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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge has kicked off  its Indigenous Awareness Week with a blessing over the coals by Francis First Charger, elder in residence for Iikaisskini Indigenous services. This year marks 50 years of Indigenous studies at Lethbridge University, which was the first Department of Indigenous [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald With temperatures hovering between -2°C and -3°C under passing clouds, and a steady 19 km/h wind pushing the wind chill closer to -7°C or -8°C, nearly 200 people and one family dog gathered at Festival Square in downtown Lethbridge Saturday and chose to step into the cold. Walkers of all [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   Premier Danielle Smith was at the Chinook Regional Hospital Monday, to announce the provincial budget investment of $59 million over three years into expanding cardiac services and intensive care capacity in Southern Alberta.    The announcement was made alongside Minister of Treasury board and finance Nate Horner, Minister of [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   Lead physician of the Cardiac Sciences for Alberta Health Services South Zone Dr. Sayeh Zielke and MLA for Lethbridge-East Nathan Neudorf spoke about what the Budget 2026 allocation for the Chinook Regional Hospital means for the Bringing Hearts Home Campaign on Monday.  After Premier Danielle Smith announced an investment [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Minister of Municipal Affairs, Dan Williams says Budget 2026 reflects the difficult but responsible choices required in times of real challenge.  “By maintaining essential funding and delivering on our commitments, we continue to support communities today while building for the future,” says Williams. Budget 2026 supports communities by investing $7.1 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she has asked Oman for use of its airspace “if necessary, for Canadian citizens to get out” of the Middle East. Her comments to the Toronto Board of Trade come as the U.S. State Department says it’s preparing military and charter flights for Americans who want to [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A man accused of murder in a fatal stabbing at a Vancouver Starbucks has been called to testify at his trial after his defense lawyer argued he was suffering mental illness on the day of the killing. Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 34, pleaded not guilty last month to the second-degree murder of Paul Schmidt, [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver are warning apartment residents of thieves using strands of hot glue to select which units they will break into. Vancouver police say that 10 apartment units in five separate buildings in the city and nearby Burnaby reported such break-and-enters between Aug. 9 and Dec. 24 of last year. Police say [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Leigh Whiting from Ontario says she was originally scheduled to be on the bus that crashed Sunday evening in the Dominican Republic, leaving two Canadians dead and 13 others injured. Whiting, on vacation with family in Boca Chica, says she decided last-minute to book a private van from the airport to her hotel. [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A defence lawyer for Frank Stronach suggested Tuesday that a woman went back to his “bachelor pad” after a dinner date decades ago because she was excited that a wealthy man wanted to take her home. Defence lawyer Leora Shemesh began cross-examining the woman, who is the seventh and final complainant to testify [...] Read More »