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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Members of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services’ Water Rescue and Rope Rescue teams conducted a training exercise on the High Level Bridge Wednesday, to not only gain some valuable skills, but also to make the area safe for everyone to enjoy.  Greg Adair, Fire Chief of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services, [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Due to the return of dry conditions, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services has placed a fire ban on the river valley area once again.  Troy Hicks, Chief Fire Marshal with LFES, said he doesn’t enjoy putting a river valley fire ban in place, as he wants everyone to be able to [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lizards are often considered “mini-dinosaurs” which may contribute to their appeal as pets. Reptile enthusiasts are often drawn to their unique and prehistoric look, which can evoke a sense of wonder and connection to a long-lost primeval world. The word “dinosaur” translates from Greek as “terrible lizard” [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Lethbridge Herald Editor For me, there’s one big question that takes precedence over all others when it comes to modern society. No, I don’t mean “Why did people with functioning brains vote for Donald Trump?” or “What more evidence do people need to finally get that climate change is an existential threat?” or [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In 2024 nearly 250,000 Canadians were diagnosed with cancer, nearly 24,000 of them in Alberta. Funding for continuous research for a cure, and for continual treatment programs province-wide, is vital, and the Alberta Cancer Foundation Lottery provides just that.. With its largest prize ever, the 2025 Foundation [...] Read More »

More recalls have been issued for a popular type of chocolate after a salmonella outbreak linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says several additional brands of Dubai pistachio and knafeh milk chocolate have been recalled. The brands are Chocofolie, Chocolato, Chocolats Favoris, Dubai and Vincent Sélection. The [...] Read More »

PORT ALBERNI — A forecast of up to 40 millimetres of rain is expected to help firefighters battling a wildfire that has been raging near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island this week. The Mount Underwood fire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts measured more than 34 square kilometres on Thursday, about 58 per cent [...] Read More »

ST. JOHN’S — Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador extended an evacuation alert Thursday evening, asking residents of a small coastal community to be ready to flee a wildfire that may have already destroyed up to 100 homes and structures. As a precaution, the province asked residents of Job’s Cove, on Newfoundland’s Bay de Verde Peninsula, [...] Read More »

Social media posts falsely claimed a Canadian teen, Silas Kruger, was responsible for a shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on Friday that left a police officer and the suspect dead. In fact, authorities said 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White is the suspected shooter. Kruger’s father, a Saskatchewan-based [...] Read More »

Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in the everyday life of an Indigenous person in Canada. “It’s my parents going to a restaurant, and it’s not a busy time in that restaurant, and they’re refusing to [...] Read More »