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The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County are asking the community to conserve water usage. The quick melt is causing high turbidity in the river, making the water extremely difficult to treat at the Water Treatment Plant, according to press releases from both municipalities. Conservation will help maintain storage levels until the plant can make ... Read More »

Garrett Simmons lethbridge Herald gsimmons@lethbridgeherald.com A federal court judge has quashed a Blood Tribe band council decision to sever ties with a local farmer. Last week in Calgary, Judge James Russell put the ball back in council’s court to review its December, 2013 decision to not renew permits... Read More »

Caroline Zentner lethbridge herald czentner@lethbridgeherald.com Research shows that adverse events early in life can be associated with negative health consequences later on in life. While those early experiences can’t be undone, research also shows the human brain remains plastic through the lifespan so people can optimize their brain... 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 »

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 »

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 »