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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With Green Shirt Day quickly approaching, Toby and Bernadine Boulet released this year’s shirt logo during a ceremony at City Hall Tuesday morning, a day after what would have been their son Logan’s 29th birthday.   Green Shirt Day on April 7 is a day to honour and celebrate organ [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police have charged 56-year-old Joseph Cameron Brewster, with impaired driving causing bodily harm, following a pedestrian collision that resulted in life-threatening injuries of a 78-year-old male.  On March 2 just before 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a pedestrian collision at the intersection of 13 Street [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   On a Saturday morning at Lethbridge Polytechnic, while others were easing into their weekend, a group of young people stepped up to face a fear many adults never outgrow: public speaking. One by one, they approached the front of their assigned classrooms, laptops in hand and notes ready. This [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald  Over 1,200 students from the Blood Reserve are missing school after the Blood Tribe Chief and Council, Finance committee and Senior management unexpectedly terminated the Administration of Student Transportation Services Agreement with the Blood Reserve Bus Co-op on March 2. This agreement provided $6.1 million dollars in [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald What started as a simple video game and cartoon in 1996 has become a 30-year cultural phenomenon — and it’s not slowing down. The reason isn’t just colourful monsters or catchy tunes; it’s community and connection.  Pokémon has thrived because it brings people together across generations, turning what many thought [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday Canada supports U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran “with regret” — making him just one among many world leaders struggling in recent days to respond to a volatile new conflict. In Australia for a diplomatic and trade mission, Carney called the conflict “another example of the failure [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — British Columbia is urging U.S. states along the West Coast to fall in line with the provincial government’s decision to adopt permanent daylight time. Premier David Eby announced Monday that the province will spring forward one last time this Sunday when standard time ends, but it won’t revert when the clocks change elsewhere [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying. The recommendation is in response to the case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID request was refused. Coroner Julie-Kim Godin noted in her [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pitching Canada to a German audience today as a reliable energy supplier in a period of global uncertainty. Poilievre is in Berlin speaking to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation as part of a trip to Europe that saw him meet in recent days with business leaders and conservative counterparts [...] Read More »

Social media posts last month claimed Toyota had decided to move an auto manufacturing plant from Huntsville, Ala., to Ontario. The company says the claim is false. The claim originated from online accounts that appear to generate their content using artificial intelligence. THE CLAIM As Canada’s auto sector struggles under the weight of U.S. tariffs, [...] Read More »