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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Some of the sharpest young minds from across Southern Alberta will be at the University of Lethbridge on Wednesday for the 21st annual Sail and Bail cardboard boat race. Five teams will compete in either the junior (Grades 7-9) or Senior (Grades 10-12) The event is run [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With the holidays around the corner and food prices continuing to rise, many find themselves looking for traditional, yet wallet-friendly meals and the Lethbridge Polytechnic is sharing some tips straight out of their kitchen. Chef Mark Dieser, manager of food Services and school of Culinary Arts, shared Tuesday that people don’t [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With the recent fluctuating temperatures, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents to be safe around bodies of water that may seem frozen enough to be on them.  Jaydon McCarthy, co-team lead with the water rescue team with LFES said they usually start their annual message by saying no ice [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new Mental Health and Addiction Wisdom Council will provide Indigenous advice, guidance and cultural insight to strengthen the province’s recovery-oriented care. The council will serve as a space for collaborative dialogue between Indigenous partners and Alberta’s government, ensuring Indigenous voices, knowledge and lived experiences are meaningfully [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor Regular readers might remember my column in the Nov. 28 Herald, where I talked, in part, about how I believed the recall efforts across the province were “A Mickey Mouse attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election…Most of them have very little depth and don’t offer anything [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Flooding and rock slides have cut off British Columbia’s Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province, with emergency officials saying cross-border water flows rival those that triggered catastrophic floods in 2021. B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene Greene told a news conference late Wednesday [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highway closures have cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province. Greene told a news conference that the City of Abbotsford has also put about 1,000 properties under evacuation alert, while several properties in neighbouring [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says highways in the Lower Mainland have been cut off from the Interior as a series of atmospheric river weather systems drench the province. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — As rain pummeled the Fraser Valley on Wednesday, poultry farmer Corry Spitters and his family started to calculate their possible losses, with memories of the devastation from flooding four years ago still vivid. An atmospheric river is washing over southern British Columbia, triggering a state of local emergency in the Fraser Valley and [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says a state of local emergency has been declared in the Fraser Valley due to flood risks from a series of atmospheric river weather systems that are drenching the province. Evacuation orders have also been issued for eight properties along the Chilliwack River, with residents being told [...] Read More »