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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A local Blackfoot artist is keeping the stories he has learned from his elders and using them to inspire his art. Kiit’okii, a multimedia painter from Piikani Nation, says he has fond memories of gathering around the camps and listening to the stories of his ancestors. “When ... Read More »

Southern Alberta Newspapers Castle Mountain Resort is opening for its landmark 60th season today. Skiers and snowboarders attending on opening day will have access to Green Chair and Buckaroo Carpet, and snowmaking efforts are well underway to open Huckleberry Chair as soon as possible. This season, Castle Mountain will be opening its first ever high-speed ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The budget is officially in for Lethbridge County. Tory Campbell, the reeve for Lethbridge County says the time around budget deliberations is always difficult. “I think every time we go through the budget cycle, it’s just an opportunity to try and strike a balance. We see increasing ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes were pummelled by the Saskatoon Blade 8-3 on Friday night at SaskTel Centre. Lethbridge opened the scoring in the contest when Andrew Petruk scored his first goal as Hurricane 2:36 into the game from Nathan Maloney. The Blades Cooper Williams tied the game 10:57 into the first ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks men’s volleyball team completed the first semester with a 7-2 record and their coach  liked the growth he saw from the group. “I think there’s a lot of growth,” said Greg Gibos, Kodiak men’s volleyball head coach. The Kodiaks dealt with many injuries towards the end ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Sky Conference’s  high school football league officially wrapped up  the season with their football awards night  on Wednesday night at LCI. The last award handed out was to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and that went to  Raymond Comets running back/linebacker Seth Harding. “It feels great,” said Harding. ... Read More »

Roslyn Kunin Troy Media Most forecasts fail for one simple reason: they assume people won’t change their behaviour when circumstances change. That mistake keeps producing dramatic but misleading predictions. One example appeared recently in a news story warning that food costs for the average family will rise by $1,000 in the coming year. Prices for ... Read More »

Rashid Husain Syed Troy Media The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has opened a political hornet’s nest, exposing deep divisions within the Liberal Party and forcing a national debate that has been avoided for years. Carney was under mounting pressure to respond to U.S. tariffs that ... Read More »

Christopher J. Nicol For the Herald Before May, 2015, many public sector collective bargaining units in Alberta included language in their agreements precluding strike and lockout. In 2015, however, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled on an appeal by the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) against the Government of Saskatchewan. It was held by ... Read More »

Editor, Danielle Smith is a populist; that isn’t news. Trump, Poilievre and even to an extent,Doug Ford, practice populism, but none practices populism as vigorously as Danielle Smith.  Smith’s ferocity towards populism would make most dedicated, high libido 19-year-olds blush. It’s just unfortunate that Smith’s only influence comes from backseat bobbleheads, Rob Anderson or Jeff ... Read More »

Editor, A couple of Provincial Cabinet Ministers, the Minister of Education Demetrios Nicoliades and Infrastructure Minister Martin Long, broke cover this last week or so, and admitted that their government nullified the Charter of Rights because they “could not risk allowing the labour dispute to go to arbitration and put the province at risk of ... Read More »

Editor, Did Ryan Tanner (Nov. 26) ever attempt to contact Nathan Neudorf’s constituency office, or visit in person, before filing a recall petition? I myself made a point of visiting to ask. I was told Ryan Tanner’s name is not recognized.  As far as they know, he had not been in touch, and did not ... Read More »