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By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald The Playgoers of Lethbridge are coming in hot with Burn, a darkly funny psychological thriller by Canadian playwright John Muggleton, opening today at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre. Directed by Henry Ross Jacobs, the production marks the Playgoers’ first show of the year and promises an intimate [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald On a recent Saturday at the Lethbridge Public Library’s Crossings Branch, the usual hush of the Friends Place Meeting Room was replaced with laughter, stretching and a roomful of teddy bears attempting downward dog. Parents and children rolled out yoga mats side by side for Teddy Bear [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After pleading not guilty to all charges last week, Skye Atoa’s case was back in court Monday morning, where his appearance was waved by his lawyer Richard Muenz.  A trial date for the matters related to an incident that took place in October 2025, which were laid in December 2025 [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With February being recognized as Heart Health Month, this provides an opportunity to highlight the importance of improving access to care closer to home, and to do just that, the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation is taking part of the Bringing Hearts Home Campaign.  CEO Crystal Elliott shared they have received [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   With a near-capacity audience filling the room for its regular Thursday meeting, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs heard how open land west of the Oldman River could help shape Lethbridge’s future for decades to come. The packed crowd gathered to hear Trevor Lewington [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Anand to attend rare earth talks in Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will meet with her international counterparts in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration makes a case for collaboration to push back on China’s [...] Read More »

STAVELY — The Alberta government says it will review an intersection where three junior hockey players died in a car crash while heading to practice. The crash happened Monday at a highway entrance to Stavely, just over an hour’s drive south of Calgary. Three members of the town’s Southern Alberta Mustangs hockey team were in [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will meet with her international counterparts in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration makes a case for collaboration to push back on China’s dominance over critical minerals. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting representatives from European, African and Asian nations looking for commitments to incentivize [...] Read More »

When two RCMP officers responded to a call about screams coming from a Burnaby, B.C., condo in late October last year, they forcibly entered the unit believing someone might be in trouble. Instead, they discovered “unusual” devices set up in three different rooms. Each consisted of metal poles extended from the floor to the ceiling, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Canada despite some nagging concerns, a new poll suggests. Canada recently pledged to reduce its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles to 6.1 per cent, with an annual cap of 49,000 vehicles. In turn, China is expected to lower [...] Read More »