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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 »

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has taken over administration of the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award which was named after a Lethbridge teacher/librarian and awarded every year to a Canadian children’s title written for an elementary school-aged audience. The award comes with a $2,500 cash prize and goes to a work that exemplifies Chase’s “guiding [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man accused of accosting and robbing a 77-year-old woman more than a year ago in the city. The warrant was issued Friday after Sheldon Wayne Wilson failed to show up for a scheduled court appearance. The accused’s matter was last in Lethbridge court [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Residents had the opportunity during the city’s annual Community Conversation Thursday to engage with the City of Lethbridge and various partners to learn about a multitude of projects happening in the city. Tara Grindle, manager of communications and engagement with the City, said the idea behind the annual event is to bring multiple [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Representatives of Alberta’s mid-sized municipalities will be meeting at City Hall next week to discuss common issues with crime, homelessness and other matters. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss challenges faced by communities in Alberta. The workshop, which is not open to the public, will be staged on May 2 from [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man accused in connection to a three-year-old human trafficking case will likely resolve his charges when the matter returns to court next week. Calgary lawyer Leanndria Halcro said Friday in Lethbridge court of justice that her client, Chtewi Fadi, will resolve numerous sex-related charges with a peace bond during a court [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Corporate boardrooms. Military barracks. Federal government offices. They’re not locales with a reputation for fostering diversity. Anita Anand has been trying to change that. Ensuring people of all backgrounds feel accepted and heard no matter the venue is a mission that has followed her at every stage in her life and career, she [...] Read More »

Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips [...] Read More »

Montreal’s port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday. Police and emergency services were called [...] Read More »

LACHUTE, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The lawyer for a residential school survivor leading a proposed class-action defamation lawsuit against the Catholic Church over residential schools says the court action is a last resort. Maxime Faille, the lawyer for Sphenia Jones, says the goal is understanding – not money. “Sphenia is 80 years-old. She doesn’t care about money for [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s government says a new draft social studies curriculum for elementary schools is ready to be tested in classrooms this fall. But the union representing teachers says the curriculum is a fail and the rollout needs to be delayed. The United Conservative Party government first tried three years ago to update the province’s [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Recent research suggested a truly horrifying thought – that T. Rex, perhaps the most fearsome predator to walk the earth, was also smart enough to use tools, hunt in packs and pass down knowledge. But a new paper throws cold water on those dinosaur fever dreams. A year ago, an American researcher published [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Former Calgary mayor and current NDP leadership candidate Naheed Nenshi says the Alberta government is operating out of spite with new legislation that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws and postpone elections. The proposed law would also allow political parties to run on [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The first debate in the Alberta NDP leadership race was mostly a civil affair Thursday but it wasn’t all smooth sailing for former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. Close to 500 people turned out at the Yates Theatre in Lethbridge to hear Nenshi, three current NDP members of the legislature: Calgary’s Kathleen Ganley [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The Alberta government announced Thursday a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said nurses eligible for the payment plan must commit to caring for 900 patients and operate their clinics on weekends, evenings and holidays. They [...] Read More »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, Utah, was selected Saturday as the state Republican Party’s nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement carried Staggs, 49, through the convention, his party support may not translate to [...] Read More »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – State Rep. Phil Lyman was selected as the Utah Republican gubernatorial nominee at the party’s convention Saturday, though political observers say incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox remains the likely favorite in the upcoming primary. Lyman, a former county commissioner turned legislator best known for organizing an illegal ATV ride in 2014 [...] Read More »

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says 20 soldiers have been killed and several others injured in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of the country on Saturday afternoon. Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the [...] Read More »

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn’t yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the [...] Read More »

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) – A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison. He administered a dose of the sedative ketamine [...] Read More »