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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald It was standing room only in the City of Lethbridge council chambers yesterday afternoon as a motion was passed unanimously to send a letter to the Alberta government requesting them to pause implementing the Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) until proper consultation with people with disabilities [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Vice-president of research Dena McMartin presented the Research and Creative Activities Plan to the University of Lethbridge community, recognized the new Canada Research Chairs Alexandra Tetarenko, Amy Mack and Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete and also celebrated undergraduate student and Rhodes Scholar Sydney Whiting on Tuesday. “Anytime we have a chance to [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service’s Economic Crimes Unit will host three community events to help residents recognize, prevent and report fraud in March.  Sergeant Kevin Talbot of the Economic Crimes Unit said Tuesday they are excited to kick off Fraud Awareness Month in March with their three community events thanks to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Beneath that pristine surface, there was a story of risk, contamination, and human impact — a story that the group exhibition “Water: Beauty and the Beast” at the Trianon Gallery confronted head-on. The exhibition opened Saturday, bringing together a dozen artists to explore Alberta’s headwaters and the environmental pressures threatening [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald In most competitions, somebody has an edge. They’re faster. Stronger. Better trained. But on Saturday afternoon at the Lethbridge YMCA, that advantage disappeared the moment the countdown began. One. Two. Three. Shoot. More than 40 competitors gathered on the second floor at the north end of the YMCA for Rock, [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney follows up Davos speech with Asia trip Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Thursday for a 10-day visit to India, Australia and Japan — his first international trip since his headline-making speech in Davos that called for [...] Read More »

Ty Sperle says he felt “insane shock” after learning he’d been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he’d started that day last year feeling hopeless, but the news he was cured filled him with indescribable happiness. Sperle is the first person known [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Transport Canada officials were aware funding for the popular electric vehicle rebate program was at risk of running out several months before the department told the public about it in January 2025, documents about the program suggest. The documents also show officials were seemingly caught off guard by how quickly the funds did, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Thursday for a 10-day visit to India, Australia and Japan — his first international trip since his headline-making speech in Davos that called for middle powers to band together. It will give Carney a chance to put that speech into action as he visits three “powerhouses of the [...] Read More »

SASKATOON — A sentencing hearing is scheduled today for a teen who set a girl on fire at a Saskatoon high school. The 16-year-old girl pleaded guilty last year to attempted murder in the lunchtime attack of her former friend at Evan Hardy Collegiate in September 2024. Court heard the friendship had spiralled into obsession [...] Read More »