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Dave Mabell LETHBRIDGE HERALD dmabell@lethbridgeherald.com They’re not yet in university. But today, students from Strathmore are bringing a unique learning experience and celebration to Lethbridge. Teens studying Blackfoot or dance, along with “Glee” members at Strathmore High, will re-create their acclaimed “New Blood” presentation at University Theatre. Directed... Read More »

Dave Mabell LETHBRIDGE HERALD dmabell@lethbridgeherald.com Radio fans of a certain vintage may remember the erudite quiz “Twenty Questions.” The query “Animal, vegetable or mineral?” often launched the challengers’ quest for the mystery event or object. For today’s city council meeting, Mayor Chris Spearman has gone still higher. He’s... Read More »

Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald – Kalispell, Mont. nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com The ice wasn’t the best. But for the 400-plus competitors on 61 teams, playing four-on-four hockey across seven outdoor rinks led to one memorable weekend. The second annual Montana Pond Hockey Classic – the largest outdoor hockey tournament in the... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE Attention potential new members of the Lethbridge Steel, the women’s football club is ready to teach you a little bit of everything about the game on the gridiron. As the Steel gear up for the Western Women’s Canadian Football League season with some indoor practices, they do so tackling every facet of the game. ... Read More »

Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The coaches and players of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team from 2007-2009 will no doubt look back fondly on their three consecutive CIS Championship titles in that span. But then-Pronghorns coach Neil Langevin said the hard work the team put... Read More »

Lethbridge The Lethbridge Val Matteotti Bantam AAA Golden Hawks Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League season came to an end last week. The Golden Hawks were swept 2-0 in the second round of league playoffs by the Rocky Mountain Raiders Raiders, losing 4-1 Thursday in Okotoks and 4-1 Friday... Read More »

The first round of the battle for the euro is over, and Germany has won. The whole European Union won, really, but the Germans set the strategy. Technically, everybody just kicked the can down the road four months by extending the existing bail-out arrangements for Greece, but what was really revealed in the past week ... Read More »

It was undoubtedly unsettling for Albertans to hear that a landmark like the West Edmonton Mall was listed as a target by the militant Muslim Somali group al-Shabaab. We’re more likely to set foot there than the hallowed democratic grounds of parliament that was attacked this Fall. While unsettling, the threat should be taken with ... Read More »

Reading Bridget Pastoor’s Herald column earlier this month about her impending retirement brought back a lot of memories for me. I will very much miss working with her, and not just as a fellow member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. Bridget and I have been friends for many years, and we really got to know ... Read More »

This note is not discussing any of the major questions facing the world. I’m just interested in a picture I saw in the paper last week. There was a photo in the Feb. 20 paper of a magpie and the head of a weasel, photographed in Indian Battle Park. In the details beneath the picture ... Read More »

I was amused by the letter from Tom Harris, “No easy way to calculate average temperature” (Feb. 19). According to Mr. Harris, “It is no more meaningful to calculate an average temperature for a whole planet than it is to calculate the average telephone numbers in a phone book. Temperature, like viscosity and density, and ... Read More »

In recent years, Alberta MLA pay has increased from $78,138 to $134,000, a 72 per cent increase. Granted, the MLAs agreed to take an eight per cent cut in 2013, but then later voted themselves an extra $11,000 in RRSP contributions equivalent to an eight per cent pay increase (http://bit.ly/173S3RH). Last July, the PCs also ... Read More »