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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge, in partnership with Call2Recycle Canada, has launched a pilot curbside battery collection program, where residents can bag their dead batteries and set them out for curbside pick-up the same day as their green cart. Throughout the week of Oct. 6-10, 15,800 households in Lethbridge will receive a ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Advance voting has begun and Voting stations at two locations are now open for the 2025 Lethbridge municipal and school board election. Lethbridge residents can now head to a voting station at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre or the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the Cavendish Farms Centre.  Advance voting ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 120 residents turned out to listen to, and question, the four mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election during the first candidates forum at the Lethbridge Public Library Tuesday evening. Incumbent Mayor Blaine Hyggen presented his case for re-election to the audience while challengers Quentin ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes have a busy stretch of games over the Thanksgiving weekend as they will play three games in four nights. Lethbridge begins with  a back-to-back situation as they host the Portland Winterhawks tonight followed by the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday. The Canes are hosting a Portland squad ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes are off to a 2-5 start to the 2025-2026 Western Hockey League  campaign and the club is seeing improvements  despite their record in the early going.  Canes assistant coach Ryan Aasman thinks that the team has been right there in most of their games. “I would say ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s soccer team have three games left in their regular season schedule and the team is nowhere near satisfied with their overall game as they fight for their position into the Canada West playoffs. “We’re not happy … where we are even though that we’re ... Read More »

Shelley Robinson For the Herald Teachers cannot really talk about being on strike on social media given their union and professional guidelines, but I can as a retired Alberta teacher. I remember being on strike in Alberta (AI only researches the history of Alberta teachers’ strikes superficially, but my memory is reliable).  The most notable strikes ... Read More »

Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP There’s a special delight every consumer knows—the moment you realize you’re paying less than you expected. Discounts are always a win, whether it’s 15 per cent off, buy one get the other half-off, or even better—buy one get one free.  As great as these discounts are— they belong in stores, not ... Read More »

Bill Whitelaw Troy Media Alberta and Ontario are sitting on a growing environmental and financial time bomb—aging oil and gas infrastructure that’s leaking, dangerous and too expensive to clean up. Both provinces are struggling, and both need help. It’s time they teamed up and asked Ottawa to help fund a national fix. While Canada frets ... Read More »

Editor, It was paradoxical to read Government of Alberta (GoA) Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, Tanya Fir, issue a statement on Sept. 22, “in recognition of Gender Equality Week,” which read, in part, that: “…I want to thank the community groups, non-profits and volunteers for continuing to champion gender equality on every ... Read More »

Editor So, two notable local politicians have made submissions to the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission, our Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf and former Lethbridge West UCP candidate John Middleton-Hope.  Both submissions are similar in that they seek to have Lethbridge carved up into three or four pieces, each of which are subsequently apportioned to surrounding ... Read More »

Editor, On Oct. 2, the Lethbridge Herald published an Opinion by Doug Roth, Andrea Seale, and Sarah Butson, the heads of three Canadian health groups, calling for provinces to dedicate a large portion of the $32.5-billion tobacco litigation settlement to prevention and control of tobacco and nicotine use. Their arguments sound compelling, but they leave ... Read More »