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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Alberta is on track to set a new provincial record for housing starts with 27,902 in the first two quarters of 2025. The Alberta government said on Monday this is a 30 per cent increase compared to 2024 and outpaces development in all other Canadian provinces. Despite Alberta having less than [...] Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor Ever since I moved back to Lethbridge 18 months ago, I’ve been one of the thousands of people in the city without access to a local family doctor. I’m fortunate enough to still have a physician in Calgary (from when we lived there for six years), but a simple visit means [...] Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of art that showcases various pieces done by Lethbridge Collegiate Institute students, depicting their thoughts on Artificial Intelligence.  Generative Prompt is a group exhibition of local high school students working in an artist mentorship model with Lethbridge artist Michelle Sylvestre, where students [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Swing Bridge Dance Community is keeping swing dancing alive and well. While not as mainstream as it was during its golden era in the early part of the 20th century, swing dancing maintains a strong and active presence today, thriving through dedicated communities, social media, [...] Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local journalism Initiative Reporter In good news for the City of Lethbridge, the overall Crime Severity Index (CSI) number for the 2024 reporting period went down 18.5 per cent from the year before, the largest single drop since 2000.  While Lethbridge has historically had a high CSI in recent years, it [...] Read More »

FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday he visited the town’s community centre, spoke [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Two families are threatening legal action over the Quebec government’s move to deny some immigrants access to subsidized daycare spots. The two sets of parents, from France and Ukraine, are at risk of losing their children’s spots in a subsidized home daycare that costs $9.35 per day. The Quebec government recently sent out [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The majority owner of the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia says three workers trapped underground in a refuge area have enough air, water and food for an “extended stay.” The statement from Newmont Corp. says it is working to assemble specialist teams from nearby mine sites to respond to the accident, [...] Read More »

HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — Canada’s premiers have wrapped up three days of meetings focused largely on U.S. President Donald Trump’s global trade war. The premiers who form the Council of the Federation have been full of praise for one another and for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who joined the meeting in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A judge has imposed a publication ban on a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial. Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who faces 11 counts of second-degree murder and is accused of driving an SUV through a crowded street, [...] Read More »