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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 2025 Lethbridge Fiesta Extravaganza (LFE), also known as the Festival of Smiles, returned for a bigger and better second year.  Hosted by the Filipino Fiesta Society of Lethbridge (FIESLA), the city’s largest celebration of Filipino culture took place at Henderson Lake Park on Saturday and Sunday. [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When Kyle and Brittani Knowles finish their shifts at the Lethbridge Public Safety Communications Centre (PSCC), they turn their attention to another very personal call: raising awareness for muscular dystrophy (MD).  In support of this cause, colleagues, family and friends joined the Knowles family at Legacy Park [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The renowned musical based on the true events of the newsboys’ strike of 1899 took the stage in Lethbridge for 10 days, capturing audiences of all ages. “Newsies the Broadway Musical,” based on the 1992 Disney film, came to the big stage at the Yates Memorial Theatre [...] Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter One of the biggest challenges for people living in encampments is finding long-term housing and the Lethbridge Housing Authority (LHA) has taken steps to help make the transition easier. On April 1, 2025 LHA purchased the Superlodge Hotel to use under the Innkeepers Act as a temporary [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A Lethbridge Polytechnic researcher is using ice cream to spark conversations about food sustainability, health and innovation. Rajpreet Goraya, a research scientist with the Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is currently conducting research on new, long-term storage options for sugar beets while maintaining sucrose integrity, to provide producers with [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The national statistics agency says the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada decreased four per cent last year, after three annual increases in a row. Statistics Canada says non-violent crime had a significant effect on the decline in the overall crime severity index in 2024. The non-violent crime severity index — [...] Read More »

TORONTO — As provincial leaders prepare to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney later this morning, the premiers of Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a memorandum of understanding calling for the construction of new pipelines using Ontario steel. The premiers are gathered in Ontario’s cottage country to talk about eliminating internal trade barriers and [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Trade war to dominate meeting with premiers, PM The growing trade war with the United States will be top of the agenda when Canada’s premiers meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today. The premiers say they want to [...] Read More »

As five former Canadian world junior hockey players await a ruling in their sexual assault trial, legal experts say videos shown in court of the complainant saying she was OK with what had happened highlight a broader misunderstanding of consent and sexual assault law in Canada. Two cellphone videos in which the woman says she’s [...] Read More »

JASPER, ALTA. — Today marks one year since roughly 25,000 tourists and residents of Jasper, Alta., were forced to flee on a single highway, after several runaway fires were discovered in Jasper National Park. There’s expected to be solemn reflection in the beloved mountain town, as events are held to remember the evacuation and the [...] Read More »