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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has partnered with Cooper Equipment Rentals, not only to name one of the halls in the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre, but also to provide resources for Excite Lethbridge’s events.  Cooper Equipment Rentals is now the exclusive rental equipment provider of Excite Lethbridge and are the new title [...] Read More »

Editor: A recent Crowsnest Pass Herald editorial delivered a counter to the envisioned worth and merit of Corb Lund’s petition aimed to stop new coal mining on Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The editorial included these sentences: Science matters. Environmental monitoring matters. I concur. I couldn’t agree more.  My belief in science, enhanced by reading well-documented scientific [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service and the Law Enforcement Torch Run are encouraging community members to register for the 2026 Polar Plunge and brave the cold to raise funds for Special Olympics. Cst. Gavin Enns with the Downtown Policing Unit told media on Thursday, while sitting in cold water at Artic [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald On most nights, Honkers Pub and Eatery carries the familiar rhythm of steady conversation, clinking glasses and the low hum of a room filled with regulars who know the menu as well as they know each other. Perched between Lethbridge’s industrial area and the southeast corner of [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald   Students and alumni of Lethbridge Polytechnic had the opportunity to speak with over 100 different organizations with job opportunities at their third annual career fair held yesterday. Adrianna Smith, student development coordinator at Lethbridge Polytechnic says the career fair is more than just helping students find [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump said earlier Friday he would nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to replace outgoing chair Jerome Powell when his term expires in the spring. Carney said in a social [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her government’s approach to human rights and international law shouldn’t be compared to that of her predecessors because of increased turbulence and economic threats. “This moment in which we are living is markedly different than every other geopolitical environment in which previous foreign ministers have found themselves,” [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Experts are casting doubt on U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to ban new Canadian-made aircraft from American skies in a move that could have big implications for airlines and travellers on both sides of the border. Former Canadian Transportation Agency member Jean-Denis Pelletier says regulatory authority for plane certification in the U.S. rests [...] Read More »

Child-care advocates are calling on the federal and provincial governments to commit today to strengthening the $10-a-day system, as the ministers responsible meet in Ottawa. Most provinces and territories now have average fees of $10 a day, but not all of them do and space creation targets are not on track to be met while [...] Read More »