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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police have upgraded the charges against 56-year-old Joseph Cameron Brewster, from impaired driving causing bodily harm, to impaired driving causing death, after a 78-year-old male succumbed to his injuries.  On March 2 just before 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a pedestrian collision at the intersection of [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Darrell Mathews provided a presentation on Provincial Budget Impacts during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, for information only.  During the meeting, before Mathews gave his presentation, Mayor Blaine Hyggen explained that the budget is not passed until March 31 and things can change.   “For clarity, [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With the Home, Garden & Leisure Show just around the corner, exhibitors were busy Tuesday morning getting their displays set up in anticipation of welcoming attendees Thursday through Saturday.  One of them was the Southern Alberta Rock Garden and Landscaping Ltd. A company that has taken part in the Home, [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Life takes resilience, especially when it gives you unexpected curveballs like the one it gave Ryan Straschnitzki, who was one of the few survivors of the Humboldt Broncos Hockey team crash in 2018. Despite becoming paralyzed from the chest down, he has not given up hope [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald After a recent string of fires across the city,  including an early-morning blaze that damaged two downtown businesses, Lethbridge’s chief fire marshal is urging residents and business owners to reduce the opportunities for fires to start in the first place. Speaking to reporters on Monday at Fire Hall No. 1, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is heading to the United States for several days of meetings to meet with auto leaders, advocate for Canadian energy and “fight for tariff-free trade.” Poilievre is set to hit the road later this week and his itinerary does not include a stop in Washington, D.C. Poilievre’s office says [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The grand chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations says King Charles “expressed his concern” after hearing about Alberta’s separatist push in a face-to-face meeting with Indigenous leaders on Wednesday. Grand Chief Joey Pete, who was part of a delegation of Treaty 6 chiefs who went to Buckingham Palace, said in [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A winter storm swept across Central Canada and the Atlantic region on Wednesday, bringing a mix of heavy rain, freezing rain and heavy snow. The early hours of the storm caused flooding in some parts of Toronto and knocked out power to tens of thousands of households in Quebec, forcing the cancellation of [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A police use-of-force expert has told a public hearing that Vancouver police officers missed opportunities to de-escalate their encounter with Myles Gray that ended with his death in 2015. Michael Massine, a former police officer turned trainer, says that had the officers used de-escalation techniques such as trying to initiate a conversation with [...] Read More »

CALGARY — The war raging in the Middle East has jolted global energy markets, prompting the International Energy Agency to release the largest amount ever from member states’ emergency oil stocks. Here is a rundown of what’s happening and what it means: Massive supply shock Global crude oil prices have been on a roller-coaster since [...] Read More »