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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media on Monday and said the province announced Friday they will be closing the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit located here in Lethbridge.  Hyggen said he wrote a letter to the Alberta government to request the conclusion of the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit here [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald The quiet hum inside the trades wing at Lethbridge Polytechnic didn’t last long Saturday morning. By 8 a.m., it was all focus, fine margins and flying sawdust as nearly 75 high school students from across southwestern Alberta got down to business at the 2026 South West Regional Skills Canada Competition. [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Firefighters IAFF Local 237 has expressed concern for their contract renewal with Emergency Health Services – Alberta, as the city was given less than a month to make a decision.  President of Lethbridge Fire Fighters AIFF Local 237, Brent Nunweiler told the Herald Monday that the province has told [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of a 22-year-old charged with luring a child under 14 and invitation to sexual touching was heard in Lethbridge court Friday.  Sean Cedric Bilo’s charges stem from an incident that took place in December 2025.     In mid-December 2025, police responded to a report that a 13-year-old [...] Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Once upon a time…when I was a child growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 70s, “streaming options” meant adjusting the rabbit-ear antenna and hoping for the best. We had three main channels—ABC, CBS and NBC; plus a local station, KTVU, and my favourite…public television station [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights: — The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at grocery stores. Basic groceries are already exempt. — The annual homeowners credit on education property taxes is to increase next [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A Yukon non-profit says the federal government is wrongfully dragging its feet on reconsidering a decision to cut funding for a program that delivered nutritious meals to hundreds of First Nations children in rural areas of the territory. The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate Society says its rural nutrition program served about 900 [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government laid out a provincial budget Tuesday that promises savings for snack lovers, many homeowners and young people who ride buses. As of July 1, the province plans to remove the provincial sales tax from food and beverages sold in grocery stores. Basic groceries such as milk, produce, meat and bread [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is making more food tax-free and boosting property tax credits for many homeowners. Under the provincial budget introduced today, the provincial sales tax will be removed from food and beverages sold in grocery stores on July 1. Basic groceries are already tax-free, and the exemption will expand to items such [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A year after the Liberal government launched a review of plans to buy a fleet of F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, even the competition doesn’t know when exactly Ottawa will reach a final decision. Prime Minister Mark Carney launched the review of the U.S.-made jet in March last year amid the ongoing [...] Read More »