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Cal Braid Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) announced $30,000 in funding to recipients of the 2025-26 Peter Langemann, Keith Francis, and Jonnie Popel Memorial Scholarships. Each year, the SMRID awards up to 15 annual scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each to students from across the District [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police Services will be conducting a targeted enforcement project over the next two months on window tinting and is reminding motorists and local auto dealers that tinting the front windshield or front driver and passenger side windows is illegal.  Sgt. Tony Ramotowski with the Traffic Response Unit, said Tuesday that [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In almost every Christmas movie, the antagonist often learns the true meaning of Christmas is often helping others and spreading joy. Right here in Lethbridge, there are many ways to give back and bring holiday cheer for those in the community who are less fortunate. While many [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While it may have come later than normal, Southern Alberta received its first blanket of snow—which then melted and froze—and Lethbridge Police are reminding drivers adjust their driving for the conditions. Sgt. Tony Ramatowski, of the traffic response for LPS, says with the added snow and ice, [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta South Region awarded Lethbridge Police Service Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh the 2025 Workplace Wellness Award during their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday.  The award recognizes and celebrates people or organizations who are setting the standard for organizational wellbeing by prioritizing employee health and well-being through effective [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has a new suite of supports to build up the domestic steel and lumber industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs. The new plan tightens the quota on steel imports from countries that don’t have free-trade pacts with Canada from 50 per cent to 20 per [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Ottawa to terminate the West Coast oil tanker ban as the federal government prepares to unveil the details of a new energy pact it has been negotiating with the province. Here’s what you need to know about the oil tanker ban and what repealing it would mean [...] Read More »

SURREY — British Columbia’s police watchdog agency says officers in an Interior community could have done more in the search for a missing Indigenous woman who was later found dead. However, the Independent Investigations Office says in a report on the case that RCMP in Vanderhoof, B.C., did take many steps in the search and [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — A rail safety advocate in Lac-Mégantic, Que., says he was fined nearly $700 after he reported a safety concern with the train tracks running through the community. Robert Bellefleur says he sent photos to Canadian Pacific Kansas City in June that showed erosion around a culvert. He says that in July he was [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The partner of a quadriplegic Quebec man who sought a medically assisted death after developing painful bedsores during a hospital stay in 2024 is considering legal action. Sylvie Brosseau’s late spouse, Normand Meunier, received MAID in March 2024, two months after an 11-day stay at a hospital in St-Jérôme, Que., north of Montreal. [...] Read More »