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By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald There is still time to check out the Home, Garden & Leisure Show today and one area that might stand out due to its size is the Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas area.   Owner of both Energy Smart Canada and Arctic Spas Lethbridge, Rudy Reger says it [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   The sound of hammers striking nails echoed across the exhibition floor as students leaned over workbenches, measuring, sawing and sanding against the clock. At this year’s “Who Built It the Best” competition, the challenge was simple — but far from easy: build a small wooden crate using only hand [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre launched its new Go Friendly Shuttle Friday and highlighted a community partnership focused on improving transportation access for seniors.  The new 2025 Ford Transit passenger van will support the Go Friendly Shuttle program, which provides door-to-door transportation for seniors to attend programs, services, and social activities at [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Frank Flaman Foundation and Southland Trailers showed  their generosity towards Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) this week. Between the Foundation and the local trailer company, they were able to donate $10,000 to LFS, which will be put back into their Immigrant Services department. The Frank Flaman Foundation’s focus is to [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald  The global political order that helped shape Canada’s prosperity after the Second World War is breaking down — and the result increasingly resembles a world run by “thugs,” according to retired University of Lethbridge sociologist Dr. Trevor Harrison. Speaking at this week’s Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) meeting, [...] Read More »

TORONTO — When a young soccer player asked Jonathan Osorio if Canada was going to win the men’s World Cup, his answer was direct. “Yes,” said Osorio during a question-and-answer period Monday at a children’s soccer camp in Toronto’s Downsview Park. The panel with Osorio, teammate Richie Laryea, Canadian soccer great Dwayne De Rosario and [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Three years after his daughter and six others were killed in a building fire in Old Montreal, Zafar Mahmood says he can’t believe the case has not been solved. “Where is the justice? Why has it taken so many days? They haven’t yet identified the proper person,” Mahmood said Monday in an interview [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada can successfully navigate President Donald Trump’s call for NATO allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz without getting drawn into the war, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump warned in an interview with The Financial Times newspaper that it “will be very bad” for the future of NATO [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — An atmospheric river washing over British Columbia from the Pacific is creating dangerous conditions that could lead to flooding and the potential for large avalanches. Environment Canada has issued rainfall and storm warnings for western and northern Vancouver Island and the inland and central coast, with between 100 and 250 millimetres of rain [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — A legislator of Filipino descent who was at the scene of last year’s deadly ramming attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival is calling for this year’s event to be cancelled, saying it will trigger some in the still-traumatized community. Elmore says she signed a petition calling for a pause on the festival, [...] Read More »