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Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com On the heels of the inaugural Men’s Toys and Tattoos show at the Enmax Centre a few weeks ago comes a thematically similar, but entirely unrelated, event described as the “ultimate woman’s weekend out.” Set to take place Saturday and Sunday, the ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALD It only took Lethbridge regional police a few days to find two guns that had been stolen during a residential break-in last January. They not only found the rifles Feb. 5 when they searched Benjamin Mitchell’s home, they also discovered a small amount of drugs and... Read More »

Caroline Zentner lethbridge herald czentner@lethbridgeherald.com People with dementia and their caregivers have a new online resource with the launch of the ASANT CafŽ Wednesday. “The ASANT Cafe is an online gathering place. It’s particularly relevant to people living in rural areas who can then go online and... Read More »

Dylan PurcellLETHBRIDGE HERALDsports@lethbridgeherald.comThere’s a new horse track coming to Alberta, and it’s got the fingerprints of Rocky Mountain Turf Club CEO Max Gibb all over it. Gibb runs the local track at Whoop-Up Downs, which starts its Spring Meet on May 10 and has been trying to build... Read More »

If you’re looking for information on the Southern Alberta High School Rugby League, co-ordinator John Seaman is a fountain of data. As I found out after hearing from the long-time Vulcan County Central teacher/coach there is already a plethora of notes to be disseminated. I’ll endeavour to make... Read More »

Dylan PurcellLethbridge Heraldsports@lethbridgeherald.comWatch the television. Read the story on Page B1 of today’s Lethbridge Herald. Listen to the testimonials from the Boston Marathon and be lifted up. Let the spirit that permeates these events seep in a bit. Steep in it, it’s OK.The resilience of the... Read More »

Decision needs to be made on contentious pipeline issue one way or the other In many ways, oil and gas is the lifeblood of Alberta’s economy. Our government coffers fill and empty based on the fluctuating prices these commodities demand, and the value of the Canadian dollar plays a large role in the profitability of ... Read More »

Larry Jacobs PRESIDENT, COLLEGE OF ALBERTA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS I appreciate the opportunity to comment on a topic in education that is being discussed in our province: curriculum redesign and specifically the Alberta math curriculum. We are fortunate in Alberta to have an education system which ranks among the top in the world. It is common ... Read More »

This year’s Boston Marathon was a showcase of resiliency A marathon is more than just an athletic competition. That was certainly the case Monday with the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. The one-year anniversary of the deadly bombing which killed three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and injured more than 260 others made this ... Read More »

In a true democracy, issues are resolved by majority rule. A few have stated in recent Herald letters that hydraulic fracturing drilling is a wonderful thing. Even AJ Goodman from Toronto is extolling the virtues of it for us. However, the majority of Lethbridge citizens and other organizations have spoken also (city, university, real estate, ... Read More »

I am writing regarding the second-last paragraph of Rev. Deverall’s letter, published in the Lethbridge Herald of April 15. I found his quote that God still has “a mob of sheep in a passel of pens” and we are “called to feed ‘em and muck out the mess” inspiring and thought-provoking indeed. Anne Flim Lethbridge... Read More »

While I was in Tokyo for a family emergency in the beginning of April, the judgment was rendered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague regarding whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. It found what Japanese so-called “scientific whale hunting” unjustifiable as science, in effect banning the whale hunt in the Antarctic. I ... Read More »