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Southern Alberta Newspapers As influenza season comes into full swing over the holidays, Albertans are encouraged to keep themselves safe and get immunized.The latest data available from the province’s respiratory virus dashboard is updated to include information as recent as Dec. 6.  In the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, there were 1,527 confirmed ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers Association is taking the next steps to protect teachers’ rights.  ATA president Jason Schilling said during a press conference Friday morning they are taking another step to stand up for teachers and the students and families they serve. “Today we’re filing a Labour Board Relations complaint for unfair ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There’s a second “mystery man” in the Nathan Neudorf recall campaign to join absentee organizer Ryan Tanner, according  to two city women who came forward with their story this week. Lucretia Apperloo and Barb Phillips both sent emails to recallneudorf@gmail.com after Elections Alberta announced that a notice of Recall ... 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 »

Lorne Fitch For the Herald When Albertans have said: • we don’t want to lose the Canadian Pension Plan • don’t want a provincial police force • don’t want to harm gender diverse kids • don’t want to see books banned • don’t want to separate from Canada • don’t want private health care • ... Read More »

Nathan Neudorf Lethbridge East MLA Dear friends and neighbours, As Christmas approaches, it’s a time to reflect on the year behind us and look forward to the opportunities ahead. This season is a great reminder of the strength and resilience of our Lethbridge community and the importance of coming together in generosity and kindness. Lethbridge ... 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 »

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 »