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Al Beeber Love It To Beeber Spoiler alert: Christmas stuff is filling stores already. Yes, it’s that time of year – and maybe has been for a few weeks – that even before Thanksgiving and Halloween have come and gone, we consumers are being reminded it’s soon time to stock up on gift bags, paper, [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge provided the Lethbridge Longhorns with a cheque for $18,000 on Friday from Whoop-Up Days proceeds as they took part of the Jumbo Bites program.   Paul Kingsmith, director for event development with Excite Lethbridge, said it was exciting to be able to provide such a significant contribution to their [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It was a moment a long time in the making for Jenny Burke.  Burke, a biology instructor, was named the University of Lethbridge’s 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award winner, the school announced this week. In an interview with the Herald, Burke says she was quite surprised to [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The government of Alberta announced Friday that they will be providing new supports to help parents and students manage financial and learning challenges during the teacher’s strike.  Previously, the government announced a Parent Payment plan, where those with school children 12 years old and younger, will be able to receive $30 [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Bees are widely considered the most effective and important pollinators; and as far as bees go, bumble bees are often considered among the friendliest bee species due to their generally docile and non-aggressive nature. And now a University of Lethbridge student has created the first bumble bee [...] Read More »

Kathryn Gallagher Morton is “absolutely thrilled” that Canada Post is at least moving. “It may be moving slowly now, but at least it’s moving,” said Morton, who is the owner of Maplelea, a small business that sells Canadian-themed dolls via its website. Mail and parcel delivery are set to resume on a limited basis in [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Indigenous rights activist Mskwaasin Agnew is anticipated to land today in Toronto after being part of a flotilla attempting to bring aid to Gaza. Agnew, a Cree and Dene woman and member of Salt River First Nation, is among six Canadians who were aboard the vessel “Conscience,” which was intercepted by Israeli military [...] Read More »

HUALIEN CITY — While many people like to spend their vacations on the beach or at resorts, Jaron Rosso Wiigs of Edmonton used some of his days off to shovel mud after a typhoon in Taiwan. When he arrived in the country, he heard about the damage from a powerful typhoon caused when tonnes of [...] Read More »

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor. University Health Network says the procedure could grow the national donor pool by 30 per cent if the practice is expanded across the [...] Read More »

Mail and parcel delivery are set to resume on a limited basis in the coming week as Canada Post workers switch to rotating strikes this morning. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will begin at 6 a.m. local time, ending the countrywide strike that spanned more than two weeks. The union says [...] Read More »