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The Middle East has long been a riddle for even the most enlightened academics.Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, a man with intimate knowledge of the area will make a presentation on the rising challenges from the Middle East.Dr. Gershon Baskin was the initiator and the person responsible for the secret back ... Read More »

Lethbridge’s water treatment plant is back to full production.The city made that statement earlier this afternoon, and added it was as of 2:30 p.m. when the plant when the plant was back to normal.According to the city, river turbidity has leveled off and the city’s ability to deal with it in the treatment processes has ... Read More »

The race to represent the Lethbridge constituency as the next Conservative Party of Canada candidate just got a little more crowded.Yesterday morning at The Galt Museum, Alex Hann threw his hat in the ring as another challenger to the incumbent Member of Parliament, Jim Hillyer. Hann also joins Paul Arthur and Doug McArthur as candidates, ... Read More »

Dylan PurcellLETHBIRDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comIt was a foot fault, in shot-put vernacular, a simple “one toe over the line” in that particular track and field event. It gets the throw disqualified and is not a good thing for a shot putter to do.CBC television host, national conscience, and consummate... Read More »

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s basketball team just shopped locally. And Pronghorns head coach Mike Hansen likes the way he’s stocked the proverbial shelf in time for the team’s 2014-15 Canada West season. The Pronghorns announced that Lethbridge Collegiate Institute’s Zac Overwater... Read More »

Dale WoodardLethbridge Heraldsports@lethbridgeherald.comThe Lethbridge Steel are looking for a few good women.As the women’s football team gets ready for its Western Women’s Canadian Football League season, the squad does so looking for a few recruits.“We did our first orientation night last Monday and we’ve had... Read More »

Passport checks often not done, Interpol says as officials investigate missing jetliner Proper procedures generally exist for a good reason. In some cases, those procedures are in place for reasons of safety. But such guidelines don’t do any good if they’re not followed, and when safety guidelines aren’t followed, bad things can happen. That’s not ... Read More »

An Indian election is a marathon, not a sprint. The voting will start in a month’s time, on April 7, but the voting will move around the country on nine phases, ending on May 12. Then the votes will all be counted – there are 814 million eligible voters – and the result will be ... Read More »

Lethbridge derives big dividends from having college, university There is no doubt Lethbridge benefits greatly from having both a university and a college in the city. The educational institutions offer students, from both southern Alberta and abroad, the opportunity to study in a wide variety of areas to prepare to fill the jobs of tomorrow. ... Read More »

I just received the latest Maude Barlow book “Blue Future: Protecting water for people and the planet forever,” from the Council of Canadians. Maude is Canada’s foremost fighter for the protection of the environment and worked with the United Nations on the latest protocol for the rights of all people to have pure, clear water. ... Read More »

Thursday’s report on water impacts on the local economy called to mind an analysis in which a farmer can select what and when to dryland plant if he has a unit volume cost of water and his location. By using the technology of “Multiple Regression Analysis,” he can produce a net return and risk probability ... Read More »

I am writing in response to the letter by Joe Veres and his thinking that taxpayers got their monies worth by Queen Redford and her trip to South Africa. To start with, she met Nelson Mandela a few years ago before she was premier – fine. If she wants to attend his funeral – fine, ... Read More »