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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 »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Sentencing begins for ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders The sentencing hearing for “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to begin Wednesday morning, months after the two were found guilty of mischief. Two days have been set [...] Read More »

FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to stop today in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney also spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, located south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. He is scheduled to [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The man accused of ramming an SUV into a crowd and killing 11 people at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival is set to appear in court today, with a judge determining if he’s fit to stand trial. RJ Aquino, the chair of festival organizer Filipino BC, says the court proceedings could prove [...] Read More »

Seven years after an encounter that put sports culture under a national microscope and sparked a new wave of conversations about consent, a judge is set to rule this week on whether the actions of five hockey players inside a London, Ont., hotel room that night constituted sexual assault. Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it’s past time for Canada to do the same. The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen [...] Read More »