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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald   Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) Lethbridge Region recently announced a new program offering complimentary booth space to non-profit and charitable organizations at the Southern Alberta Home, Garden & Leisure Show.  This year the show will take place from March 12 to March 14, and BILD Executive Officer [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter- Lethbridge Herald Construction of My Home Nokoowaayi, a 30-unit supportive housing complex on Stafford Drive North, was completed in September 2025 with the goal of giving stable, recovery‑oriented housing and support services for vulnerable adults who need help with daily living and long‑term stability. The first tenants began moving [...] Read More »

By Joe Manio Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Vivien Suttorp, announced that the province’s significant wave of influenza A had likely peaked with key indicators such as test positivity, case counts and hospitalizations beginning to decline.  During a Jan. 13 briefing, Suttorp said the dominant strain circulating during [...] Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative reporter- Lethbridge Herald A grassroots organization, AB. Resistance, has been helping organizers of recall petitions understand the rules of a recall and are saying they are deeply concerned with the lack of action with MLA Lethbridge East Nathan Neudorf’s recall. What began as a way to encourage people to [...] Read More »

By Alejandro Pulido- Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Police re-arrested 50-year-old Skye Atoa for breaching the conditions of a release order approximately half an hour after his release from custody. According to Lethbridge Police, upon his release, Atoa was required to go to a court-ordered residence, but after being dropped off at the location he made [...] Read More »

Heavy snow hammered much of southern Ontario and parts of Quebec on Thursday, shuttering schools and causing commuter chaos throughout the day. Environment Canada said some parts of Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area, could see up to 40 centimetres of snow by Thursday evening, even as snowfall warnings for Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener were [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a City of Ottawa request to overturn a lower court decision about property payments on federally owned buildings. The decision relates to the payments in lieu of taxes the federal government pays the City of Ottawa in place of property taxes, which are known as PILT. [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — The mother of two Nova Scotia children reported missing more than eight months ago alleges in newly unsealed court documents that her common-law partner was sometimes physically abusive and hurt her. The police documents, filed to support applications for search warrants, include unproven allegations and excerpts from interviews with the children’s mother, Malehya [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — One day after Quebec Premier François Legault said he would resign ahead of the October election, at least one high-profile minister has come out publicly to say she is considering a bid to replace him. Speaking to reporters in the Montreal area, Economy Minister Christine Fréchette said, “I can see that my name [...] Read More »

British Columbia’s Forests Ministry has entered into a memorandum of understanding with China on modern wood construction, a development that the province hopes will bolster the provincial lumber sector as it seeks alternatives to the U.S. market. The five-year, non-binding agreement with the Chinese government also involves the Canadian federal Department of Natural Resources and [...] Read More »