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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 HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Polytechnic has received a large funding contribution from the Lethbridge Auto Dealers Association (LADA) that is being matched by the Board of Governors Matching Endowment initiative toward student awards. LADA’s donation of $113,600 is being matched to a total of $213,600, which will benefit an existing endowment created by the association in [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The UCP caucus is claiming that the support of federal Liberal candidate Chris Spearman by former Lethbridge West MLA for Shannon Phillips confirms what it calls a deep NDP-Liberal alliance. Spearman, who is campaigning to be elected as the next member of parliament for the Lethbridge riding, says that Phillips is a personal [...] Read More »

ALEXANDRA NOAD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Lethbridge woman who moved from Northwest Territories after losing her sight hasn’t let her loss of vision affect her positive outlook on life. Emily Larson was born with a degenerative eye disease and was treated for many years through injections to her eyes. The treatments weren’t offered in her [...] Read More »

Controversy is still brewing over the collapse of the Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative (PBFC), but a government official says resolution is coming. John Conrad, assistant deputy minister for the primary agriculture division of Agriculture and Irrigation, was at a town hall meeting Tuesday in Lethbridge for PBFC members. The closed-door meeting was hosted by receiver-manager [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division recently announced that Aaron Skretting, director of Religious Education, has been named the Excellence in Catholic Education Award recipient. Chantel Axani, Superintendent for Holy Spirit Catholic Schools says the award is a very prestigious award, that the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) awards for [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year, but instead a report says she didn’t get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive. The report by former Abbotsford, B.C., police chief Bob Rich looks into the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violated English-language minority education rights. The Quebec English School Boards Association called today’s decision a recognition of the anglophone community’s constitutional right to manage and control its institutions. It expressed hope that the province would not [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A Superior Court judge has found Ottawa-area graphic designer Patrick Macdonald guilty on three counts of terror and hate-related charges related to the production of antisemitic propaganda for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Macdonald guilty this week on all the counts he faced: participating in the activities [...] Read More »

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has introduced a bill to preserve the integrity of the electoral process by tackling deliberate disinformation and election interference. The bill tabled today by the province’s minister for democratic institutions would make it an offence to knowingly spread false information to influence or disturb an election or compromise the public’s [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The New Democrats and Conservatives pitched fresh ideas on the federal election trail Thursday to make Canada and its workers more resilient in the face of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh proposed tax-free savings bonds, while Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would remove the federal sales [...] Read More »