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By Kristine Jean Southern Alberta Newspapers ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating a shooting in the Town of Raymond, early Saturday morning.    In a press release Monday morning, Feb. 9, RCMP confirmed several details of the incident and said Raymond RCMP were dispatched to a report of shots fired in the Town [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta (CFLSA) announced Monday they will be celebrating their 60th anniversary with a special one-time grants program.  Executive Director Charleen Davidson said they want the community to celebrate with them and came up with the idea of providing a one-time fund for celebrations.  [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herad Festival Square hosted the annual chilly fundraiser with plungers in costumes, corporate teams, and even a hesitant police dog braving a five-foot-deep ice tank. As the countdown ticked-down to zero Saturday, participants readied themselves with nervous laughter and confident grins as the tank dared them to jump. The 2026 Polar [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Environment Lethbridge is looking for artists and crafters to participate in their first Art and Craft Supply Swap on Feb. 15.  The event is a two-part event, where anyone in the community who has extra art and craft supplies can drop them off on Feb. 14, and come back on [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has opened the nomination process for the Whoop-Up Days Parade Marshal to the public this year and they are asking for their input.  Whoop-Up Days is one of the most attended events of the year, which kicks off with a parade led by a member of the community, [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A gruesome video of a fatal stabbing on a downtown Vancouver Starbucks patio nearly three years ago has been played in court on the first day of the suspect’s murder trial in the British Columbia Supreme Court. Inderdeep Singh Gosal pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Paul Schmidt [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Mike Dawson says he can’t “in good conscience” accept the pay raise members of Parliament are supposed to get in April because it’s unfair when Canadians are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living. MPs are set to receive a 4.2 per cent raise on April which the [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — When Elizabeth Osinde arrived in Canada about two years ago as a refugee from Kenya, pregnant with her son, she remembers being able to buy a bunch of kale for $2 or $3 dollars. That same bunch is now closer to $5. Osinde said she has a deep sense of gratitude for everything [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal’s police chief says the recent arrests of several Toronto officers in an organized crime investigation is a sad moment for policing. But Fady Dagher told reporters in Montreal today that police services across the country do their best to guard against corruption. He says Montreal police aren’t immune to such cases, citing [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Conservatives on Tuesday introduced a motion calling on the government to bar non-citizens convicted of serious crimes from making refugee claims. The motion also calls on the government to prevent asylum claims from people whose cases are still working their way through the courts. The motion is related to an explosion in [...] Read More »