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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 »

Toyin Obatusin – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A house on Eagle Road on the northside of Lethbridge has been shut down by the Alberta Sheriffs for 90 days due to complaints of drug trafficking that prompted frequent visits from police. The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Unit of the Sheriffs obtained a court order against [...] 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 »

The annual Christmas at Casa market had a bit of something of the handmade variety for attendees over the weekend. There were 50 local artisans that had their wares on display and included anything from potters to weavers and clothing. “It’s all handmade gifts, all locally made and stuff that you’re not going to find [...] 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 »

VANCOUVER – The union representing port supervisors in British Columbia is formally challenging the legal and constitutional authority of the federal labour minister to order them back to work. In a legal document dated Tuesday, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it’s questioning whether the order issued by Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon last [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Gusts of more than 90 km/h are hitting parts of the British Columbia coast as a “bomb cyclone” develops off Vancouver Island, bringing the potential for destructive hurricane-force winds. Environment Canada has issued more than 50 warnings, advisories and alerts related to the storm, covering most of Vancouver Island and other coastal areas [...] Read More »

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – A U.S. border patrol intelligence agent recalled Tuesday feeling horrified when he realized a group of migrants from India, including a young child, were out in a freezing blizzard on a stretch of open prairie at the border between Manitoba and Minnesota. “My heart sank … because there’s more people out [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Air traffic control audio shows a Boeing 767 cargo jet reported a “flight control problem” involving a mechanism on its wings used to slow the aircraft just before it skidded off a runway at Vancouver’s airport at high speed. Conversations between the pilots on the Amazon Prime Air jet and air traffic control [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – A Métis member of Parliament is calling on the employment minister to resign over what he calls harmful false claims to Indigenous ancestry. Randy Boissonnault, who had said his great-grandmother was a “full-blooded Cree woman,” has also been described as Indigenous multiple times in communications from the Liberal party. He has walked back [...] Read More »