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By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  If you needed a reminder that spring is inching back into southern Alberta, you could do worse than listening for a low, familiar buzz. Bumblebees are among the first pollinators to emerge after winter, often appearing before the landscape has fully shaken off the cold. Fuzzy, loud and a little [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic held its annual Stone Pipe Days Powwow yesterday to commemorate the stone pipe gift it was given over nine years ago. This Powwow is a celebration of the institution receiving the Blackfoot name Ohkotoki’aahkkoiyiiniimaan (Stone Pipe) and being gifted a stone pipe from Peter [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   Pull up a chair and pour yourself a pint of history—A Smile in Every Bottle is brewing something special at the Galt Museum & Archives Akaisamitohkanao’pa. The new temporary exhibition, A Smile in Every Bottle: Sicks’ Breweries Ltd., runs from March 21 to September 6, 2026, in the Special [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Tourism Lethbridge partnered with SouthGrow Regional Initiative to expand the Southern Alberta Economic Summit with the addition of a dedicated Tourism Day on Wednesday.  The event brought together municipal leaders, tourism operators, economic development professionals, and industry organizations to explore how tourism supports regional growth, investment, and collaboration.  The agenda [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media Wednesday to provide an update on the Ground Ambulance Service Agreement with Emergency Health Services – Alberta and said he was heading to Edmonton that afternoon, to speak with the provincial government and Mayors of other municipalities dealing with the same issue. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is supporting a ruling this week by the International Olympic Committee that bans transgender women from women’s sports at the Games. The policy change comes ahead of the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 and aligns with an executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump. While it’s not [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said today the federal government is opposed to forced labour, a day after another Liberal MP cast doubt on China’s labour practices. On Thursday, Michael Ma apologized after appearing to question reports of human rights abuses in China while engaging with a witness at a parliamentary committee hearing earlier [...] Read More »

VERNON — A man in Vernon, B.C., has been charged with bestiality after he was allegedly captured on security cameras trespassing on a rural property occupied by a horse jumping and training business in January. Court records show the man is due in court on Monday at the Vernon law courts for a hearing to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Public servants who are eligible for the federal government’s early retirement incentive can now officially apply for it after delays in launching the program. The program is designed to allow some federal workers to retire early without a pension penalty and was outlined in the fall as part of the government’s ongoing effort [...] Read More »

Canada’s national lawyers group is rebuking calls from four premiers this week to have Ottawa overhaul how it appoints provincial superior court and appeal judges. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, the premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec wrote that they wanted to see only judges who are approved and recommended by [...] Read More »