News

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald High school students in southern Alberta have the opportunity to experiment when making the biggest decision of their life-what they want to do with the rest of their life, thanks to the brand new Southern Alberta Collegiate Institute (SACI), which held a grand opening on Friday. This [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Super Bowl Sunday has a way of sneaking extra responsibilities onto the calendar. There’s food to prep, screens to arrange, guests to wrangle, and a kitchen that somehow needs cleaning just as the fourth quarter gets interesting. Or, you can let someone else handle it. Across Lethbridge, community pubs and [...] Read More »

By Alejandra-Pulido Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of Audrey Small Legs, who is charged with arson in relation to a fire that burned through a southside coulee and areas of the Mountain View Cemetery, appeared in court Friday.  A representative of Robin McIntyre, lawyer of Small Legs, appeared in court Friday to apply for McIntyre [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Some restaurants feed people. Others feed memories. For 30 years, Ricky’s All Day Grill (Ricky’s & Famoso) has quietly done both in Lethbridge—serving breakfasts that turned into traditions, after-work meals that stretched into celebrations, and countless everyday moments that became worth remembering. This weekend, the familiar gathering place is marking [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald February is heart health month, and it provides an opportunity for individuals to evaluate how well they are taking care of their heart.  Dr. Sayeh Zielke, lead of the Cardiac Sciences Physician for the Alberta Health Services South Zone, says she believes the heart to be the most important organ [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A new Canadian study says giving babies peanuts, eggs, fish and other common food allergens early and consistently decreases the risk they’ll be allergic to them. Senior author Dr. Derek Chu says researchers analyzed more than 190 food allergy studies from around the world to identify the strongest risk factors in developing food [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A group of health care advocates is on Parliament Hill this week, lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stand on Alberta’s latest moves to expand private health care. Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government has passed legislation that allows surgeons to work in both the public and [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is rejecting a call from the Opposition Conservatives to grant a tax reprieve on severance packages for laid-off General Motors workers in Ingersoll, Ont. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sent a letter Sunday to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne calling for an exemption to the withholding taxes applied to severance pay. [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is supporting a private bid to host a new international bank to finance military projects by democratic nations, with Premier David Eby calling Vancouver the “strategic choice” to host it. The Defence, Security and Resilience Bank is intended to finance military projects for members of NATO and its allies. Montreal, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Liberal who unseated Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from his Ottawa-area riding in the last election is criticizing the government’s new return-to-office policy for federal workers. Bruce Fanjoy, who represents the Carleton riding in the House of Commons, says there’s no evidence it will boost productivity and warning it will increase pollution. He [...] Read More »