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By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald    A visit decades in the making came full circle in Lethbridge this weekend. Reverend Tatsuya Aoki — known within the sangha as Bishop Aoki Socho — returned to the city where part of his spiritual path first took shape, delivering a public Dharma talk Saturday at the Buddhist Temple [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic will put Lethbridge at the centre of a key conversation in Canadian health care later this spring, co-hosting the 2026 Western North-Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing conference from April 26 to 28 at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge. The three-day [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald    Lethbridge city council saw a full house on Tuesday, where dozens of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services members attended the meeting in hopes to receive an update on the Ground Ambulance Agreement.  A presentation entitled “Emergency Health Services, Ground Ambulance Service Agreement update,” was placed in section 9 of [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  Mayor Blaine Hyggen put forward a motion at Tuesday’s city council meeting to declare April 7th  as Green Shirt Day once again, that passed unanimously.  Hyggen said he wants to keep bringing this item to council annually, rather than as a one-time declaration, to continually highlight Logan Boulet’s impact and [...] Read More »

  By Alejandra Pulid0-Guzman Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge professor Robert Williams will be exploring the concept of who is really cashing in on gambling during a PUBlic Professor Series talk Thursday.  Williams who is a research coordinator with the Alberta Gambling Research Institute and professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Health Sciences [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — Police in Victoria are asking pro-Palestine protesters to stop marching on public roads on their way to and from the legislature building, citing the drain on police resources from attending the event 126 times in a row. The Victoria Police Department also said it would stop providing support for the street portion of [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — The companies behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline and the massive LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., have signed agreements that bring both of their second phases closer to reality. TC Energy says the agreement to establish a “comprehensive commercial framework” is an important milestone for advancing its Coastal GasLink Phase 2, while supporting [...] Read More »

CALGARY — The commander of the Canadian Army told a defence industry conference Wednesday that the Forces will be forging ahead with purchases and investments as the country works toward modernization. In the 2025 federal budget, $81.8 billion in new spending was earmarked over five years to strengthen the Canadian Armed Forces. “I definitely wouldn’t [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A First Nations group is calling on the federal auditor general to investigate the Canadian Human Rights Commission, arguing its delay in hearing a case about funding for on-reserve fire services is resulting in unnecessary death. On Monday, a house fire in a northwestern Ontario community took the life of Chief Donny Morris’s [...] Read More »

BURLINGTON — A Quebec man charged with allegedly participating in a network that defrauded seniors in more than 40 U.S. states has appeared in Vermont district court. U.S. officials say Jimmy Ylimaki, 36, was arrested in Nicaragua and sent to Vermont, where a judge on Tuesday ordered him detained pending trial. U.S. Immigration and Customs [...] Read More »