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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 »

TUMBLER RIDGE — A total of 10 people are dead after shootings Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., including the lone suspect who police say died by suicide. Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern. ——— 3:33 a.m. Condolences from around the world have started coming for those in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. French President Emmanuel [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … 10 dead in shootings at B.C. school and home RCMP Supt. Ken Floyd says police are “not in a place” to understand what motivated a shooter suspected of killing two people at a home in Tumbler Ridge, [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l’Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Crème — a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It’s one of dozens of churches that have been restored in recent years, with some finding new vocations as climbing gyms, housing or distilleries, while others continue to [...] Read More »

BIENFAIT — Shawn Tuffnell says he punched a moose multiple times, gripping its neck, before shooting it to death to save his 70-year-old mother. The 37-year-old Saskatchewan man says his fight with the animal took place in late January after hearing his mother, Angie Tuffnell, cry for help on her acreage near Bienfait, 220 kilometres [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — At times, a 25-year old woman said the snow reached her knees as she trudged through a dark, icy forest near the Quebec border in mid-January. With temperatures hovering around -11 C, she said she was holding her daughter in one arm, while carrying a cellphone with her other hand as she listened [...] Read More »