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By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has concluded its annual Christmas Check Campaign and saw a reduction in impaired drivers compared the previous year. The goal of the Check Stop Campaign is to not only locate and apprehend impaired drivers from the road and also act as [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald- Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Orthodox Christmas, or the Nativity of Jesus, is celebrated on Jan. 7 by many Eastern Orthodox churches that follow the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar used by most Canadians. For Orthodox Christian communities the later date means the holiday season stretches into January — [...] Read More »

By Alejandro Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   The Salvation Army of Lethbridge helped many children and families have a merry Christmas thanks to their Christmas Kettle Campaign and their Toys for Tots campaign. Community Ministries Officer Zach Marshall said they not only reached their campaign goals, but they surpassed it for their Christmas Kettle campaign. “We [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   For the Lethbridge Food Bank, the Christmas holidays meant lots of community events and opportunities to gather donations for families and individuals in need, and because of it they were able to help many celebrate the holidays with food on their table. Executive administrator Emily Beilby said Christmas was [...] Read More »

By Trevor Busch Southern Alberta Newspapers   The explosion which ripped through the Taber Community Centre on Dec. 17, 2025, causing extensive damage to two arenas and the curling rink is not being attributed to human error. During a press conference in Taber on Jan. 7, town officials released the confirmed findings of the investigation [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The cancellation of a planned event at York University has led some Conservative MPs to accuse students there of attacking free speech. Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says he was denied permission to hold an event on campus on Friday. But the York University Student Centre says its decision was “not politically motivated in [...] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters shouted during a tense standoff with masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as anger from Minneapolis residents simmers following the fatal shooting of a woman on Wednesday. Demonstrators stood defiant near the Whipple Federal Building, which houses the local ICE headquarters, the day after an ICE officer shot 37-year-old mother Renee Good [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — New details are emerging about a homeless man with previous ties to al-Qaida who is charged with allegedly threatening to bomb public transit in Montreal. Mohamed Abdullah Warsame faces new charges filed this week for allegedly threatening to blow up the Passport Canada offices in Montreal and Quebec City in November while he [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that opens the door to major changes at Ontario Place. The urban park on the Toronto waterfront, opened in 1971, included a theatre that showed movies on a huge screen, children’s play areas and several pavilions [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Rogers Communications says it is investing $50 million over five years to address the excessive time teens and tweens spend on screens. The telecom giant launched a national school program Thursday that Tony Staffieri, the president and CEO of Rogers, said is meant to change behaviour and help youth develop healthy relationships with [...] Read More »