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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 »

Editor: As a very young boy, I heard a conversation my brothers were having, making fun of the local town Mayor who was running federally as a Liberal. Small town Manitoba meant you were likely Conservative, so it was great sport to ridicule the other. After the conversion escalated, my father spoke up, and said, [...] Read More »

Every year on Nov. 16 Metis people across the nation celebrate Louis Riel day to honour the Metis leader who was executed on the same date back in 1885. In Alberta, Metis people have declared the week of Nov. 10-16 as “Metis Week” to celebrate the heritage, history and contributions of Metis people to both [...] Read More »

A member of Lethbridge Police Service Victim and Witness Services Unit (VWSU) received a Blackfoot name last week. Cat Pooley, program manager of VWSU, received the name Anut’sipis’taakii which translates to Pretty Owl Woman from Elder Warren Drunken Chief, member of the Siksika Horn Society. Pooley says it was an incredible honour to receive a [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Students from 33 different schools in southwestern Alberta converged upon the newly reopened Max Bell Aquatic Centre at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday for Sail & Bail 2024, Career Transitions’ annual cardboard boat race. Competing in two divisions, the 200 students were tasked with constructing in 90 minutes competing cardboard boats that [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com As part of the Christmas Hope Campaign, MyCityCare Shop of Wonders officially open its doors Thursday afternoon to those in need to be able to stop by to “shop” for their children. Tanya Lister, volunteer program coordinator for MyCityCare, talked to media about their campaign kickoff Thursday and said they are ready to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – The federal government is overestimating the impact its cuts to immigration will have on the country’s housing shortage, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a new report. In the analysis published Friday, the PBO said its projections still indicate the country’s housing gap should fall by 45 per cent, assuming [...] Read More »

FREDERICTON – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the appointment of a former journalist and women’s rights advocate as the next lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick. Louise Imbeault was a reporter for Radio-Canada Acadie, where Trudeau says she “promoted” Acadian culture across the world. Her work earned her numerous honours, including being named to the Order [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Canada’s Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims about his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny. The Liberal member of Parliament said at an unrelated announcement in Edmonton on Friday that he’s sorry he wasn’t as clear as he could have been “with everything that I know now.” “I apologize that I [...] Read More »

LIMA, Peru – Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration change in America. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters in Lima, Peru, that much can be accomplished to get the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – The federal government has referred three more cases of fraudulent overbilling in its procurement system to the RCMP. In July, a former federal consultant was charged with fraud for overbilling the government by $250,000. Previously in March, Ottawa asked the RCMP to investigate at least $5 million in suspected fraud by IT sub-contractors [...] Read More »