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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 »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald If agriculture feeds the world, who feeds agriculture? That question framed discussions at the Farming Smarter 2026 Conference and Trade Show, where producers, agronomists and industry leaders gathered to examine what the future of farming requires — and who will help shape it. For speaker Ashley Nicholls who gave the [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  New West Theatre brings sharp humour, romance, and thin-wall farce to the Sterndale Bennett Theatre, just in time for Valentine’s Week. If you thought “the birds and the bees” was an awkward conversation best left to health class, think again. Just in time for Valentine’s Week, New West Theatre is [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Community organizations, charities and local schools in Lethbridge County are encouraged to apply for up to $10,000 in grant funding. This grant funding will be available under the Community Benefit Fund, a partnership between Lethbridge County and the Stirling Wind Project, which was established in 2024 [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald  A 12-year-old boy charged with the attempted murder of his seven-year-old brother has been sentenced to three years of Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision.  The accused, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been in custody since his arrest in August.  The matter appeared in front [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Prime Minister Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Ridge today with other leaders Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., today to attend a vigil three days after nine people died in a mass [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Today is the deadline to apply to be leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. Candidate Charles Milliard, former head of the Quebec federation of chambers of commerce, has the support of the majority of the party caucus. Mario Roy, a farmer from Quebec’s Beauce region, is the only other person who has confirmed [...] Read More »

TORONTO — As news and social media coverage of Tuesday’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., continues to blanket the country, parents should be proactive about talking with their kids about the tragedy, psychologists say. The fact that it happened at a school hits especially close to home, said Dr. Jo Ann Unger, a clinical [...] Read More »

TORONTO — The sexual assault trial of businessman Frank Stronach is expected to continue in Toronto today with the cross-examination of the first complainant testifying in the case. The complainant told the court Thursday she was “terrified” decades ago when she woke up in a bed in an unknown place and realized she was being [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A new study published Friday by the Canadian Climate Institute says Canada is not on track to meet any of its climate targets — not the 2026 interim emissions reduction target, the 2030 Paris Agreement commitment, or even the long-term goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. The report suggests Canada has moved [...] Read More »