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By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald High school students in southern Alberta have the opportunity to experiment when making the biggest decision of their life-what they want to do with the rest of their life, thanks to the brand new Southern Alberta Collegiate Institute (SACI), which held a grand opening on Friday. This ... Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Super Bowl Sunday has a way of sneaking extra responsibilities onto the calendar. There’s food to prep, screens to arrange, guests to wrangle, and a kitchen that somehow needs cleaning just as the fourth quarter gets interesting. Or, you can let someone else handle it. Across Lethbridge, community pubs and ... Read More »

By Alejandra-Pulido Guzman Lethbridge Herald The case of Audrey Small Legs, who is charged with arson in relation to a fire that burned through a southside coulee and areas of the Mountain View Cemetery, appeared in court Friday.  A representative of Robin McIntyre, lawyer of Small Legs, appeared in court Friday to apply for McIntyre ... Read More »

By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Super Bowl Sunday has a way of sneaking extra responsibilities onto the calendar. There’s food to prep, screens to arrange, guests to wrangle, and a kitchen that somehow needs cleaning just as the fourth quarter gets interesting. Or, you can let someone else handle it. Across Lethbridge, community pubs and ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Coming off a bye week, the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak volleyball teams are hoping to defend home court. Lethbridge will play host to the Olds College Broncos tonight and Saturday afternoon at the Val Matteotti Gymnasium. The Kodiaks had an idle weekend after traveling to Caronport, Sask. for a set with the ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s incredible the difference a year can make in junior hockey. At this time last year, Oli Chenier and Hudson Kibblewhite were on the opposite end of one of the fiercest rivalries in all of junior hockey, now the two are teammates with the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kibblewhite was acquired from the ... Read More »

From The Hill- MP Racheal Thomas   Half an hour.  That’s how long it took for Skye Atoa, a high-risk sex offender, to violate his release conditions after walking out of custody in Lethbridge. On January 13, Atoa was released on bail after being charged for human trafficking of minors and other sex-related offences. He ... Read More »

Next week marks four years since the University of Lethbridge began its Seinfeld job action. Seinfeld, as in the long-running television show that was famously about nothing. The job action was long-running as well: six weeks — among the longest work stoppages in Canadian post-secondary education. It was also extremely damaging. The U of L’s Canadian ... Read More »

Ken Moore For the Herald The current UCP government is not one which could be headed by Peter Lougheed. Their policies are anything but progressive. To understand the depth of the current identity crisis in Alberta politics, one must look back at the “Progressive” half of the Progressive Conservative dynasty that Lougheed built. For Lougheed, ... Read More »

Editor, The University of Lethbridge had a controversial figure show up unannounced and uninvited on Wednesday with the express intent of causing a scene to post to her followers on social media. She spouted hateful, racist rhetoric under the guise of free speech. Students gathered in protest, utilizing their own free speech to drown out ... Read More »

Editor, Dear Alberta and America,  Another sleepless night, one more lonely adventure in contemplation. Searching for clarity through deep fog and challenging times. A couple of weeks ago Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at Davos’ World Economic Forum. The speech has been heralded around the world as a chapter break in humanities anthology. ... Read More »

Editor: Separatists in Alberta want to form their own country. They argue for benefits like no federal taxation, control over energy resources and keeping billions in tax revenue within the province. We would become a nation of 4.5 million people, the same population as Moldova ( Alberta has 20 times larger land mass) Croatia ( ... Read More »