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 By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Spanish Bilingual Education Association (SBEA) is inviting members of the community who are interested in having their children learn Spanish as a second language, to join them at the West Coulee Station Elementary School for an open house.  The SBEA is a volunteer parent group formed by families who [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald- Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In 2025 the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre, which is now known as Excite Lethbridge ,saw major developments including an organizational split from the Agricultural Society, record attendance for Whoop-Up Days, a surge in diverse events held there and increased revenue, all contributing to a fantastic [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald  Nathan Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge East says 2025 has been a great year with many accomplishments for his constituency. Some highlights include three new schools being built, two of them are nearly completed, significant funding for water and wastewater treatments. He adds that Lethbridge has also received [...] Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald It’s been three decades since southern Alberta faced the fury of the Oldman River in June 1995, but anyone who lived through it remembers the experience in vivid detail. The flood was caused by heavy rain in the area. The city of Lethbridge saw 55 mm [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald When reflecting upon 2025, Lethbridge West MLA Rob Miyashiro said his first year in the role was great and he was excited to represent his constituents in the Legislative Assembly.  Miyashiro said he is confident that when people look back on what happened at the Legislative Assembly in 2025, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — As countries around the world condemn the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States, protesters in Ottawa are calling for the federal government to support the right to self-determination for the Venezuelan people and for the U.S. to back away. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the U.S. embassy [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — When Amy Hendricks and Paul Davie moved to Antigonish, N.S. from Yellowknife, they had a bit of a struggle on their hands: finding the right plot of land. “We thought, how hard could it be?” Davie said. “Then we spent a year or 18 months looking around Antigonish trying to find a place [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — A political scientist says U.S. President Donald Trump’s interest in transforming Venezuela’s oil-rich sector is a reminder for Canada’s oil and gas industry to not panic and stay competitive. Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources and environment with the think-tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says Canada has always competed with other oil-rich countries, and [...] Read More »

In Isabella Kulak’s home is a box of about a few hundred letters, notes and hand-drawn pictures of ribbon skirts sent to her from across Canada and beyond — fan mail from those who consider her story and the origins of “Ribbon Skirt Day” as inspirational. “I have like a whole notebook of letters, a [...] Read More »

HINTON — Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was volunteer firefighter doing what he could to help after a CN Rail freight train and a Via Rail Super Continental passenger [...] Read More »