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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald St. Kateri Elementary School, which is set to be ready in January 2027, has officially acquired its inaugural Principal, Meghan Calder. She will assume her role in August.  “It’s always exciting to be part of something that’s new and different. So, I’m looking forward to being part of the end [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  The Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) and Meibel Consulting announced Thursday the 2026 Southern Alberta Home, Garden & Leisure Show will take place from March 12 to 14 at the Lethbridge Trade and Convention Centre.  Executive Officer of BILD Lethbridge Region Bridget Mearns said the Southern Alberta Home, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  If someone else is telling your story, Don McIntyre says it’s time to speak — and to speak loudly. The Indigenous governance expert and professor of business management challenged a Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) audience to rethink ideas many assume are long buried — Manifest Destiny, imperialism, [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge ensembles and folk artist John Wort Hannam bring song and community together in a heartfelt fundraiser for local food banks. On Friday night, the vaulted ceilings of Southminster United Church will fill with harmony — and with purpose. If Music Be the Food of Love, the annual benefit concert [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After being closed for over a decade, St. Patrick’s Church re-opened in March 2023 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and almost 600 people filled its pews.  Although, the church has been opened with limited usage, many have hoped one day the church will re-open for weekly Sunday mass and the [...] Read More »

A northern Saskatchewan high school that was the site of a deadly shooting a decade ago closed for weeks before students returned to class. Jason Young with the Northern Lights School Division says time was needed after the tragedy at Dene High School in La Loche to ensure supports and security were in place. Two [...] Read More »

Police have said the teenage shooter who killed eight people and herself in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., had previously been apprehended under the Mental Health Act. In a Wednesday press conference, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said police had previously visited the home where Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, lived, and that she had been apprehended under [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — United States lawmakers expressed support for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade during a Thursday committee hearing after President Donald Trump floated the idea of ending the critical continental trade pact. Republican Sen. Mike Crapo, from Idaho, told the Senate finance committee that the trade agreement, better known in Canada as CUSMA, has protected [...] Read More »

NUUK — As Ottawa looks to use military spending to build up infrastructure in the Far North, Inuit say they want Canada to take tips from Greenland — where a Nordic social model adapted to local needs has built health, housing and education services deemed superior to anything in Canada’s Arctic. “There is a lot [...] Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney says there’s nothing anyone can do to fill the silence left by the loss of those killed in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The prime minister, along with Canadian politicians of all stripes, spoke to a crowd of hundreds at a vigil in the community where people held photos [...] Read More »