Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to accept the recommendation by its Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee to accept administration’s water conservation plan and strategy. The vote came after the original recommendation was slightly amended on Tuesday. The strategy was addressed on April 11 with the SPC which
Read More »People could sip on a cup of freshly brewed java and surf through boxes of old vinyl’s in hopes of adding to their collection during the inaugural CKXU Java and Jams Record Sale and fundraiser at Cuppers Coffee and Tea over the past weekend. Proceeds from the vinyl sales from the old Love and Records ... Read More »
6 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation has received a significant donation from the Hebrew Congregation of Lethbridge to be used for the purchase of some much-needed equipment. Garry Kohn, president of the Hebrew Congregation of Lethbridge, told the Herald the funds were the result of having to sell their synagogue. This allowed them to ... Read More »
6 hours agoLETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge recently released its Power of Tourism infographic, where the organization highlights the state of the industry and how it has impacted Lethbridge within the past year. Erin Crane, executive director of Tourism Lethbridge, recently told the Herald they continue to improve upon the stats they collect to keep track of the ... Read More »
6 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity baseball team improved their record 8-4 on the season after taking three of four road games off the Victoria Collegiate Golden Tide over the weekend. “I thought we did OK especially with the long bus ride,” said Todd Hubka, PBA head coach. “We came ... Read More »
11 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald There is a new football opportunity for female high school players in the city. The Lethbridge Rams U19 female team began play earlier this month in the Southern Alberta Female Football League in their first season. The team came to fruition after head coach Justin Tillery, who is also defensive ... Read More »
11 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The LCI senior varsity girls rugby team is going into a new season with high expectations. “We felt like we didn’t quite get the results we were looking for at provincials last year and we didn’t have a huge turnover of players,” said head coach Sam Wright. “So we knew ... Read More »
4 days agoAl Beeber Managing Editor How important are volunteers to a community? In Lethbridge, more than half of residents do volunteer work and the average is 90 hours per year, contributing $135 million annually to the local economy. That information comes from Amanda Jensen, executive director of Volunteer Lethbridge who spoke to The Herald’s Alejandra Pulido-Guzman ... Read More »
5 days agoDAVID B. CARPENTER On December 7 of 2023, I fell on the city sidewalk, fractured my femur in a comminuted fashion, could not move and had three lovely neighbourhood ladies and my wife hoist me up and call an ambulance. I met an exceptionally attentive ER doc as well as really great nursing staff and ... Read More »
1 week agoAT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Exciting news is on the horizon for Southern Alberta as Budget 2024 unveils substantial investments aimed at propelling our region’s healthcare and infrastructure sectors to new heights. With a focus on the expansion of the University of Lethbridge (U of L) medical school and ... Read More »
2 weeks agoEditor: Al Beeber, in your column of April 12, you wrote, “If there is a god why didn’t that deity intervene when millions of Jews, along with homosexuals and others were being slaughtered by the Nazis?” Well, he did intervene. Early on in the conflict, he made sure that leaders at the highest levels in ... Read More »
4 hours agoEditor: Despite Premier Smith stating in a recent news briefing that the April 5th rotating blackouts were the result of not enough wind energy being online the reality is that the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) mismanaged this particular situation. As is predictable, the premier was dissing wind, building up fossil fuel generation and, in ... Read More »
1 week agoEditor: I wish to express my dissatisfaction with the snow policy adopted for 2024. Although I have completed the 311 snow survey, I believe the policy needs to be addressed more thoroughly at council. I do not believe that council will get the full story from the service providers of the negative effect on people ... Read More »
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