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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Excite Lethbridge has partnered with Cooper Equipment Rentals, not only to name one of the halls in the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre, but also to provide resources for Excite Lethbridge’s events.  Cooper Equipment Rentals is now the exclusive rental equipment provider of Excite Lethbridge and are the new title ... Read More »

Editor: A recent Crowsnest Pass Herald editorial delivered a counter to the envisioned worth and merit of Corb Lund’s petition aimed to stop new coal mining on Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The editorial included these sentences: Science matters. Environmental monitoring matters. I concur. I couldn’t agree more.  My belief in science, enhanced by reading well-documented scientific ... Read More »

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Service and the Law Enforcement Torch Run are encouraging community members to register for the 2026 Polar Plunge and brave the cold to raise funds for Special Olympics. Cst. Gavin Enns with the Downtown Policing Unit told media on Thursday, while sitting in cold water at Artic ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It was a long, convoluted path for Ryan Henderson to college hockey, but the Lethbridge product is making the most of his opportunity. Henderson is in his second season playing for the Bemidji State Beavers, an NCAA Division I program located in Bemidji, Minnesota. Bemidji is a city of approximately 15,000 ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes (14-33-0-1) are officially on a winning streak. The Hurricanes won their second consecutive contest on Wednesday night, a 5-2 win over the Saskatoon Blades at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena.  Lethbridge last won back-to-back games during their road trip through the B.C. Division which started with wins against the Penticton ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald There was a moment where it appeared that the Lethbridge Hurricanes were up against it, but Lethbridge would persevere and score five unanswered goal to knock off the Saskatoon Blades 5-2 at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Wednesday night. Hurricane head coach Matt Anholt says it was a group effort for Lethbridge ... Read More »

Sylvain Charlebois TROY MEDIA Food prices in Canada are rising faster than in any other G7 country, and the reason is no longer a mystery: domestic policy failure is driving food inflation, not global shocks or corporate greed. In December alone, food prices rose 6.2 per cent year-over-year, with grocery costs up five per cent ... Read More »

  From the Hall- Blaine Hyggen Let me welcome you to the first Mayor’s Column of 2026.  To those new to reading this: I write this monthly feature on behalf of Lethbridge City Council to keep people informed on matters of importance in the community, as well as to highlight achievements by members of our ... Read More »

Rob Miyashiro- AT THE LEGISLATURE   Doctors, patients, and health-care advocates have been raising the alarm about our hospitals and emergency rooms for weeks, and still, this government is not acting with the urgency required. Last week, a report identified six deaths, and 30 “critical near misses”, in emergency waiting rooms in the first two ... Read More »

Editor: First of all if you were successful in separating from Canada the most likely outcome is that the new Alberta state would be rather quickly annexed by the USA. Two facts to support that statement are:  The USA, particularly the Trump administration,  has a hearty appetite acquiring Alberta, especially for her oil and water. ... Read More »

Editor, There were two interesting developments lastw week which I hope will inspire many to reflect on their role in society. In Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney invoked Vaclav Havel’s example of the greengrocer in Havel’s  essay “The Power of the Powerless” who dutifully displays a sign in his shop window stating “Workers of the ... Read More »

Editor: In the first week of January, the UCP’s battle with school libraries ended.  Following the ministerial order, schools in Alberta yanked all so-called “graphic” visual materials from their libraries. The results were varied.  While the Calgary Board of Education tossed 44 titles, the Edmonton Catholic School Division pulled only 6 from their collections.  Edmonton’s ... Read More »