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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With Green Shirt Day quickly approaching, Toby and Bernadine Boulet released this year’s shirt logo during a ceremony at City Hall Tuesday morning, a day after what would have been their son Logan’s 29th birthday.   Green Shirt Day on April 7 is a day to honour and celebrate organ [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police have charged 56-year-old Joseph Cameron Brewster, with impaired driving causing bodily harm, following a pedestrian collision that resulted in life-threatening injuries of a 78-year-old male.  On March 2 just before 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a pedestrian collision at the intersection of 13 Street [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   On a Saturday morning at Lethbridge Polytechnic, while others were easing into their weekend, a group of young people stepped up to face a fear many adults never outgrow: public speaking. One by one, they approached the front of their assigned classrooms, laptops in hand and notes ready. This [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald  Over 1,200 students from the Blood Reserve are missing school after the Blood Tribe Chief and Council, Finance committee and Senior management unexpectedly terminated the Administration of Student Transportation Services Agreement with the Blood Reserve Bus Co-op on March 2. This agreement provided $6.1 million dollars in [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald What started as a simple video game and cartoon in 1996 has become a 30-year cultural phenomenon — and it’s not slowing down. The reason isn’t just colourful monsters or catchy tunes; it’s community and connection.  Pokémon has thrived because it brings people together across generations, turning what many thought [...] Read More »

Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the CEO of OpenAI has agreed to take several actions to bolster safety, including providing a report outlining the new systems the firm is developing to identify high-risk offenders and policy violators. A statement from Solomon following his meeting Wednesday with Sam Altman says the minister will also [...] Read More »

CANBERRA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada can not yet rule out military participation in the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, Carney said the question around Canada’s potential future involvement is a “fundamental hypothetical,” adding the conflict [...] Read More »

CANBERRA — Canada and Australia have a “rare” ability to help convene a coalition of middle powers because their allies know they can be trusted, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech to Australia’s Parliament on Thursday. Carney’s words built on the headline-grabbing speech he delivered in January at the World Economic Forum, in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says more than 2,000 Canadians have asked the government for help to get out of the Middle East, and the government is pursuing multiple options to help them. Anand is holding a late-day news conference in Ottawa to update the situation since U.S. attacks on Iran sparked an [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A meteor that NASA says soared across the night sky above Metro Vancouver at about 100 times the speed of sound set off a fireball, a sonic boom and an explosive response online. Social media was filled with videos and reactions on Tuesday night after the bright flash and house-rattling boom was seen [...] Read More »