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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic students placed in the top three at the 2026 LaunchPoint Pitch Competition held earlier this month, where they had the opportunity to connect with leaders in the community and showcase their proposals. First year Criminal Justice student – Policing student Patricia Wannamaker, placed second with her pitch “Park [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald   Inclusion Lethbridge has announced their support for Bill 18, a legislation which protects lives of persons with disabilities and limit the provision of Track 2 Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) but believes there needs to be more supports in place for people with disabilities. Since 2021, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Capes moved through the aisles, armour rang with each step, and cameras lifted as cosplayers crossed paths like visitors from overlapping worlds. For a few hours, the 2026 Entertainment and Collector Expo didn’t just host cosplay—it leaned into it. The busiest day of the three-day event, Saturday saw the energy [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After an opinion piece from a United Conservative Party MLA about Alberta independence was published on Friday, many reacted to it.  On Friday Rakhi Pancholi, New Democratic Party MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud said Premier Danielle Smith’s hand-picked Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs and MLA for Red Deer-South Jason Stephan, confirmed he [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman  Lethbridge Herald On Monday Lethbridge Police announced that they have charged Lethbridge residents Darcy Andrew Medicine Crane, 43, and Jordan Frank North Peigan, 27, with one count of first-degree murder each in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man. This incident marks the first murder within the city since 2024. While [...] Read More »

LA PÊCHE — The Liberal government has unveiled a $3.8 billion strategy to protect nature through measures like creating new national parks and marine conservation areas. Prime Minister Mark Carney is making the announcement today just weeks after conservation groups warned that federal funding was running out. Carney says his government is taking an “ambitious” [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Just for Laughs, has been ordered to pay a total of more than $880,000 to eight of the nine women who had accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay awarded the damages in a written decision released today. Rozon had been sued [...] Read More »

CAPE CANAVERAL — Joshua Kutryk says it’s important that his fellow Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is on board NASA’s Artemis II mission as it sends humans back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. If takeoff goes ahead as planned Wednesday, Hansen will serve as the mission specialist during the [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Lawyers to begin final submissions in Frank Stronach sex assault trial Lawyers are set to begin their final submissions today in the sexual assault trial of Canadian auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. The defence’s last witnesses — [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is set to extend its cap on an annual alcohol tax increase for another two years in a bid to rein in costs facing Canada’s brewers, wineries and distilleries. Excise taxes on booze had faced annual increases pegged to inflation on April 1 each year, but the Liberal government has [...] Read More »