LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com l Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Since it was first introduced, the Subaru Crosstrek has been one of my favourite small crossovers. And for 2021, this popular choice among buyers and reviewers is even better. The Crosstrek, in Subaru-speak, has been “re-engineered” for the 2021 model year and the improvements make an already great [...] Read More »
3 years agoThese days we regularly see TV footage of health care professionals in hospitals. Yet barely visible is a vital group who provide care for the soul. They are the Spiritual Care Team. At the Chinook Regional Hospital, I met Roman Catholic Spiritual Care Coordinator Annella Wehlage, who introduced me to Spiritual Health Practitioner John Moerman, [...] Read More »
3 years agoIt was a chilly February morning in 2001 when my father left the mall after his routine walk to drive to the curling rink to meet the rest of his retired buddies. With known heart problems, he must have sensed something amiss, and quickly and haphazardly pulled into the first pull-out he came upon. Immediately [...] Read More »
3 years agoDale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Small businesses in Alberta are being offered a helping hand. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder small businesses, the province is offering supports to help owners through a tough time with additional pandemic support through a new financial relief program, the Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit, beginning in April. The Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit provides [...] Read More »
3 years agoTim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe members are calling for the reform of the current electoral system after about 300 people were not allowed to vote in the municipal election at the Lethbridge polling station back in November. A separate problem happened in Calgary when the location of the vote was changed the day [...] Read More »
3 years agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com While some people might say enough with the rain already, David Westwood says bring it on. The manager of the St. Mary River Irrigation District acknowledges the recent and heavy rainstorm may cause some issues with flooding, but that doesn’t outweigh the need for rain on the prairies and snow in the mountains. [...] Read More »
15 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Catholic Central High School students are gearing up to walk across the stage this weekend to receive their diplomas, concluding their first 12 years of learning. This year’s valedictorian is Sam McAdam and principal Joanne Polec says he was the obvious choice, not only because of his high grade point average score, but [...] Read More »
15 hours agoEverything you can think of geek and nerdy related was compiled under one roof during the Domesticated Divas inaugural Geek Fest at the Agri-Food and Trade Centre this past weekend. Geek Fest was meant to bring in people who are into genres such as the Marvel superhero universe, comic books, Star Wars and anime and [...] Read More »
15 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Raymond Hospital Auxiliary isn’t a big organization, but it’s accomplishing big things. In fact, the auxiliary, with only about 13 volunteers, is striving to raise as much as $100,000 to help equip the hospital’s emergency department, which is scheduled for renovations and upgrading later this year. Fundraising for the ER began last [...] Read More »
15 hours agoActing CEO of the Lethbridge & District Exhibition Kim Gallucci on Tuesday gave the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of city council the monthly financial statement for May. Following a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and LDE earlier this year, council requested monthly financial reports which began in April. Initial budget projections estimated [...] Read More »
15 hours agoThe National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pundit and columnist who hosted a national call-in radio show for decades, has died. The newspaper, where he worked as a columnist, says in an obituary on its website that Murphy died at age 77 following a battle with cancer. He was born outside of St. [...] Read More »
30 mins agoThe National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. More coming[...] Read More »
43 mins agoWINNIPEG – The trial of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki heard Thursday that police found physical evidence of the victims in his Winnipeg apartment, including jewelry, clothing, DNA and a bloodstained bathtub. Const. Jan de Vries, who was part of the police search team, testified they found bloodstains in Skibicki’s bathroom belonging to one of the [...] Read More »
3 hours agoVICTORIA – British Columbia is forming a specialized gang-related homicide investigation team, saying gangland murders now make up almost 50 per cent of the killings in the province. Data from the Ministry of Public Safety says gang-related homicides have climbed from 21 per cent of all killings in the province in 2003 to 46 per [...] Read More »
4 hours agoPOND INLET, Nunavut – Northern premiers are calling for a national emergency response system to deal with natural disasters they fear will become more frequent. After a meeting this week in Pond Inlet, Nvt., they say the wildfires and floods of recent years point to the need for federal co-ordination. Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson [...] Read More »
4 hours agoEDMONTON – Alberta is moving its election date from the spring to the fall to avoid clashing with major natural disasters — but the Opposition says in doing so, Premier Danielle Smith’s government is conveniently granting itself six extra months of power. Smith’s United Conservatives introduced a bill Thursday to move the scheduled vote date [...] Read More »
3 hours agoEDMONTON – Candidates vying to be the next leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP want answers from presumed front-runner Naheed Nenshi about a five-year-old letter that they say signals he is anti-union. In the letter obtained by The Canadian Press, Nenshi ““ when he was Calgary mayor in 2019 ““ urges the United Conservative Party government [...] Read More »
1 day agoPEACE RIVER, Alta. – Police say they’re present at a blockade of an oil lease road in northern Alberta but aren’t enforcing an injunction for members of a local First Nation to clear the site. Cpl. Mathew Howell says RCMP are keeping the peace and trying to get representatives of Obsidian Energy and the Woodland [...] Read More »
1 day agoCalgary’s much-maligned bylaw imposing restrictions and costs on single-use items is no more. City council has voted 12-3 in favour of ditching the rules following months of criticism from restaurants and consumers. The bylaw was passed in 2022 but only put into place in January, and the goal was to reduce waste ending up in [...] Read More »
2 days agoEDMONTON – Alberta’s provincial ombudsman says a government body has unfairly denied a young man with autism the supports he needs. Kevin Brezinski adds that the eligibility rules for the Persons with Developmental Disabilities program are unfair. Brezinski has released a report into how the program shut out Evan Zenari when he turned 18. He [...] Read More »
2 days agoSANDY, Utah (AP) – Two skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said. A rescue team responded just after 10 a.m. to an avalanche reported near Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range southeast of [...] Read More »
3 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?” attorney Susan [...] Read More »
4 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) – The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money case denied a second request from defense attorneys to declare a mistrial over porn actor Stormy Daniels’ testimony, which concluded Thursday. Judge Juan M. Merchan, echoing his denial Tuesday of the defense’s initial mistrial motion, said Trump’s lawyers had ample opportunities to object to [...] Read More »
4 hours agoN’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) – Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week’s presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. The national agency that manages Chad’s election released results of Monday’s election late on Thursday, weeks earlier than [...] Read More »
4 hours agoNEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?” attorney Susan [...] Read More »
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