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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 »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Spring has sprung and with it the various allergens that make people’s eyes itchy, red and watery.  Eye allergies can impact daily life and overall eye health, according to the Canadian Association of Optometrists.  But they don’t have to. Naomi Barber, Clinical Services Director at Specsavers Canada, says allergens can be [...] Read More »

Sam Leishman Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge has its sights set on the end of May to re-open the Fritz Sick pool. The facility closed at the beginning of November to allow for a number of accessibility upgrades. Those include barrier-free showers and toilet stalls, two additional women’s showers, a [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Proposed changes to the Lethbridge & District Exhibition would help it better serve the needs of the community, city officials said Friday. After a presentation from City administration and the consultant firm of Deloitte to the Economic Standing Policy Committee (SPC), City officials spoke to media about the governance options that [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter According to an old joke, a man goes to New York to attend a concert, but gets lost. He spots someone carrying a violin case and asks:  “Sir, can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?”  The musician smiles and says: “Practice, man, practice.”  Some [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Catholics all over the world, and right here in Southern Alberta, are celebrating the selection of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Pope Francis, who passed away last month.  Born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost. Pope Leo is the first Augustinian pope to be selected, as well as the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s business community will be watching Tuesday’s cabinet shuffle closely for signs that Prime Minister Mark Carney will be easier to work with than the last Liberal government. Business leaders say they want the new prime minister to use his cabinet lineup to extend an olive branch to Western Canada and to back [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country’s oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic stability. Throughout the election campaign, Carney signalled an openness to building more pipelines in Canada and promised to cut approval times [...] Read More »

Travel to the United States took another hit in April as an “elbows up” attitude persists among Canadians, who eschewed the country amid anger over tariffs and annexation threats from the U.S. president. Canadian residents returning by automobile from the U.S. in April fell on a year-over-year basis for the fourth consecutive month, preliminary numbers [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal public health officials are calling for better access to tuberculosis care after a sharp rise in the number of cases reported last year. The regional health authority reported 203 new cases in 2024, compared to an average of 123 cases per year over the previous decade. About 89 per cent of Montreal’s [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s business community will be watching Tuesday’s cabinet shuffle for signs that Prime Minister Mark Carney will be easier to work with than the last Liberal government. Experts and insiders say one of the ways Carney can emphasize that is by keeping a lean cabinet. Former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet had ballooned [...] Read More »