parti Québécois is urging the anti-corruption police to release the results of its investigation into alleged Liberal party fundraising irregularities before the October general election. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says releasing that information would help maintain the public’s trust in the anti-corruption police force, known as UPAC. In November, Le Journal [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is openly mulling the idea of Canada seeking membership in the European Union. Speaking at the Europe 2026 conference in Berlin today, Barrot said the European Union is attracting more candidate countries, such as Iceland, and suggested “maybe Canada at some point” will sign up. Barrot smiled while [...] Read More »

A report from the office of British Columbia’s auditor general says the province expected the Village of Lytton to lead its own recovery from the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the community and killed two people in June 2021. But it says officials with the village in B.C.’s southern Interior were “immediately overwhelmed by [...] Read More »