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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While the western world may think of the winter solstice as the official start of winter, in Blackfoot culture it’s a sign of warmer days to come. On Friday, The City of Lethbridge hosted a winter solstice event where participants had the opportunity to learn about the [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For more than 50 years, the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) has been disproving the saying “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” by opening its doors on Christmas Day to provide a free turkey meal with all the fixings plus dessert to anyone in the [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald Staff Lead medical officer for the South Zone and local physician Vivien Suttorp has been selected as Alberta’s permanent chief medical officer of health. The announcement comes after an extensive eight-month search, following the ending of previous chief medical officer Mark Joffe back in April. Suttorp has over 25 years of experience in [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor This past Wednesday marked three weeks since the recall petition for Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf was approved by Elections Alberta, and nine days since I wrote a column specifically calling out petition “organizer” Ryan Tanner to come forward and own up to the fact that he’d been actively ignoring dozens [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge city council may be dissolving its Standing Policy Committee (SPC) governance model and switching to a Community Issues Committee (CIC), after the motion was passed 7-2 at Tuesday’s council meeting. The motion was co-sponsored by Mayor Blaine Hyggen and Councillors Al Beeber, Rajko Dodic and Ryan [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has been voted The Canadian Press 2025 Newsmaker of the Year, has been described by survey respondents as both a “diplomat” and a “political outsider.” Carney was selected in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada. Here’s what voters had to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year, edging out a baseball player, two premiers and striking workers across Canada. Carney was selected in an annual survey of editors and news directors in media organizations from across Canada. Here is a tally of the votes: Carney: 72 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is The Canadian Press 2025 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of those who have held the title in the past, awarded through an annual survey of senior editors in newsrooms across Canada: 2025: Mark Carney, politician 2024: Pierre Poilievre, politician 2023: Pierre Poilievre, politician 2022: “Freedom [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — This time last year, the average Canadian might have struggled to pick Mark Carney’s face out of a crowd. Now he’s among the most recognizable figures in the country, and was selected The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2025 in an annual survey of newsroom editors and leaders from across the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the number of trips to Canada by U.S. residents in October rose compared with a year earlier for the first time in eight months. The agency says U.S.-resident trips to Canada totalled 1,814,406 in October, up three per cent compared with 1,760,987 the same month last year. The increase came [...] Read More »