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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With Green Shirt Day quickly approaching, Toby and Bernadine Boulet released this year’s shirt logo during a ceremony at City Hall Tuesday morning, a day after what would have been their son Logan’s 29th birthday.   Green Shirt Day on April 7 is a day to honour and celebrate organ [...] Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police have charged 56-year-old Joseph Cameron Brewster, with impaired driving causing bodily harm, following a pedestrian collision that resulted in life-threatening injuries of a 78-year-old male.  On March 2 just before 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a pedestrian collision at the intersection of 13 Street [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   On a Saturday morning at Lethbridge Polytechnic, while others were easing into their weekend, a group of young people stepped up to face a fear many adults never outgrow: public speaking. One by one, they approached the front of their assigned classrooms, laptops in hand and notes ready. This [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald  Over 1,200 students from the Blood Reserve are missing school after the Blood Tribe Chief and Council, Finance committee and Senior management unexpectedly terminated the Administration of Student Transportation Services Agreement with the Blood Reserve Bus Co-op on March 2. This agreement provided $6.1 million dollars in [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald What started as a simple video game and cartoon in 1996 has become a 30-year cultural phenomenon — and it’s not slowing down. The reason isn’t just colourful monsters or catchy tunes; it’s community and connection.  Pokémon has thrived because it brings people together across generations, turning what many thought [...] Read More »

SYDNEY — In Australia, Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his argument that middle powers should band together, saying Canada and Australia share the advantages of legitimacy and trust. “Australia and Canada can’t compel like the great powers; but we can convene, we can set the agenda, shape the rules, and organize and build capacity through [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Anand to speak at Ottawa defence conference Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to speak at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute’s annual gathering in Ottawa today. This year’s event is focused on how NATO allies [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Every Saturday and Sunday at 5 p.m., Charlie Whitley closes his vintage clothing store in Montreal’s Mile-End neighbourhood and feels frustrated. He wants to stay open later, but that would be against the law. “It doesn’t make any sense,” he said about the “ridiculous” rules. “It pains me every weekend to close the [...] Read More »

Soon after Rhiana Stryd moved to the scenic lakeside Village of Granisle in British Columbia’s northern Interior in the fall of 2024, she says she began noticing her parents’ health going downhill, while she was vomiting every day for months. Stryd said that when her daughter visited, she got sick too. Their health woes prompted [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Some of Canada’s renewable energy organizations are applauding commitments Ottawa signed with India this week to advance development of solar, wind and hydrogen power. Prime Minister Mark Carney spent four days in Mumbai and New Delhi, a trip which concluded with a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and signing a series of [...] Read More »