March 24th, 2026
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  • Child luring case adjourned

    By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of a 22-year-old charged with luring a child under 14 and invitation to sexual touching was heard in Lethbridge court Friday.  Sean Cedric Bilo’s charges stem from an incident that took place in December 2025.     In mid-December 2025, police responded to a report that a 13-year-old [...] Read More »

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  • From rabbit ears to rabbit holes

    Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Once upon a time…when I was a child growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 70s, “streaming options” meant adjusting the rabbit-ear antenna and hoping for the best. We had three main channels—ABC, CBS and NBC; plus a local station, KTVU, and my favourite…public television station [...] Read More »

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  • Spring starts with a swing

    By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  At Paradise Canyon Golf Resort, the grass is still winter-yellow, the snow chased off by warmer days and the ever-present wind. But under a bright first-day-of-spring sun on Friday, that’s more than enough for golfers eager to get back on the course—including some who’ve made the trip south from Calgary, [...] Read More »

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  • Workers’ Agenda takes aim at Alberta’s widening economic divide

    By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald If Alberta’s economy is working as designed, then the question raised Thursday at the weekly Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs (SACPA) meeting was a simple one. Who exactly is it working for? At a one-hour Noon session at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO), Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) [...] Read More »

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  • Limon takes over as EDL chair and president

    By Alexandra Noad, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) celebrated their accomplishments over the past year, shared a glimpse of this years projects and welcomed a new Board of Directors at their Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday evening. Charlene Scheffelmair, outgoing board chair for EDL, says they accomplished a lot in [...] Read More »

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National News

  • ‘Hoodie-gate’: Is David Eby qualified as fashion police after dressing down B.C. MLA?

    VICTORIA — Style advisor Dale Olsen says he doesn’t distinguish between party colours, but he doubts British Columbia Premier David Eby is well qualified to act as the fashion police. Eby thrust political attire onto the agenda this month when he dressed down Opposition legislature member Gavin Dew for wearing a grey hoodie as he [...] Read More »

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  • Manitoba government hands down budget amid health care, affordability concerns

    WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is set to deliver its annual budget today, with a focus on affordability and health care. Property taxes have been rising in many areas, and a government source tells The Canadian Press that the budget will boost a credit homeowners receive on education property taxes by $100 starting next year. [...] Read More »

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  • Air Canada plane crash at New York airport may add to travel fears: psychologist

    After the fatal Air Canada plane collision at a New York City airport on Sunday, travellers may experience an initial spike in anxiety that for some could reinforce existing concerns about flying, one Canadian psychology expert says. Two pilots were killed and 41 people taken to hospital after an Air Canada jet carrying 72 passengers [...] Read More »

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  • B.C. avalanches kill four skiers in deadly backcountry weekend

    KITIMAT — Police say three heli-skiers were killed on Sunday when they were caught in an avalanche north of Terrace, B.C., on a deadly day in the province’s backcountry that also claimed the life of another skier in a separate slide near the Alaska border. RCMP say the avalanche near Terrace happened on Mount Knauss [...] Read More »

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  • B.C. avalanches kill four in deadly backcountry weekend

    KITIMAT — Police say three heli-skiers were killed on Sunday when they were caught in an avalanche north of Terrace, B.C., on a deadly day in the province’s backcountry that also claimed the life of another person in a separate slide near the Alaska border. RCMP say the avalanche near Terrace happened on Mount Knauss [...] Read More »

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