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By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge Herald Many Albertans instinctively shrink at the sight of a rattlesnake. But the Western rattlesnake, Alberta’s only venomous snake, is more likely to flee than fight, according to Sheri Monk, founder of the conservation group Snakes on a Plain.  “What we really need to know is when [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of Audrey Rae Small Legs was heard in Lethbridge Court on Monday morning.  Small Legs is charged with arson in connection with a grass fire that razed a southside coulee and an area of the Mountain View Cemetery.  Her matters were adjourned to Jan. 30 to finalize [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge man Skye Atoa, accused with multiple sex related offences remains in custody after pleading not guilty to all charges Monday morning.  After the Crown gave revocation notice to Atoa’s lawyer Richard Muenz last week, Atoa agreed to remain in custody.  Muenz asked Justice Olsen and the Crown to allow [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald   After a nine-year hiatus, the skirl of bagpipes, the weight of tradition and the long-awaited return of haggis filled the Lethbridge Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch #4 Sunday evening as Burns Night finally returned after a nearly 10-year absence.   The Lethbridge Legion’s 48th [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of a male charged with various offences after multiple pedestrians were struck by a vehicle and injured in a southside parking lot in October 2025 was heard in Lethbridge Court Monday.  Christopher David Hegg from Calgary is charged with five counts of attempted murder, three counts of [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump personally that he meant what he said in his speech at the World Economic Forum last week. Carney said he told the president in a call Monday that Canada was the first country to “understand” the change in U.S. trade policy [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he told U.S. President Donald Trump he “meant what (he) said” during his speech at the World Economic Forum and it was about responding to a “broader set of issues.” Carney says he told the president in a call Monday that Canada was the first country to “understand” [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Openness advocates unimpressed by early proposals for Access to Information reform Advocates of more federal transparency are concerned that a federal review of the Access to Information regime will not fix long-standing problems — and could even make [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A hearing into the 2015 police-involved killing of Miles Gray hangs in the balance in Vancouver this morning after Monday’s resignation of counsel for the proceeding. The hearing by the office of the police complaint commissioner adjourned after the resignation of Brad Hickford over an obscenity caught on an audio stream of the [...] Read More »

Last June, landscapers working on a site in Kamloops, B.C., came upon a troubling discovery — two human skulls and jawbones. Police and the coroner were informed, but after an inspection that swiftly determined the remains ancient, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation was called in and the day after the find issued a press [...] Read More »