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Ashley Hall for the Herald Beer enthusiasts from around southern Alberta and across the country had a chance to show off their beer-making skills at the Werthog Beer Club’s 15 annual Handcrafted Beer Competition in Lethbridge over the weekend. With more than 270 entries this year,... Read More »

Ashley Hall for the Herald Concentration, strategy and game faces were all relevant this weekend as 14 competitors ranging from kindergarten to Grade 12 participated in the first Scholastic Chess Tournament put on by the Education faculty at the University of Lethbridge, Paradise Canyon Golf Resort... Read More »

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back, Malaysia’s air force chief said Sunday as scores of ships and aircraft from across Asia resumed a hunt for the plane and its 239 passengers – including two Canadians. There was still no... 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 »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDThe Lethbridge Track and Field Club took home a pair of gold medals from the provincial championship meet in Edmonton last weekend. Owen Cordes earned gold in the high jump with a 1.68-metre jump and Ron Chmielewski got gold in the master men’s weight throw with a 10.84-metre toss. Aside from those top finishes, the ... 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 »

A day with more than a 100-year history will be observed on Saturday. International Women’s Day will be recognized then, “celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future,” says the IWD website. The site points out that in some countries such as China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day ... Read More »

It seems not a week passes without some story surfacing where Alberta taxpayers find themselves on the hook for yet another personal trip or expense of Premier Redford, and always at a most extravagant rate. I am not sure why it was in the interests of Albertans for her to attend the funeral of Nelson ... Read More »

Fuel prices at the pumps in Lethbridge fluctuate up and down while the price of propane has remained flat for months. Then came the long, cold winter in the eastern U.S. and Canada where an estimated six million homes are heated with propane, causing a shortage, and the price at the pumps in Lethbridge shot ... Read More »

As a firearm owner in Canada I am appalled at the plight of legal gun owners in Canada. Recently over10,000 law-abiding citizens became criminals overnight when the firearms, commonly known as the Swiss Arms Classic Green and CZ-858, were reclassified as prohibited firearms. Owners of these rifles are now required to surrender them to RCMP ... Read More »