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By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald There is still time to check out the Home, Garden & Leisure Show today and one area that might stand out due to its size is the Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas area.   Owner of both Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas Lethbridge, Rudy Reger says it [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   The sound of hammers striking nails echoed across the exhibition floor as students leaned over workbenches, measuring, sawing and sanding against the clock. At this year’s “Who Built It the Best” competition, the challenge was simple — but far from easy: build a small wooden crate using only hand [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre launched its new Go Friendly Shuttle Friday and highlighted a community partnership focused on improving transportation access for seniors.  The new 2025 Ford Transit passenger van will support the Go Friendly Shuttle program, which provides door-to-door transportation for seniors to attend programs, services, and social activities at [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Frank Flaman Foundation and Southland Trailers showed  their generosity towards Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) this week. Between the Foundation and the local trailer company, they were able to donate $10,000 to LFS, which will be put back into their Immigrant Services department. The Frank Flaman Foundation’s focus is to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  The global political order that helped shape Canada’s prosperity after the Second World War is breaking down — and the result increasingly resembles a world run by “thugs,” according to retired University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Trevor Harrison. Speaking at this week’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) meeting, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is putting $200 million toward a Canadian-owned launch pad to send satellites into orbit. Ottawa will use the funds over the next decade to lease a space launch pad near Canso, Nova Scotia, which will serve as the foundation for a future spaceport. Defence Minister David McGuinty announced the project [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec man found not criminally responsible for killing two children after he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been labelled a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs issued the ruling on Monday for Pierre Ny St-Amand, who killed a four-year-old boy and five-year-old girl and injured six other [...] Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday, and while both remarked the world has become a more challenging place since their first meeting a year ago, neither named a specific issue in their public remarks. A readout issued by Carney’s office after the meeting in London said the two [...] Read More »

LAVAL — A Superior Court judge has declared a man a high-risk offender after he was found not criminally responsible for killing two children when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Justice Éric Downs ruled today in the case of Pierre Ny St-Amand, who killed a four-year-old boy and five-year-old girl and [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 1.9 per cent (2.6) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.0 per [...] Read More »