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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter -Lethbridge Herald   Agriculture is Alberta’s second largest industry and is entirely reliant on irrigation to thrive. As water supplies becomes less predictable a research scientist at Lethbridge Polytechnic has been developing software tools to help irrigators make informed decisions and make sure every drop counts while growing [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Building Industry & Land Development (BILD) Lethbridge Region will be celebrating the best of the best in the industry and honouring a long-time member by inducting him into the BILD Lethbridge Region Hall of Fame posthumously.  Founder of Overhead Door in Lethbridge in 1975 Don Donison will be inducted [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald If navigating your living room requires a careful slalom between stacks of books on tables, end tables and nightstands, you may be walking the fine line between “collector and hoarder” — a line many readers are more than willing to blur at the Nord-Bridge Senior Centre’s annual [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A volunteer run non-profit organization based in Lethbridge is looking to help pet owners with questions regarding their beloved animals, while also looking for volunteers, and foster homes for pets needing a new forever home. Pet & Animal Advocacy Care Team (PAACT) has been operating in Lethbridge since 2024 as [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s every coach’s dream to have a player that can fit anywhere in the lineup. That’s a skill that 17-year-old forward Kai Anderson has brought to the Lethbridge Hurricanes in his first full WHL season. Anderson was originally a sixth round pick of the Vancouver Giants in the 2023 WHL Prospects [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers said Thursday they’re maintaining a united front under the long shadow of the upcoming negotiations for the review of North America’s key free trade agreement. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, in a reference to the viral Canadian TV show, said people “want there to be a heated [...] Read More »

CALGARY — B.C. Premier David Eby made headlines Thursday by saying Alberta separatists reportedly meeting with U.S. officials are committing treason — but experts say the word means different things in different contexts. From a criminal standpoint, such a meeting wouldn’t be considered treason, says Stephanie Carvin, an associate international relations professor expert at Carleton [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Global Affairs Canada says it is monitoring a security incident at a Vancouver-based mining firm’s project in Concordia, Mexico, where 10 people have been abducted, but it’s not aware of any missing Canadians. Vizlas Silver Corp. says in a statement issued Wednesday that 10 people were “taken” from its mine site in Mexico. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Five candidates have met the final requirements in the NDP’s leadership election and will have their names on the ballot when party members choose a new leader for the beleaguered party. Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, Avi Lewis, Heather McPherson and Tony McQuail met the requirements to run as candidates in the party’s election [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 people have been “taken” from a mine site in Mexico. Vizsla Silver Corp. says the “security incident” happened at its Panuco project site, a gold and silver mining operation in Concordia, Mexico in the state of Sinaloa. The company says information about what occurred is limited as [...] Read More »