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By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting in the Town of Raymond, early Saturday morning.    In a press release Monday morning, Feb. 9, RCMP confirmed several details of the incident and said Raymond RCMP were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the Town [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta (CFLSA) announced Monday they will be celebrating their 60th anniversary with a special one-time grants program.  Executive Director Charleen Davidson said they want the community to celebrate with them and came up with the idea of providing a one-time fund for celebrations.  [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herad Festival Square hosted the annual chilly fundraiser with plungers in costumes, corporate teams, and even a hesitant police dog braving a five-foot-deep ice tank. As the countdown ticked-down to zero Saturday, participants readied themselves with nervous laughter and confident grins as the tank dared them to jump. The 2026 Polar [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Environment Lethbridge is looking for artists and crafters to participate in their first Art and Craft Supply Swap on Feb. 15.  The event is a two-part event, where anyone in the community who has extra art and craft supplies can drop them off on Feb. 14, and come back on [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has opened the nomination process for the Whoop-Up Days Parade Marshal to the public this year and they are asking for their input.  Whoop-Up Days is one of the most attended events of the year, which kicks off with a parade led by a member of the community, [...] Read More »

BURNABY — The jury in a British Columbia coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert has found that they died of homicide and suicide. The jury, which found 38-year-old Christopher Duong died of self-inflicted wounds to the neck, has recommended that police be informed when someone they have brought [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Police say they’re at the scene of what they describe as a “confirmed active shooter incident” at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in east-central British Columbia. RCMP say the “original suspect” is believed to be dead, but officers are working to determine whether a second suspect is involved. Police say they [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Police say they’re at the scene of what they describe as a “confirmed active shooter incident” at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in east-central British Columbia. RCMP say the “original suspect” is believed to be dead, but officers were working to determine whether a second suspect was involved. They say a [...] Read More »

BURNABY — The jury in a British Columbia coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert has found that they died of homicide and suicide. The jury, which found 38-year-old Christopher Duong died of self-inflicted wounds to the neck, has recommended that police be informed when someone they have brought [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government may name the winner of the heated competition to supply the navy with a fleet of new submarines as soon as this year. Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, says Ottawa will “probably” announce a winner this year — and declared the vessels will be in the water [...] Read More »