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Garrett SimmonsLethbridge Heraldgsimmons@lethbridgeherald.comIt was cold out Thursday — bitterly cold.The mercury dipped to -30C Thursday morning (with windchill registering in the minus-45 range). And it should remain extremely cold through the weekend before warming somewhat Monday. For those who still have to brave the cold, steps... Read More »

It’s a digital world. With that, The Lethbridge Herald’s Food for Thought campaign has jumped onto the super-information highway with the launch of a new website, which can be found at www.lhfoodforthought.ca. The site will be a one-stop shop for all information about the campaign, and will allow... Read More »

Lethbridge Herald A six-week trial has been set for three men accused by the Alberta Securities Commission of defrauding investors. The trial for Brent Derricott, Robert Smylski and Rand Stevenson, will have to be split up, however, with the first part of the trial running May 25 to... Read More »

Lethbridge The Lethbridge Martin Brothers midget Tier 1 team returned from the States as tournament champions. The team headed to Spokane for the Fall Classic Tournament and took home the gold medal thanks to a 2-1 win over Elk Valley in the championship, overcoming an 0-2 start to... Read More »

Swift Current Carter Folk scored his first Western Hockey League career goal, but the Lethbridge Hurricanes have lost their seventh game in a row. The forward acquired from the Seattle Thunderbirds earlier this season tallied 11:50 into the third to cut the Swift Current Broncos’ lead to 3-... Read More »

Airdrie Three members of the Lethbridge Skating Club are off to the Alberta Winter Games next year. The LFC trio of Taylor Thomas, Darcie Harper and Chloe Wagenaar were in Airdrie for the Calgary Regional Open, each earning a berth in the Alberta Winter Games slated for Feb... Read More »

A report released this fall by the Canada West Foundation supports the idea that Alberta needs to save more of its resource revenue in order to ensure prosperity that is sustainable for future generations. The report, “Hedging Our Bets: Making the Case for Saving Alberta’s Natural Resource Revenues,&#... Read More »

Lorne Fitch PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGIST A review of the draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP) leaves one with the sense that never have so many waited for so long, with such high expectations, for so little. We are building – perhaps inadvertently, but surely inexorably – the watersheds and... Read More »

Film project links youth, seniors A new film project that connects youth and senior citizens is aiming to promote intergenerational understanding. Called “The Revera and Reel Youth ‘Age Is More’ Film Project,” it brings the two generations together to create a series of short films that profile the... Read More »

A largely conservative friend called me concerned about the Senate, health care and recent statements by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, boasting of a likely hefty surplus by the Conservative government by 2016 and how they’ll be able to carry out more promises. She noted how federal and provincial... Read More »

Not that many years ago there was a leaky medical theory dictating the draining of “bad blood” from a sick patient. George Washington caught a chill, and it took three doctors a week to kill him by bloodletting. They could have learned a lesson from modern Canadian politicians... Read More »

According to the Lethbridge Herald (Nov. 27, p. A3), 80,000 children were living in poverty in Alberta in 2011. This is shameful on two counts; first, that this situation exists at all, and second, that it is not being addressed. Children raised in poverty are more likely to... Read More »