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By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald On rare years the calendar aligns in a meaningful way: Ash Wednesday, the Roman Catholic call to repentance, and the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, fall on the same day. For members of both faiths, the overlap invites reflection on a shared practice that transcends doctrine: [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald The vaulted ceilings of Southminster United Church were filled with music — and a sobering reminder that food insecurity affects families, students and seniors in Lethbridge every day. On Friday night, an audience of at least 300 gathered for the annual If Music Be the Food of Love benefit concert, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald On Feb. 17, 2026, doorsteps will be swept clean, red lanterns will glow against winter skies and dinner tables will fill with dumplings, fish and long noodles as families welcome the Lunar New Year. Firecrackers will pop in Chinatowns from Vancouver to Toronto. Drums will thunder. Lions will blink, bow [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio  Lethbridge Herald  From early morning until evening, LaVonne Rideout and son Brett Ferguson moved between both fields at the Servus Sports Centre on Saturday, answering questions and checking schedules. Nearby, other family members ran registration, staffed merch tables, served as medics, and helped wherever needed. For the family of  Ramias the annual [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Premier Danielle Smith, alongside Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides, announced Thursday the Alberta Government will be investing $143 million to establish 476 complexity teams, comprising one teacher and two educational assistants, and dispatching them to 476 Kindergarten to Grade 6 schools. During the announcement Thursday, Premier Smith said [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor from the Conservative party to join the Liberal caucus, nudging the Liberal seat count up by one in the current minority Parliament. The Liberals remain three seats short of a functional majority government after recently losing seats through the resignations of MPs Chrystia Freeland and [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab is adding three new permanent residency streams to Canada’s express entry program that cover a variety of professions, including researchers and military personnel. The new streams are also open to senior managers with Canadian work experience and are part of what Diab calls a federal strategy to attract “top [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A woman is telling Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial she felt confused and betrayed when the man she had grown to trust suddenly pushed her over the arm of a chair in his apartment and tried to rape her. The woman, who is in her 70s, says she had come to know Stronach [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022 has told a jury he has no memory of the day they died. Kamaljit Arora is testifying in his own defence for a second day at his murder trial in Laval, Que., a suburb north of Montreal. He says he consumed fentanyl [...] Read More »

Old Man Winter doled out a medley of punishment across Canada on Wednesday as freezing rain encased southern Ontario, cold and snow swept across the Prairies and heavy snow blanketed the East Coast. In southwestern Ontario, strong winds and ice buildup from freezing rain raised the possibility of local power outages and downed trees. Hydro [...] Read More »