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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Monday marked National Day of Mourning to remember those who have lost their lives, become injured or fallen ill due to work-related incidents.  National Day of Mourning was officially recognized by the Canadian government in 1991, eight years after the day of remembrance was launched by the Canadian Labour Congress. Since ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Ground was turned on Saturday morning for the Lethbridge Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The historic ceremony marked the beginnings of Alberta’s third temple, the others being in Calgary and Cardston. The latter, finished more than a century ago in 1923, was the first in the ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Despite his loss, Liberal Party candidate and former Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman, says he has no regrets and is grateful for all the support from his team, and everyone who voted for him.  With more than 19,000 votes tallied as of press time, Spearman’s total more than doubled that of Liberal ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A biracial queer woman is making waves in the podcast realm as she released the third season of the podcast and has officially announced Season 4 is in the works. Kels Valenzuela Delamarter began her podcast journey as a boredom buster during the University of Lethbridge instructors strike ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes come into tonight’s Game 3 at home down 2-0 in their  Eastern Conference final against the Medicine Hat Tigers and feel with some adjustments are confident  they can find their way back in this series . “I think just playing faster,” said Canes forward Brayden Edwards. “We’ve ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The second-place Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity team are coming off a weekend  at home where they split  four games with the Canadian College Baseball Conference’s best team in the University of Fraser Valley Cascades. PBA opened the weekend with a 15-2 win on Friday, followed by  a 12-1 defeat ... Read More »

Tad Mitsui For The Herald Can drug addiction be cured? I know it’s difficult. The following are the stories of three drug addicts I knew personally. They were good people.  I hope their stories can help you think more deeply and sympathetically about drug addiction. The first person is my grandfather. He was a veterinarian.  The next man was my ... Read More »

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA On March 27, I was pleased to deliver my maiden speech, the first major speech made by a newly elected MLA. Even though I had asked some questions and made a Members’ Statement on coal already, this first major speech allowed me to reflect on the people who helped along ... Read More »

Dr. Mark Joffee For The Herald With the federal election, tax deadlines, NHL playoffs and the arrival of spring, people have lots on their minds.  Unfortunately, measles should be, too.  Measles is a highly infectious and very serious disease.  It is entirely preventable.   Alberta’s current outbreak of easles, impacting mostly children, should concern us ... Read More »

Editor, In Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf’s April 15 Herald column, he tries to blame a decade-old NDP government for the rising transmission costs on your power bill. If this sounds absurd, let me assure you: it is. Mr. Neudorf claims that the need for new transmission lines was caused by the NDP’s “coal phase-out and ... Read More »

Editor, To have a complaint is to have a purpose. Many individuals in our society crave for meaning and purpose in an otherwise boring and meaningless existence. Our society is saturated with secular humanist rhetoric centred on the establishment of a group movement such as an environmental movement advocating for a Utopian future which ignores ... Read More »

Editor, O Canada, what have we done to thee? At the all-candidates last evening, it dawned on me that something was missing; the evening began with the obligatory aboriginal land acknowledgement then proceeded directly into the meeting.  We are not simply wandering strangers meeting on someone else’s land; we are Canadians – meeting in Canada ... Read More »