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SACPA learns about psychiatric MAID debate
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald At noon Thursday, another large and highly engaged crowd gathered for the weekly Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) meeting to confront a question that has divided courts, legislatures, and kitchen tables: should Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) be available to people whose only underlying condition is mental illness? ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Teachers told ‘You are enough ’ during SWATCA keynote speech
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald It looked like convocation — but instead of graduates in caps and gowns hundreds of Alberta teachers filled the bleachers and floor seats inside the Triple Gymnasium & Indoor Track at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) Thursday, clutching coffee cups and conference programs as they gathered for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith to put immigration, Constitution questions on fall referendum
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
By Zoe Mason Southern Alberta Newspapers zmason@medicinehatnews.com Premier Danielle Smith announced a packed referendum slate coming Oct. 19 during her televised address to the province Thursday evening. The referendum questions will cover a number of topics, including non-constitutional questions that ask whether Albertans support numerous proposals limiting immigration and the availability of social services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Humboldt Bronco to headline Polytechnic’s speaker series
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic and local businessman, Bruce McKillop will welcome Ryan Straschnitzki, former Humboldt Bronco and Paralympic wheelchair basketball hopeful to headline the 2026 speaker series. Since being paralyzed from the chest down in 2018 in the tragic Humboldt bus crash, Straschnitzki has become a powerful advocate for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More answers needed from renewable natural gas facility
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
Editor, After reading the Lethbridge Herald article on the joint venture between Taurus Canada Renewable Natural Gas Corporation and KCL Cattle Companies, I have a few questions that I think need to be answered: 1 – What was being done with the 130,000 tonnes of manure generated by cows on the four feed lots involved? ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge people must unite over coal mining impacts
By Lethbridge Herald on February 20th, 2026
It’s overwhelming. Politicians on the far right have many names for it, “flooding the zone” or “manufactured crisis” but it is really about creating so much chaos that media and especially the electorate can’t keep up. Sound familiar? Countless subjects requiring our undivided attention. Alberta’s healthcare system devolving into a private/public quagmire, separation talk, Trump’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alyssa Milano, Selma Blair, Ashton Kutcher and more remember Eric Dane, dead at 53
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2026
Friends and co-stars across Hollywood are mourning Eric Dane, the actor known for his iconic role as Dr. Mark Sloan — aka McSteamy — on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Dane, who announced his ALS diagnosis less than a year ago, died Thursday at 53. Ashton Kutcher “The Franklin strip fanatics fantasy football league will miss Mr. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friday, February 20, 2026
By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on February 20th, 2026
SMALL, Mary
VAN HIERDEN, Brittany
SPEAR CHIEF, Mariah
LIVINGSTONE, Bruce
HASTINGS, Michael
In the news today: Olympics, India trade deal with Canada, Tumbler Ridge, NDP debate
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada’s men’s hockey team is vying for a spot in the gold-medal game at the Milan Cortina Olympics A spot in the gold-medal game will be on the line today when Canada’s men’s hockey team takes on Finland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK Athletics pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter after Paralympian death in 2017
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — UK Athletics pleaded guilty on Friday to the corporate manslaughter of a Paralympian who died during training. Abdullah Hayayei was fatally injured when he was hit on the head by a metal pole at Newham Leisure Centre in east London on July 11, 2017. UK Athletics Ltd, the national governing body for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police search Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home a day after his arrest
By Canadian Press on February 20th, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Police continued on Friday to search the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested and held in custody for the best part of 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Following one of the ... Read More »
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