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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 »

MONTREAL — Police are searching for a man who fell through the ice on Thursday in the Prairies River in Montreal. They say two young men were walking on the frozen surface of the river in Montreal’s Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève borough when the ice gave way. One man was pulled from the water and taken to hospital [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $31.21 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $26.85 billion reported for the same period a year earlier. The result came as revenue totalled $404.83 billion [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget bill is now law, marking a milestone for the minority Liberal government. The budget implementation act, Bill C-15, received royal assent Thursday evening after the Senate gave its final sign-off on the legislation. The bill passed the House of Commons on recorded division in February, which means [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is doling out $28.9 million in funding for a series of carbon capture and renewable energy projects across Canada today. The money is coming from Canada’s Energy Innovation Program, which the federal government says in a news release promotes clean tech and looks to keep Canadian energy reliable [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Contrary to popular belief, the choice made by voters in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne in the April 13 byelection will have major implications on moving bills forward in the House of Commons. The rules of procedure in the Commons mean that, in this current Parliament, the magic number allowing a government to [...] Read More »