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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge’s Art Gallery’s latest exhibit feature’s the creative outcomes of nine Indigenous artists who were part of the Niitsitapi Pod-one of five research pods in the Abundant Intelligences research program. The Abundant Intelligences Research Program is an Indigenous-led research program which conceptualizes designs, develops [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A 34-year-old male charged with manslaughter, uttering threats, and theft under $5,000 in connection with the death of an elderly male in October 2025, and who has been in custody since September, 2025 appeared in Lethbridge Court via CCTV Friday.  Cameron Jordon Hamilton appeared in court on different charges stemming [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald As it marks 50 years in 2026, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG) Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin is opening the anniversary year with a new partnership with Excite Lethbridge that will bring rotating contemporary art exhibitions to the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre. “Celebrating fifty years is a remarkable [...] Read More »

  By Alejandro Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Firefighters Charities Association (LFCA) will be donating toys and welcome packages for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House located near the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.  After Blake Olson, vice president of the association found himself using the Ronald McDonald House with his family in 2021, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   Critics of Alberta’s Bill 12 say it is unclear how the legislation improves the lives of people relying on the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program. Disability advocates warn the bill could reduce benefits, remove protections and impose stricter eligibility rules, creating financial [...] Read More »

BRISBANE — Australian media are reporting that a young Canadian woman has been found dead, her body surrounded by a pack of dingoes, on an island popular with backpackers and other tourists and off the country’s east coast. Police in the Australian state of Queensland say they were told about the body of the 19-year-old [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Switzerland on Monday to join the global power elite for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos, where he’s looking to drum up investment from other countries and corporations. The forum puts Carney together with the movers and shakers he encountered during his [...] Read More »

ROUGEMONT — Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated. Police spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville says officers were called to a home on Petite-Caroline Street around 1:45 p.m. in Rougemont, Que. Dorsainville says police found the woman seriously injured inside the residence. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 3.1 per cent (2.1) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.9 per [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate was 2.4 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 3.0 per cent (2.2) — Prince Edward Island: 2.8 per cent (1.4) — Nova Scotia: 3.1 per cent (2.4) — New Brunswick: 3.1 per cent (2.7) [...] Read More »