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Does it sound any less ridiculous in Australia?
By Lethbridge Herald on December 4th, 2025
Chris Spearman For the Herald Imagine for a moment there is a Canadian oil exploration company named “Southfront Resources” with unlimited cash and is eager to drill for oil in the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. To gain local support, they add a koala and a kangaroo to their corporate logo and begin ... Read More »
11 responsesAlberta faces another fiscal reckoning
By Lethbridge Herald on December 3rd, 2025
Lennie Kaplan Troy Media Alberta is heading for a fiscal cliff, and no amount of oil revenue will save it this time. The province is facing ballooning deficits, rising debt and an addiction to resource revenues that rise and fall with global markets. As Budget 2026 consultations begin, the government is gambling on oil prices ... Read More »
4 responsesCanada must continue the fight against HIV
By Lethbridge Herald on December 2nd, 2025
Jody Jollimore For the Herald It’s been nearly a decade since Canada signed on to a bold strategy at the World Health Assembly to eliminate HIV/AIDS as a public health concern by 2030. Although an international commitment, this wasn’t just about helping others abroad; it was a coordinated strategy by each country to follow a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Privatization will not fix the health care crisis
By Lethbridge Herald on November 29th, 2025
Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA Over the past month, I’ve spent many hours in the Alberta Legislature debating bills that will profoundly impact our province. You’ve likely seen headlines about the UCP government’s controversial legislation and use of the notwithstanding clause to strip many people of their Charter rights. Those bills passed because the government ... Read More »
7 responsesUCP recalls are the stink bomb no one wanted
By Lethbridge Herald on November 28th, 2025
Scott Sakatch Herald Editor In Thursday’s Herald, the daily poll question asked readers if they thought Albertans should ignore the current recall effort against 14 (for now) UCP MLAs and just wait until the next provincial election to have their say. As you can see on Page A6 today, a slim majority of respondents (57 ... Read More »
17 responsesAI tools can bolster preventive health care
By Lethbridge Herald on November 28th, 2025
Michel Vallée Quoi Media While much of the recent focus on artificial intelligence (AI) has been on its potential to jumpstart the Canadian economy, this transformative technology also offers ground-breaking opportunities in healthcare. Besides its potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, accelerate new drug discoveries and personalize treatment plans, AI can bolster preventive care and save ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Facing crisis with calm is a valuable lesson
By Lethbridge Herald on November 26th, 2025
Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Fall 2025 has been stressful. Two friends passed away. Ray Whitehead was a close friend. His last job was Director of Doctoral Program of the Toronto School of Theology at the University of Toronto. He persuaded me to come back to Canada when I was working in Switzerland in 1978. He ... Read More »
1 responseThank you for another term, Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on November 22nd, 2025
Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor I am so very pleased to be back writing my monthly column. And that is thanks to the wonderful residents of Lethbridge who, through the 2025 Municipal Election in October, gave me the opportunity to serve for another four years as your mayor. I truly believe in this city and possess the deepest gratitude for your continued trust. I look forward to working for you and I’m humbled ... Read More »
4 responsesEconomic growth isn’t more important than lives and livelihoods
By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025
Editor, “In the National Interest.” Those words now remove environmental regulations in Canada when referring to “fast tracking major projects” like pipelines, mines, transmission lines and LNG. Does that sound like a good idea? No one likes bureaucracy, but regulations, good regulations are absolutely necessary for a myriad of reasons. Flint Michigan for example. The ... Read More »
2 responsesMental illness a minefield for policing sector
By Lethbridge Herald on November 21st, 2025
Chris Schneider, Ania Theuer & Stacey Hannem For the Herald In October 2024, Lethbridge hosted the first Annual First Responders Suicide Awareness Conference. Suicide is tragic and the underlying conditions that lead to it are multi-faceted. The public has learned of two recent suicides of on-duty Manitoba Mounties, one in September and the other in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albertans’ views on coal mining haven’t changed
By Lethbridge Herald on November 20th, 2025
Chris Spearman For the Herald As I write this update on the status of the coal mining issue, the Chinook winds are gusting at 102 kph. I’m reminded of the recent Alberta government science report on wind blown coal dust, just one of four Alberta government research studies that document the harm done by active ... Read More »
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