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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 »

Governments are often issuing policy changes, and while sometimes the public resonates with it, other times, such as Alberta’s Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, the public does not resonate with the policy. On Jan. 30, Lars Hallstrom, a political science professor at the University of Lethbridge and director of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A survey of Alberta electric vehicle owners shows 87 per cent are likely to replace their present model with another one. Alberta respondents were included in an online survey of 16,041 Canadian EV owners by the Canadian Automobile Association and PlugShare Research last October. But EV sales could hit a roadblock with the [...] Read More »

A Catholic church in Calgary recently hosted an event called ‘Breakfast with the Nation’ as a way to build connections with the Indigenous people. St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church held the event this past Sunday, where residential school survivors were able to share their experiences to not only members of the faith, but also to [...] Read More »

The University of Lethbridge hosted their career and student service fair on Wednesday to help students find a job and understand services available for them while completing their studies. The university has been hosting a career fair for 37 years, with one happening in September and the other in January to accommodate the recruitment cycles [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Public Library has partnered up with the City of Lethbridge to create a temporary pop-up library to serve residents on the northside of the city as a pilot project to potentially expand their services to what they found to be an underserved community.  The pop-up library referred to [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The mother of a 13-year-old Quebec girl who vanished without a trace 20 years ago today says she still hasn’t given up hope of finding her. Françoise Algier’s last memory of her daughter, Mélina Martin, was dropping her off at a local winter festival in Farnham, Que., about 55 kilometres southeast of Montreal. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould submitted her official paperwork to enter the race to replace Justin Trudeau today. Gould said outside party headquarters in Ottawa that her party lost touch with Canadians at the end of the pandemic and needs to get better at listening. Gould briefly touched on some of her policy [...] Read More »

IQALUIT — A defrocked Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard Eric Dejaeger committed the offences between 1978 and 1982 at or near the hamlet of Igloolik. RCMP announced in June 2023 that Dejaeger had been arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Kingston, Ont., [...] Read More »

IQALUIT — Defrocked Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard the offences took place between 1978 and 1982 at or near the hamlet of Igloolik. More coming. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. The 2019 law prohibits civil servants in positions of authority, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job. Last year, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law. Groups including [...] Read More »