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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 »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com It’s been said, two heads are better than one, so why not two cities? Economic development organizations from Lethbridge and Great Falls, Mont. are joining forces to strengthen and diversify the food, agriculture, bioprocessing and energy industries in both regions, and they met Friday in Lethbridge to make the partnership official. “We’re very [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fifty new affordable housing units will be created in Lethbridge thanks to a collaboration between the provincial and municipal governments. The City of Lethbridge is providing $1,295,000 towards a project at 1730 10 Ave. S., the former Seasons Lethbridge retirement community, across from Chinook Regional Hospital. The province is contributing $2.2 million to [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is opening three new exhibits today which include their annual “Art’s Alive And Well In The Schools” and exhibits from two southern Alberta artists. Adam Whitford, associate curator and exhibition manager, said Friday that the spring exhibit will open today at 2 p.m. with a tour by the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Crown is no longer proceeding with charges against two B.C. men accused of trying to smuggle drugs over the border last year. Calgary Crown prosecutor Rosie Murphy directed a stay of proceedings Thursday in Lethbridge court of justice against two accused, Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu and Harmanpreet Singh Sidhu. Murphy did not provide [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com With Mother’s Day on Sunday, many are making arrangements to celebrate the special mothers in their lives with flowers, which makes this celebration the busiest time of the year for local florists.  The Herald spoke to Marquis flowers to learn what this holiday is like for them.  Marquis Flowers is [...] Read More »

SURREY, B.C. – Police in British Columbia have charged a fourth Indian national in last year’s killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The province’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges. Investigators say the evidence in the Nijjar [...] Read More »

Police in British Columbia have charged a fourth Indian national in last year’s murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Homicide investigators say 22-year-old Amandeep Singh was already in custody in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges. They say he has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s death. More coming[...] Read More »

Students and academics at the University of Alberta reacted with outrage on Saturday after Edmonton police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, describing the operation as violent and contesting assertions that demonstrators were breaking the law. Organizers said police fired tear gas and wielded batons and bicycles against students at the university’s north campus quad [...] Read More »

FORT NELSON, B.C. – The mayor of a northeastern British Columbia municipality says a tree blown down by strong winds fell onto a power line and started the fast-growing wildfire that forced the evacuation of thousands of community members. Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Mayor Rob Fraser says most of the 3,500 residents in and around [...] Read More »

The wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate from a northeast British Columbia town doubled in size early Saturday and is now burning merely a few kilometres west of the city limits. The BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake fire near Fort Nelson, B.C., reached almost 17 square kilometres in size overnight, up from the [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The second official Alberta NDP leadership debate saw five candidates eagerly agreeing with each other, until Naheed Nenshi was forced to defend against more attacks on his record as the mayor of Calgary. Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, who is among the candidates vying for the helm of Rachel Notley’s Opposition [...] Read More »

PWHL New York is changing coaches after reaching a mutual agreement with Howie Draper, who decided to step down and return to his former job coaching the University of Alberta women’s hockey program, the league announced on Saturday. The move comes a week after the Professional Women’s Hockey League closed its inaugural season with New [...] Read More »

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Residents of Fort McMurray are on evacuation alert as an out-of-control wildfire burns nearby. People in northeastern Alberta city, as well as the nearby community of Saprae Creek, were told to be ready to leave on short notice. Officials report the fire was burning 16 kilometres southwest of Fort McMurray as [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta is moving its election date from the spring to the fall to avoid clashing with major natural disasters — but the Opposition says in doing so, Premier Danielle Smith’s government is conveniently granting itself six extra months of power. Smith’s United Conservatives introduced a bill Thursday to move the scheduled vote date [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Candidates vying to be the next leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP want answers from presumed front-runner Naheed Nenshi about a five-year-old letter that they say signals he is anti-union. In the letter obtained by The Canadian Press, Nenshi ““ when he was Calgary mayor in 2019 ““ urges the United Conservative Party government [...] Read More »

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few [...] Read More »

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. this weekend and potentially disrupt power and communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. The effects [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The administration’s findings of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that its ally had breached international law in its conduct of the [...] Read More »

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab and Palestinian sponsored resolution by [...] Read More »

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister for the lower house’s approval. Parliament Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the house, the State Duma, will hold a session later Friday to consider Mishustin’s candidacy. Mishustin’s approval is a mere proforma in the Kremlin-controlled parliament. In line with Russian law, Mishustin, [...] Read More »