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For many, Easter begins not with chocolate or cartoon rabbits, but in quiet reverence. Church doors open early—sometimes very early—for sunrise services, a symbolic nod to the empty tomb discovered at dawn. Others gather later for Easter Sunday mass, dressed in their spring best, marking one of the most significant days in the Christian calendar: [...] Read More »

By Dave Mabel He’s played percussion with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, and taken part in a bizarre “concert” in Las Vegas. Now University of Lethbridge graduate Layton Hiebert is preparing for a high-profile concert tour of Europe. He’s one of just 17 young percussionists from around the world selected to join a unique ship and [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic, Red Crow Community College, and Medicine Hat College have partnered to enhance higher education in southern Alberta through collaborative efforts.  During a ceremony at the University of Lethbridge Wednesday, representatives of each institution signed a partnership agreement, that will create a shared vision [...] Read More »

Joe Manio-Lethbridge Herald  Lethbridge Police have charged a local woman in connection with drug trafficking targeting unhoused and vulnerable residents. In mid-March, the Downtown Policing Unit, with support from the Crime Suppression Team and SCAN, observed a female repeatedly engaging with unhoused individuals in activity consistent with drug sales. Police also identified trafficking at a [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald There was no shortage of big numbers at Tuesday’s 53rd Annual Rodgers Red Angus Bull Sale at Perlich Bros.—and that’s no April Fool’s joke. Dropping $50,000 or $30,000 on a bull is nothing out of the ordinary, but what happened at the end of the sale was something else entirely. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Advocates are calling for long-term, stable federal funding to safeguard Indigenous women and girls and warning the federal government’s major projects push could place them at higher risk. Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, president of the National Family and Survivors Circle, said groups like hers still don’t know if they’ll receive continued funding from Ottawa. She [...] Read More »

KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, UNITED STATES — The Canadian woman who spent three weeks detained by immigration officers in the United States along with her seven-year-old daughter says it was “the most stressful, traumatizing ordeal” she has ever been through. Tania Warner won’t elaborate on the details of her detainment starting March 14, but describes the treatment [...] Read More »

On Monday, Artemis II astronauts Canadian Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch — looped the moon in a six-hour lunar flyby, going farther into space than any humans before, breaking a distance record set by Apollo 13. The four-person crew were tasked with capturing images and [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu says she has left the Conservative caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals. In a statement posted on social media, Gladu says she believes this choice is the best thing for her community’s priorities and for the country. Gladu has been elected as a Conservative four times in [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu says she has left the Conservative caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals, making her the fifth MP to cross the floor since November. More coming. Canadian Press staff, The Canadian Press[...] Read More »