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Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chinook Regional Hospital pediatric and emergency departments have run out of stuffed animals that provide comfort and stress relief to hospitalized children. Provided annually by toy drives such as the Lethbridge Hurricane’s Teddy Bear Toss and the Southern Alberta Bikers’ Teddy Bear Ride, their stuffie stockpile ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Albertans are concerned about the constant changes in the healthcare system, says Friends of Medicare, whose latest set of town halls have seen hundreds of worried citizens. Friends of Medicare are holding town halls in communities across the province, traveling with Paul Parks, an emergency physician from ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Alberta’s New Democrats are introducing legislation to crack down on conflicts of interest and tighten rules around gifts and political influence, through Bill 202: the Conflicts of Interest (Ethical Governance) Amendment Act. During a news conference ahead of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Opposition leader Naheed Nenshi said it is time ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge Pronghorn swim team members and coach and a representative from Pronghorn Athletics hyped up what the experience will be like hosting the Canada West Swimming Championships at the end of the month during a media availability on Wednesday morning. “We’ve got probably the best on-campus pool maybe ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Try as they might, the equalizer proved to be elusive for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a 2-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Wednesday. Hurricane assistant captain Shane Smith says Lethbridge played well despite falling short of recording a point in the contest. “It’s a great ... Read More »

Graham Kelly Inside the CFL As Jerry Reed wrote. “When you’re hot, you’re hot; when you’re not you’re not” Saturday’s Western Final features red hot BC vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. While the Lions have won seven in a row, the Green are on a two game losing streak, because they gave some of their stars ... Read More »

Tad Mitsui For the Herald Remembrance Day is the day to remember the war dead on both sides of conflict and be grateful for their sacrifice. He must promise never to repeat the folly of war.  My father once spoke about navy Lieutenant Paul Hideo Katayama of the Japanese Imperial Navy in his sermon. He wanted ... Read More »

Scott Sakatch Lethbridge Herald Editor One of the guiding principles of journalism is that, when it comes to government, watch what they do, not what they say. That old aphorism has been on my mind quite a bit in the last 10 days or so since the UCP government passed Bill 2 to force striking ... Read More »

Tom Johnston For the Herald On July 1, 2026, we will celebrate Canada’s 159th birthday. For much of that time Montréal was Canada’s largest city and top dog in terms of economic power. Fast forward to today and Toronto is now at the top of Canada’s economic hierarchy, Montréal is second, Vancouver third, Calgary fourth, ... Read More »

Editor, I wrote months ago about how Carney’s efforts would result in no deal and of course others believed he would get a deal. He did exactly what I suspected, which was to remove the counter-tariffs under the guise it was hurting Canadians, which I find somewhat amusing because he continues to warn of pain ... Read More »

Editor, An open letter to Premier Smith: So you are pushing an Alberta police force on us? Municipalities do not want one; Albertans do not want one; You have not given us any information on how much this will cost forsetting them up infrastructure, training, etc. etc.   Who is making money out of this ... Read More »

Editor, Invocation of the Notwithstanding Clause of the Charter is a five-year, time-limited endeavour, so that voters can decide at election time whether the invocation was reasonable in the circumstances. Voters, please remember this when it is time to vote in the next Alberta election. If it is not bad enough that the Premier makes ... Read More »