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Melissa Villeneuve For the Herald The program governing temporary foreign workers is not effective for Albertans, according to Senator Doug Black, who was the keynote speaker at a Rotary Club lunch at the Lethbridge Lodge Hotel Monday. Senator Black is touring Lethbridge and southern Alberta to reconnect with... Read More »

A typical summer’s night will see families or individuals strolling the paths and walkways of any city park – no doubt swatting away pesky mosquitos! Occasionally they’ll stop and greet an acquaintance or sit on the grass to take in a band concert. In the early days of... Read More »

By Karlene Skretting Southern Alberta Newspapers Group Government officials gathered at the Diamond Willow Terrace Lodge in the community of Magrath Monday morning to announce the facility will be receiving a $7.5-million grant. The lodge currently has 39 >units that will be renovated into 20 >larger... Read More »

’s approaching three decades with the local American Legion baseball programs, so Scott Oikawa has seen everything you could think of when it comes to baseball for kids aged 14-20. Including the development of year-round sports. The A-ball Y’s Men Miners and AA KB Heating Elks are still... Read More »

Dylan PurcellLETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comThe Lethbridge KB Heating Elks have a shot at a Montana American Legion State AA baseball championship this week, thanks to their role as host. They’ll open the tournament tonight at Spitz Stadium at 7 p.m. against the Great Falls Chargers. The event starts today... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDAfter conquering Canada, members of the Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club headed south and whipped their way through a field of U.S. competitors.Nine Judoka from the club attended the U.S. judo championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It was the 26th annual edition of the U.S. championship with more than... Read More »

Canadians in Korea fought for freedom just as those in the two world wars did Tribute was paid Sunday to Lethbridge’s Korean War veterans during the Korean War Veterans Day ceremony at the Lethbridge Cenotaph near city hall. The date coincided with the date the three-year war ended in 1953 with the signing of an ... Read More »

Heather Forsyth Wildrose Health Critic MLA Calgary-Fish Creek The Public Interest Commissioner revealed this past week that a senior Alberta Health Services (AHS) executive failed to disclose a direct conflict of interest in a $75,000 sole-source consulting contract. In particular, this executive was the former partner and shareholder with the corporation that received this contract. ... Read More »

Not everyone graduates with a university degree. Even fewer have the opportunity for a good-paying job out of high school, or to slide into a role with a highly profitable family business. Some young people, for whatever reason, struggle to nail down a rewarding career and a job that pays them well enough to cope ... Read More »

The recent “Toast to caregivers” to be found in The Herald is to be commended for its brevity and clarity. However, much more needs to be said on the subject of health care’s “Best Kept Secret,” the caregivers. Their work passes unheralded – no brass band or public accolades for them – only the quiet ... Read More »

MP Hillyer’s taxpayer-funded agenda crowded my mailbox yet again this past Wednesday. After phoning the MP’s Lethbridge office in a second attempt to divert such unsolicited propaganda (and maybe save taxpayer dollars as well), I was informed that, in fact, it is not possible to, um, not receive these mailings as they are sent out ... Read More »

The question to bear in mind, when reading this whole sorry tale, is this. If Americans are, on average, no stupider than Germans, then why are their intelligence services so stupid? After the most recent revelations about American spying in Germany, there was considerable speculation among members of the Bundestag (parliament) that Germany might “get ... Read More »