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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) Lethbridge Region recently announced a new program offering complimentary booth space to non-profit and charitable organizations at the Southern Alberta Home, Garden & Leisure Show.  This year the show will take place from March 12 to March 14, and BILD Executive Officer [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Construction of My Home Nokoowaayi, a 30-unit supportive housing complex on Stafford Drive North, was completed in September 2025 with the goal of giving stable, recovery‑oriented housing and support services for vulnerable adults who need help with daily living and long‑term stability. The first tenants began moving [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Vivien Suttorp, announced that the province’s significant wave of influenza A had likely peaked with key indicators such as test positivity, case counts and hospitalizations beginning to decline.  During a Jan. 13 briefing, Suttorp said the dominant strain circulating during [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative reporter- Lethbridge Herald A grassroots organization, AB. Resistance, has been helping organizers of recall petitions understand the rules of a recall and are saying they are deeply concerned with the lack of action with MLA Lethbridge East Nathan Neudorf’s recall. What began as a way to encourage people to [...] Read More »

By Alejandro Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police re-arrested 50-year-old Skye Atoa for breaching the conditions of a release order approximately half an hour after his release from custody. According to Lethbridge Police, upon his release, Atoa was required to go to a court-ordered residence, but after being dropped off at the location he made [...] Read More »

British Columbia’s Forests Ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China on modern wood construction, a development that the province hopes will bolster the provincial lumber sector as it seeks alternatives to the U.S. market. The five-year, non-binding agreement with the Chinese government also involves the Canadian federal Department of Natural Resources and [...] Read More »

MUMBAI — British Columbia Premier David Eby says Indian companies and the delegation he is leading in the subcontinent have been holding “extensive discussions” about access to the province’s mining and energy sectors. Eby, whose six-day trip to India wraps up Saturday, says the Indian firms they’ve been meeting with want the government’s help in [...] Read More »

Canada is entering a “new era of relations” with China and the stage is set for talks on ways the two countries can be “strategic partners,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. The prime minister made the comments as he was welcomed in Beijing by the second and third most powerful figures in China’s political [...] Read More »

Schools were closed and commuters faced severe delays on Thursday morning as heavy snow continued to hammer much of southern Ontario and parts of Quebec, blocking streets and forcing cars into ditches. Environment Canada said regions including the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener and Hamilton were expected to see up to 35 centimetres of snow into [...] Read More »

The Jan. 3 capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during a brazen military raid by the United States stunned the world and left Venezuelans in Canada feeling mixed emotions. The broader implications of the raid ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump are still playing out, but for some it gave new life [...] Read More »