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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Governance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday will be asked to recommend that council approve for the 2025-26 winter season a continuation of snow plowing to the right with a subscription-based windrow assistance service on a trial basis. Juliane Ruck, the City’s transportation operations manager, will submit ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald All watercraft being brought into Alberta will be subject to mandatory inspections starting June 1 for invasive mussles. The province is launching the inspections for anyone travelling across the southern or eastern borders with a boat, kayak, jet ski or other watercraft to prevent zebra and quagga mussels entering Alberta waterways. ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative After a 10-month selection cycle, six local dragon boat athletes have paddled their way to top spots on the 18U and 24U National Dragon Boat teams.  They will compete at the 17th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald All of Lethbridge’s American Legion baseball teams were in action this past weekend in either tournament or conference action and found the success in getting the win column. Miners The Lethbridge Miners ‘A’ Legion team opened conference play with a split with the Medicine Hat Knights on Sunday. The Miners ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Elks have a kicked off a  new American Legion Baseball AA  season with an identified strength and having a lot prep time ahead of conference play in a few weeks’ time. The Elks were in the Vauxhall tournament this past weekend where they went 2-2 and will have ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Two local racquetball players are set to represent Alberta at Racquetball Canada National Championships this upcoming week in Ontario. Coby Iwaasa will be competing in senior Male Single and Doubles divisions, while Naman Gauri will get one last chance at bringing home gold in the U21  division. Iwaasa has made ... Read More »

Lorne Fitch For the Herald The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has rendered its decision allowing Northback to proceed with more coal exploration on Grassy Mountain. You might remember Grassy Mountain, the zombie-like coal mine proposal that will not die and is kept on life support by the Alberta government. To get the good news out ... Read More »

Blaine Hyggen For the Herald We have reached the Victoria Day May Long Weekend! That of course means the unofficial start to summer – and rain in the forecast. The first items I want to delve into this month are a couple of important updates to the community regarding the Lethbridge and District Exhibition (LDE). ... Read More »

Bill Whitelaw Troy Media As Canada continues to slip in global economic rankings, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ambition to position the country as an “energy superpower” feels increasingly disconnected from reality. The idea is rooted in recent political rhetoric suggesting that Canada’s energy sector, particularly oil and gas, can drive national prosperity. But rhetoric alone ... Read More »

Editor, Re: “Carney travelling to Rome today, will be among world leaders at Pope’s inaugural mass,” May 16. The article states: “Carney is a devout Catholic…”  This is a false statement.   Marc Carney  supports and advocates for abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage.   The Catholic Church teaches, as everybody knows, against all of these.  ... Read More »

Editor, First of all, I find it strange that this submission by Mr. Phil Burpee got the time of day from the Lethbridge Herald. It would appear the Herald has no issue with publishing a misogynist maligning rant as long as its directed at the UCP. The rant even violates their own stated rules of ... Read More »

Editor, We are the Emergency Medicine physician group at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge. We want to update the community about the ongoing shortage of doctors in our emergency department. In the summer of 2024, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced that some days we would have fewer doctors available in the department. Unfortunately, this shortage ... Read More »