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LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce wants to see an environment created where businesses and their employees can thrive. For businesses to survive and thrive, regulations need to be streamlined and roadblocks removed, the audience at Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf’s fireside chat heard on Tuesday from Chamber president Cyndi Crane. Crane also addressed ... Read More »

A Lethbridge man was honoured for his work in advancing the provinces agriculture and food industry. Blair Roth is one of three inductees to the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, on Wednesday. The Agriculture Hall of Fame is the Department of Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation’s oldest and most prestigious ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The potential impact of American tariffs, the state of Alberta’s electricity system and other topics were discussed on Tuesday by MLA for Lethbridge East and Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf in a fireside chat hosted by the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce. The event at the Sandman Inn on Mayor Magrath Drive ... Read More »

USPORTS COMMUNICATIONS For Makena Wood, a student-athlete at the University of Lethbridge, life is a seamless blend of passion for swimming and neuroscience. The 21-year-old swimmer has carved a unique path, excelling not only in her sport but also as a dedicated academic, volunteer, and mentor. “I’m super passionate about both athletics and academics,” said ... Read More »

Lethbridge Herald The Val Matteotti Golden Hawks U15AAA hockey team split their road games over the weekend. The Hawks began their weekend by being blanked 8-0 by Red Deer on Saturday before rebounding with a 3-2 overtime win over the Airdrie Xtreme on Sunday. Briggs Fabro scored 3:10 into overtime to propel the Hawks to ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes forward Brayden Yager is enjoying a decorative junior hockey career, which has lead him being drafted to the NHL and earning some awards along the way. Yager’s accolades include winning  the Western Hockey League’s Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year two years in a row while with the ... Read More »

Pat Murphy – TROY MEDIA –  Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist with a flair for writing provocative books that reach a large audience. The Righteous Mind (2012) is probably the most prominent example, but The Coddling of the American Mind (co-written in 2018 with Greg Lukianoff) isn’t far behind. Haidt is now back with ... Read More »

DAN O’DONNELL – Guest Opinion – I had a breakthrough in my French the other day. I suddenly understood how the verbs worked. That might seem like an odd thing to say. Especially for somebody like me, who has known French for decades. Understanding how the verbs work in a language is something you’d think ... Read More »

Lisa Sygutek – ALBERTA WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCATION Last week, Brodie Fenlon, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, announced that his organization plans to hire up to 30 local journalists in “underserved communities” with the $7 million in new funding it will receive from Google due to the Online News Act. With newsrooms stretched and strained ... Read More »

Dear Editor: Re: Speak up and say no to coal mining on the eastern Slopes – Maria Fitzpatrick Lethbridge Herald January 25, 2025 I’ve read a lot of egregious political bilge in my years and not one bests Maria Fitzpatricks hit piece on the Grassy Mountain coal project 355 kms upstream of Lethbridge. This ridiculous ... Read More »

Editor, In the private sector, directors would be quite remiss if they did not press the CEO for polished contingency plans on the largest risks facing the organization. Competent CEOs do not complain about the myriad of problems which they face, they do not blame others for poor performance, the directors are only interested in ... Read More »

Dear Editor: What are you going to drink when Grassy Mountain coal mine goes into production, and the Oldman River is contaminated with selenium from the coal mining process? What will your home be worth when there is no,  non-contaminated water to drink in our city and all along the downstream of the Oldman Watershed?  ... Read More »