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LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com l Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Since it was first introduced, the Subaru Crosstrek has been one of my favourite small crossovers. And for 2021, this popular choice among buyers and reviewers is even better. The Crosstrek, in Subaru-speak, has been “re-engineered” for the 2021 model year and the improvements make an already great [...] Read More »

These days we regularly see TV footage of health care professionals in hospitals. Yet barely visible is a vital group who provide care for the soul. They are the Spiritual Care Team. At the Chinook Regional Hospital, I met Roman Catholic Spiritual Care Coordinator Annella Wehlage, who introduced me to Spiritual Health Practitioner John Moerman, [...] Read More »

It was a chilly February morning in 2001 when my father left the mall after his routine walk to drive to the curling rink to meet the rest of his retired buddies. With known heart problems, he must have sensed something amiss, and quickly and haphazardly pulled into the first pull-out he came upon. Immediately [...] Read More »

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Small businesses in Alberta are being offered a helping hand. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder small businesses, the province is offering supports to help owners through a tough time with additional pandemic support through a new financial relief program, the Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit, beginning in April. The Enhanced COVID-19 Business Benefit provides [...] Read More »

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe members are calling for the reform of the current electoral system after about 300 people were not allowed to vote in the municipal election at the Lethbridge polling station back in November. A separate problem happened in Calgary when the location of the vote was changed the day [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 27-year-old woman who started a fight in a public bathroom and several weeks later broke into a home, has been sentenced to just over two months in jail. Doreen Makiya Crying Head received a 66-day sentence Friday in Lethbridge court of justice after she pleaded guilty to old charges of assault, mischief, [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the Victoria Day long weekend now here residents might be wondering what is there to do around the city for those who are enjoying a staycation. Lethbridge has many things to offer, many places to explore and a multitude of activities to do outside of scheduled events. And with many of those [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com April showers are supposed to bring May flowers but for the Victoria Day long weekend they may be bringing us more showers. And that could put a damper on long weekend shenanigans across the region. After a good soaking on Friday, Lethbridge should see some sun mixed in with the clouds today and [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Food Truck Friday at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden has come back for the second year to give residents an opportunity to enjoy a meal outdoors every Friday for the next few months. Eric Granson, marketing and events manager for Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, said they started Food Truck Friday last year in the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com To celebrate the 210th anniversary of the development of the Norwegian constitution, members of the Lethbridge Sons of Norway Solsyd Lodge along with city dignitaries and RCMP veterans raised the Norwegian flag Friday at City Hall. Sharon Prenevost, chair of the Lethbridge Sons of Norway Solsyd Lodge, said they have been raising the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing charges in what police say is Montreal’s 13th homicide of the year. Police were called Saturday evening to an apartment in the Villeray”“Saint-Michel”“Parc-Extension borough, where they found the victim with fatal upper body wounds. Police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant said the suspect, a [...] Read More »

TORONTO – The Prime Minister’s Office has announced a federal byelection will be held in the Ontario riding of Toronto – St. Paul’s on June 24 to fill the seat left vacant by longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett. Bennett announced in December that she was retiring as an MP after 26 years in the [...] Read More »

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people in Gaza with extended family in Canada after one applicant, a medical worker, was asked whether he had treated members of Hamas. The Canadian Press obtained a redacted letter sent to the applicant by a Canadian immigration officer, which asks [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – As Canada’s strategy for supporting Rohingya people expires, advocates are calling for a rethink of how Ottawa is trying to limit suffering in refugee camps in Bangladesh, and to rout the military junta overseeing ethnic violence in Myanmar. “We cannot turn away from this,” said Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. [...] Read More »

TORONTO – It was early May and wildfire season had already started to rage in Western Canada when seven people settled into a monthly support-group meeting over Zoom. The facilitator, Toronto-based Kady Cowan, opened the conversation by prompting others to acknowledge any climate change-related concerns weighing on their minds. Worrying her, Cowan said in her [...] Read More »

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 7 in their second-round playoff series. Dylan Holloway, Zach Hyman and Evander Kane also [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s rural municipalities are teeing off on a trilogy of provincial bills they say erode trust and attack local authority. Paul McLauchlin, head of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, says proposed legislation giving the province the ability to take control of local emergency responses isn’t salvageable. He says Premier Danielle Smith’s government hasn’t [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The Alberta government is introducing legislation to begin bringing a completely restructured health-care system to life. A bill proposed Tuesday outlines how the many arms of Alberta Health Services will be dismantled and how four new provincial health agencies will fit together under Health Minister Adriana LaGrange. Alberta Health Services, the current provincial [...] Read More »

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) – The Edmonton Oilers will start Calvin Pickard in net for Game 4 of their playoff series with the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. The 32-year-old journeyman netminder replaces Stuart Skinner, who was pulled in the third period of Edmonton’s 4-3 loss to Vancouver on Sunday after giving up four goals on [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Frito Lay Canada is recalling two of its most popular snacks due to a possible risk of salmonella contamination. The recall applies to Sunchips Harvest Cheddar Flavoured Multigrain Snacks, as well as Munchies Original Snack Mix. A statement says this is due to a result of the seasoning supplier informing Frito Lay an [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest as the public was urged to pray. The likely crash came as Iran under Raisi [...] Read More »

ATLANTA (AP) – President Joe Biden on Sunday told the graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the Israel-Hamas war, and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza have been heartbreaking. “I support peaceful nonviolent protest,” he told students, some who wore keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders on top [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without elaborating. Some began urging the public to pray for Raisi and the others on board as rescue crews sped through a misty, rural forest where his helicopter was believed to be. [...] Read More »

BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European Union nation, the defense minister said. “The worst of what [...] Read More »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a “hard landing” on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the [...] Read More »