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LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com l Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Since it was first introduced, the Subaru Crosstrek has been one of my favourite small crossovers. And for 2021, this popular choice among buyers and reviewers is even better. The Crosstrek, in Subaru-speak, has been “re-engineered” for the 2021 model year and the improvements make an already great [...] Read More »

These days we regularly see TV footage of health care professionals in hospitals. Yet barely visible is a vital group who provide care for the soul. They are the Spiritual Care Team. At the Chinook Regional Hospital, I met Roman Catholic Spiritual Care Coordinator Annella Wehlage, who introduced me to Spiritual Health Practitioner John Moerman, [...] Read More »

It was a chilly February morning in 2001 when my father left the mall after his routine walk to drive to the curling rink to meet the rest of his retired buddies. With known heart problems, he must have sensed something amiss, and quickly and haphazardly pulled into the first pull-out he came upon. Immediately [...] Read More »

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Small businesses in Alberta are being offered a helping hand. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder small businesses, the province is offering supports to help owners through a tough time with additional pandemic support through a new financial relief program, the Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit, beginning in April. The Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit provides [...] Read More »

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe members are calling for the reform of the current electoral system after about 300 people were not allowed to vote in the municipal election at the Lethbridge polling station back in November. A separate problem happened in Calgary when the location of the vote was changed the day [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Numerous attempts to resolve several sex and child pornography charges have failed, and a 45-year-old Lethbridge man could be headed for trial after all. Lethbridge lawyer Scott Hadford and his client James Martinac had hoped to avoid previously scheduled preliminary hearings, and any subsequent trials, and were working out plea deals with the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge College Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START) Centre is hosting the first of its kind Virtual Reality Hackathon this weekend. The college is one of three institutions across the province taking part in the Hack and Seek: Alberta XR Career Quest, which is also happening this weekend at Bow Valley [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen is calling a Thursday workshop with representatives from Alberta’s mid-sized cities a success. The inter-governmental workshop was staged to discuss challenges faced by communities in Alberta, as well as solutions that are being developed. About 70 people roughly a dozen communities attended either in person at City Hall or online [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Father Leonard Van Tighem School Performing Arts students are ready to showcase their latest production, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr. at the Yates Memorial Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday. Directed by Michele Hammel and Alexie Beaulac, Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr. takes the audience along the journey to freedom from zoo life of the [...] Read More »

Delon Shurtz – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com At a towering six-foot something, Tourism and Sport Minister Joseph Schow stands out in a crowd. Put him in a dark suit with loud and brightly coloured sneakers, and he sticks out like a sore thumb. But maybe that was the point during a media gathering in Lethbridge Friday. Schow’s [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act over the “Freedom Convoy” was supposed to present its findings in December. December of 2022, that is. [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – The first Arctic patrol vessel for Canada’s Pacific fleet has officially been commissioned in a ceremony featuring Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles. She attended the event Friday in North Vancouver in her role as commodore-in-chief for the Canadian Fleet Pacific. The ceremony was limited to one media photographer and one video [...] Read More »

WHITE ROCK, B.C. – Mounties say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing that shook the community of White Rock, B.C., last month. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 27-year-old Dimitri Hyacinth from nearby Surrey is accused of killing Kulwinder Singh Sohi on April 23, two days [...] Read More »

SURREY, B.C. – Three Indian nationals have been charged with the murder of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in a killing last year that threw Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi into disarray. Police say they are investigating if the Indian government was involved, an allegation raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House [...] Read More »

Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline related to the killing, which triggered a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India. 2023 June 18 – Hardeep Singh Nijjar is shot dead [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The umbrella organization for Alberta’s municipalities says it hasn’t been contacted by the province despite a promise to consult before amending a bill that grants Premier Danielle Smith’s government sweeping authority to fire councillors and cancel bylaws. The turnaround time for consultation appears to be tight. Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver promised consultations [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton have discovered a body in the charred remains of an apartment almost three months after a fire. The victim has been identified as 70-year-old Ricardo Olivares. Police descended on the southside apartment complex in late January to carry out a court order against a man who had barricaded himself inside [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says changes will come next week to a bill granting cabinet broad power to fire local councillors and overturn bylaws. Smith says the province is working on the language of the proposed law to clarify guardrails that don’t currently exist in the legislation. The bill has met with a [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Alberta is expanding the screening process for all newborns in the province and supporting more research related to women’s health. Premier Danielle Smith says there were 47,000 babies born in the province last year and the Alberta Newborn Screening Program already screened for 22 underlying medical conditions. That number of conditions has been [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The Alberta government is making changes to a bill that would give cabinet unfettered power to fire mayors and councillors and overturn bylaws. Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver says the government will introduce changes and implement rules surrounding how and when cabinet can overrule local governments. The bill is before the legislature and [...] Read More »

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican authorities said Friday that three bodies were recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend. The state prosecutors office did not say whether the bodies were those of the three foreigners, but said the bodies were discovered during the search [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, longtime Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday at his hush money trial. Hicks, a former White House official, was compelled to testify by Manhattan [...] Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, longtime Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday at his hush money trial. Hicks, a former White House official, was compelled to testify by prosecutors, [...] Read More »

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state’s youth detention center Friday, in a landmark case finding the state’s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. David Meehan went to police [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into ties between American business leaders and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 in [...] Read More »