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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 HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Health Minister Adriana LaGrange on Monday announced the province is moving from five Alberta health zones to seven corridors and Primary Care Alberta has officially became a legal entity. Primary Care Alberta is one four individual health agencies the government previously announced last November would be introduced dedicated to delivery primary, acute and [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com As the Canadian Union of Postal Workers continued to strike on Monday, the consequences began to affect the Interfaith Food Bank’s ability to receive mailed-in donations. Danielle McIntyre, executive director of the Interfaith Food Bank told the Herald Monday the timing of the strike is hurting them greatly as they were preparing to [...] Read More »

The Christmas season is fast approaching and is a time where people get into the spirt of both giving and receiving. For the first time in Lethbridge, people can give through a World Giving Machine – a vending machine of giving. Giving machines work as a vending machine, with things such as haircuts, bedding, coats, [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation is celebrating its 30th anniversary of their Christmas Tree Festival which continues to help fund state of the art equipment for the hospital. Crystal Elliot, CEO of the CRH Foundation, said Monday the annual fundraiser is the event that helps them raise the most money for the foundation [...] Read More »

To get in the holiday spirit people can get a festive cookie and support a good cause for Tim Horton’s second annual Holiday Smile Cookie campaign, For the second year, all proceeds from the Lethbridge campaign will go to the Logan Boulet Green Shirt Day campaign. Last year the Lethbridge campaign raised $43,000 for the [...] Read More »

A series of meteorological terms associated with extreme weather have become popularized in recent years. Here’s how some of them are defined by the American Meteorological Society: BOMB CYCLONE A storm outside the tropics in which central pressure drops rapidly, by a certain amount within a certain period of time, with this varying according to [...] Read More »

RIO DE JANEIRO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the final leaders’ statement from the G20 summit in Brazil is not strong enough on the war in Ukraine. He is also expressing some concern about the impact U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House will have on global support for Ukraine. Russia is [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): – St. John’s, N.L.: 1.3 per cent (1.1) – Charlottetown-Summerside: 1.7 per [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): – Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.1 per cent (0.7) – Prince Edward Island: 1.3 per cent (1.0) – Nova Scotia: 1.5 per cent (0.9) – New Brunswick: 1.8 per cent (0.9) [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Statistics Canada’s consumer price index report today says the annual inflation rate hit two per cent last month. That’s up from 1.6 per cent in September. The report says gasoline prices on an annual basis fell to a lesser extent in October compared with September. Rent prices rose 7.3 per cent from a [...] Read More »