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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald CANstruction Lethbridge has returned for their 12th year to help restock the shelves of local food banks with much needed canned food, while displaying the creativity, engineering, and community spirit showcased in the structures on display at the Centre Village Mall.  CANstruction organizing board chair Darryl Schalk said the event ... Read More »

By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald A young Indigenous woman, who was murdered in September of 2024, was described by her father as a firecracker who also very empathetic with a big heart. Charmayne Briggs Scout says she remembers the day she found out her sister Ginnean Briggs Scout was killed as if ... Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A new 20,000 square foot facility has opened just outside of Lethbridge City limits, east of the Churchill Industrial Park, where delivery service partner ,RHAY Logistics, will help Amazon customers receive their packages faster.  The facility represents a newer business model for Amazon in Canada, operated in partnership with independent ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s the most wonderful time of year for collegiate basketball. While the NCAA’s March Madness tournament doesn’t start until the end of the month, the ACAC versions will be in full swing this weekend. Both Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak basketball teams qualified for the ACAC basketball championships, which begin tonight. The men ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald With only eight games remaining in the regular season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are hoping for some success down the stretch. Lethbridge (17-40-2-1)  will hit the road this weekend for a two-game trip through southern Saskatchewan this weekend with games against the Regina Pats (23-29-6-1) and Moose Jaw Warriors (21-33-5-2) The Hurricanes ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald While a trip to CCAA nationals is not in the cards for the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak men’s volleyball team, it was still a very successful weekend at the ACAC championships in Red Deer over the weekend. Lethbridge finished with a bronze medal. The Kodiaks defeated the NAIT Ooks in their quarterfinal ... Read More »

Morning Joe- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Every March we participate in an unwanted archaic ritual. Clocks leap forward, sleep schedules implode and coffee sales spike. “Spring Forward” arrives like a bureaucratic prank…leaving parents negotiating with overtired children, shift workers recalculating paycheques and the rest of us wondering why we’re still pretending this charade makes sense. ... Read More »

Ken Moore  For the Herald   In the fall of 2022, Albertans were treated to a glossy, multi-million-dollar ad campaign. “Alberta is Calling,” the posters screamed in the subways of Toronto and the SkyTrains of Vancouver, promising a land of plenty, affordable housing, and a world-class “Alberta Advantage.” People listened. They packed their bags and ... Read More »

MORNING JOE- Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald   Ever since Gutenberg unleashed mass-produced books on the world in the mid-1400s, someone, somewhere has been convinced it’s their duty to save the rest of us from them. Not from fires. Not from floods. From books. Freedom to Read Week has concluded for another year, but the debates ... Read More »

Editor,  Mr. Ken Moore comments regarding the current Government in the March 4th edition of the Herald were spot on, and I totally agreed with his column until I got to the end of his column when he stated that Albertans are smarter than this. To that I would say “are they really?”. Lets just ... Read More »

Editor, Dear Premier,   This is an open letter requesting clock sanity!  British Columbia is adopting a permanent and constant clock time.  Saskatchewan has long been on a single permanent time.  In 2021, Albertans were given the chance to vote on two options, when we should have had a third choice.  The result was a ... Read More »

Editor, As wildfires, protracted drought, and water shortages threaten lives throughout the headwaters of the Oldman Watershed, politicians hide behind water coolers. They emerge to prescribe the clearcutting of forests surrounding selected communities. Then, with a slippery smile, they announce a cunning, attention-diverting plan. The cryptic fix: the envisioned creation of four-season resorts within Alberta’s ... Read More »