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 »
3 years agoThese 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 »
3 years agoIt 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 »
3 years agoDale 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 »
3 years agoTim 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 »
3 years agoAl Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Covenant Health is investigating after a camera in a room at Buffalo Grace Manor in Lethbridge showed a female resident in the demential ward on several occasions engaging in physical conflict with a male who entered her room. “We’ve been made aware of a video recording of an incident that [...] Read More »
3 hours agoPeople could sip on a cup of freshly brewed java and surf through boxes of old vinyl’s in hopes of adding to their collection during the inaugural CKXU Java and Jams Record Sale and fundraiser at Cuppers Coffee and Tea over the past weekend. Proceeds from the vinyl sales from the old Love and Records [...] Read More »
23 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation has received a significant donation from the Hebrew Congregation of Lethbridge to be used for the purchase of some much-needed equipment. Garry Kohn, president of the Hebrew Congregation of Lethbridge, told the Herald the funds were the result of having to sell their synagogue. This allowed them to [...] Read More »
23 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge recently released its Power of Tourism infographic, where the organization highlights the state of the industry and how it has impacted Lethbridge within the past year. Erin Crane, executive director of Tourism Lethbridge, recently told the Herald they continue to improve upon the stats they collect to keep track of the [...] Read More »
23 hours agoA concert at Southminster United Church on May 3 is being staged to raise funds for cancer research. “There are very few people that can say that they have not felt cancer impact their life. We all know someone, either a friend, colleague or family member that has cancer or lost their life to cancer,” [...] Read More »
23 hours agoHere is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors’ retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal budget presented last week [...] Read More »
1 hour agoPRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter. Bernie Herman was convicted in January for the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of [...] Read More »
1 hour agoWINNIPEG – Jury selection is set to start today for the trial of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. The partial remains of Rebecca Contois were found in a garbage bin and at a city-run landfill in the spring of 2022. [...] Read More »
1 hour agoNine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and playing soccer with other kids at a day camp run by his mother, Amber Vigh. At the time, wildfires were raging throughout parts of British Columbia and so Amber checked the air quality index on a [...] Read More »
1 hour agoTORONTO – The winning numbers in Wednesday’s Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 10, 16, 18, 22, 39 & 46 Bonus: 19 The winning number for the guaranteed $1 million: 86102949-01 In the event of any discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail[...] Read More »
4 hours agoFormer Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is expected to be the centre of attention as the first debate in the Alberta NDP leadership race is held Thursday night. But a political scientist is expecting the exercise to be more civil than civil war as the five candidates meet up in Lethbridge, Alta., to put their best [...] Read More »
1 hour agoEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series. Kopitar picked up the puck near the Edmonton blue [...] Read More »
4 hours agoEDMONTON – Olivia and Noah have retained their titles as Alberta’s most popular baby names. The province has released data for 2023 that shows 210 babies were named Olivia, making it the most popular girl’s name in the province for the 11th year in a row. There were 276 newborns named Noah, making it the [...] Read More »
14 hours agoCALGARY – Alberta Health Services is warning about the “significant health risk” associated with uninspected meat products purchased from eight Calgary food businesses. The businesses are Alta Halal Meat, Bismillah Meat and Grocery, Madina Halal Meat and Grocery, Maher Fresh Halal Meat, Mediterranean Halal Meats and Deli, Mustafa Madani Halal Meat and Grocery, Shawdesi Bazaar, [...] Read More »
1 day agoEDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s a good idea to have a physician who accused the province of exaggerating COVID-19’s impact on hospitals now lead a review of pandemic-era health data. Smith says Dr. Gary Davidson was selected to lead the data review because she wants to hear a range of viewpoints, including [...] Read More »
1 day agoWARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday that the government wants to return to the group of countries which sets the agenda of the European Union, laying out the government’s vision at a historically crucial moment with war across the border in Ukraine. He warned that a Russian attack [...] Read More »
1 hour agoWARSAW, Poland (AP) – A Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, but NATO must increase its defenses, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday. Sikorski was describing the new direction of the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, explaining to a world audience and those at home how the [...] Read More »
2 hours agoWARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday that the government wants to return to the group of countries which sets the agenda of the European Union. Sikorski was describing the new direction of the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, explaining to a world audience and those at home [...] Read More »
2 hours agoPHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the [...] Read More »
9 hours agoPHOENIX (AP) – Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.” The eleven people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican [...] Read More »
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