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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  The Friends of Lethbridge Public Library will be hosting a book sale once again, but this time only of Fiction books.  With over 300 boxes of Fiction books, Barbara Gibson, director of the Friends of Lethbridge Public Library Booktique says there will be plenty to choose from.  “This sale will [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s growing multicultural restaurant scene. Downtown Lethbridge is getting a new taste of the Philippines with the opening of Hapag Ala Eh, a family-owned restaurant in a space with deep culinary history. “Hapag” refers to a dining table—specifically one where people gather to eat. “Ala Eh” is a well-known colloquial [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council will now be meeting as a full group for both city council meetings and what was the former special policy committees (SPC’s), now will become Community Issues Committee (CIC), after a 7-2 vote in favour of the motion in both the second and [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Homegrown southern Albertan from the Seven Persons area, Kynan Vine is committed to ensuring Lethbridge remains a must-attend stop on the Canadian rodeo tour. Vine, who has produced many of Canada’s largest rodeo events, has led the Lethbridge & District Pro Rodeo every year since its return to the Canadian [...] Read More »

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 »

OTTAWA — Parliamentarians from all parties came together Wednesday to mark National Kindness Week — but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. National Kindness Week, which runs from Feb. 15 to 21, honours a movement started by the late Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka, who encouraged [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Parliamentarians from all parties are coming together today to mark Canada’s first National Kindness Week — but the message is taking on a different meaning after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. National Kindness Week, which runs from Feb. 15 to 21, honours a movement started by the late Ottawa Rabbi Reuven [...] Read More »

MANIWAKI — Quebec provincial police say a father fatally shot his two children before taking his own life in a First Nation community in the province’s western region. Provincial police say local officers in the community of Kitigan Zibi were called to a home around 2:15 a.m. where they found the three people. Sgt. Nancy [...] Read More »

MONTRÉAL — Quebec is delaying the rollout of its new French curriculum in elementary and secondary schools by one year. Education Minister Sonia LeBel says the new program will instead launch across the network in September 2027. Employees in the education sector had criticized the original timeline as being rushed, after the new curriculum had [...] Read More »

TUMBLER RIDGE — The horror of a school shooting in a small community in British Columbia is echoing across the country and around the world as police in Tumbler Ridge try to piece together why 10 people are dead, including the suspect. Condolences poured in from across Canada and beyond Wednesday, with King Charles, Prime [...] Read More »