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Drifting snow is hampering efforts to clear Priority 1 and Priority 2 Routes in Lethbridge, according to city officials.Snow plowing/sanding continues on priority routes, as crews will be windrowing to the centre of the streets on all Priority 2 and Priority 3 routes. Residents are asked, if possible, to remove parked cars from all priority ... Read More »

PICTURE BUTTE A man and a teen boy may face firearms charges in connection with a stolen gun investigation. On Friday, Picture Butte RCMP began investigating a reported break and enter at a “rural location,” where five rifles were reported stolen, according to police. As part of... Read More »

Katie May LETHBRIDGE HERALD kmay@lethbridgeherald.com Police on the streets through the month of December are stopping drivers to check and make sure they remember: from holiday parties to shops or where ever you go, drinking and driving is a big no-no. The Lethbridge Regional Police service’s annual... Read More »

There’s a literal change of seasons this week. The 50th Anniversary Alberta Schools Athletic Association Volleyball Championship is set for the Saville Centre on the University of Alberta’s South Campus Thursday-Saturday. Edmonton will be the site of a truly remarkable event. All eight ASAA size/gender categories will be decided... Read More »

Lethbridge The Seventh Annual Stephanie Gruca Memorial Indoor Soccer Tournament was in full swing at the Servus Sports Centre with 20 teams participating. In the U16/U18 division, the Lethbridge FC took home the gold medal thanks to a perfect 4-0 record in the single round-robin format. Lethbridge opened... Read More »

Lethbridge The Alberta Sport Development Centre Southwest, in partnership with the Vauxhall Academy of Baseball, is holding a Winning Edge seminar tonight. The seminar, which is taking place at 7 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge in room PE264, will feature guest speaker Toronto Blue Jays Minor League... Read More »

It has gone quiet in Bangkok, as the people who have been trying to overthrow the government tidy up the debris that litters the city after the last two weeks of demonstrations. It’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 86th birthday this week, and nobody wants to disrupt it with unseemly... Read More »

Blast of Canadian winter brings out the best in people Technically, it isn’t winter yet, but nevertheless, southern Alberta has endured a blast of good, old-fashioned Canadian winter this week. Between blizzard conditions earlier in the week and bitterly cold temperatures dipping down to the -30 C levels... Read More »

“We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies (mainly) to women and its name is prostitution.” – Victor Hugo, Les MisŽrables Many people are surprised to know that right now in Canada prostitution is legal... Read More »

I sincerely hope the City of Lethbridge has a good insurance policy covering the liability of the city’s continued negligence in adequately removing snow, and also in a timely basis, of many city streets that are in residential neighbourhoods because they are excluded from the city’s snow removal policy. This is causing or has caused ... Read More »

Four of our young wounded soldiers ended their tortured lives last week. Unavailability of proper treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and denial of life long financial security were the triggers. Unconscientiously, the Harper Government has cut back funding for disabled veterans who were informed with utter insensitivity that “the country does not owe ... Read More »

Our families in Tacloban City, Philippines, like millions in the Visayas region, were ravaged by super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda on Nov. 8. The unimaginable havoc, loss of lives and properties that flattened Tacloban in Eastern Visayas vividly reported by all forms of media outlet created a global spur of... Read More »