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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic students placed in the top three at the 2026 LaunchPoint Pitch Competition held earlier this month, where they had the opportunity to connect with leaders in the community and showcase their proposals. First year Criminal Justice student – Policing student Patricia Wannamaker, placed second with her pitch “Park [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald   Inclusion Lethbridge has announced their support for Bill 18, a legislation which protects lives of persons with disabilities and limit the provision of Track 2 Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) but believes there needs to be more supports in place for people with disabilities. Since 2021, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Capes moved through the aisles, armour rang with each step, and cameras lifted as cosplayers crossed paths like visitors from overlapping worlds. For a few hours, the 2026 Entertainment and Collector Expo didn’t just host cosplay—it leaned into it. The busiest day of the three-day event, Saturday saw the energy [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After an opinion piece from a United Conservative Party MLA about Alberta independence was published on Friday, many reacted to it.  On Friday Rakhi Pancholi, New Democratic Party MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud said Premier Danielle Smith’s hand-picked Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs and MLA for Red Deer-South Jason Stephan, confirmed he [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman  Lethbridge Herald On Monday Lethbridge Police announced that they have charged Lethbridge residents Darcy Andrew Medicine Crane, 43, and Jordan Frank North Peigan, 27, with one count of first-degree murder each in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man. This incident marks the first murder within the city since 2024. While [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Provincial rules around alcohol and the federal government’s “Buy Canadian” policy have been flagged in a new report citing several trade irritants between Canada and the U.S. The annual document prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative says market access barriers imposed by provincial liquor control boards “greatly hamper” exports [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — A First Nations leader says proposed amendments to British Columbia’s Declaration on the Indigenous Peoples Act would take a “sledgehammer” to the landmark legislation. Robert Phillips of the First Nations Summit says the amendments would “gut” DRIPA and turn back the clock on relations between the provincial government and First Nations by decades. [...] Read More »

BEAUPRÉ — Construction on a major wind farm northeast of Quebec City has been officially launched, with an investment of $3 billion. The first two phases of the Des Neiges wind farm — the southern sector and the Charlevoix sector — will comprise a total of 114 turbines and generate 800 Megawatts of wind energy, [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Former senator and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says he’s shocked at the “normalcy” of people stepping over others sprawled on the sidewalk in the city’s Downtown Eastside without anyone calling for help. Campbell says he needs another six months to complete his work as a provincial adviser on how to help those in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — “It’s really hard to encapsulate the kind of impact that he’s had … It’s a huge loss.” — Former NDP national director Anne McGrath — “Stephen was a giant in our movement. He fought tirelessly to level the playing field for working class Canadians and take on inequality head-on. For me, Stephen was [...] Read More »