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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The 11th annual Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association (KEPA) Summit was held last week and consisted of three days of learning from Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Elders, along with others who care for the land. The theme for this year is Ksaahkomma ki Sokinaapi-Environment and Health and hosted ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Once a nurse, always a nurse, and nurses have been a fundamental part of health care throughout history.  To celebrate their contribution to the field, the St. Michael’s School of Nursing Alumni held a reunion for the classes of 1970, 1965 and 1960 at the Sandman Signature ... Read More »

Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Police Commission has announced the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing concerning Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh, following allegations of discreditable conduct under the Police Service Regulation. The hearing conducted on April 17, stemmed from a 2022 complaint by former Deputy Chief Scott Woods, alleging Mehdizadeh violated a public health order relating to cohorts ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Bulls pitcher Maxim Mrakovcic was late joining baseball but the Australian credits joining the sport and the learning process that goes along with it for getting him to where he is today. “I was a bit of a late bloomer in baseball,” said Mrakovcic “I didn’t even know what ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald A women’s tackle football league that is considered worldwide to be  the most highly competitive and the  longest running is expanding to Canada. Ontario-based Cosmos Sports and Entertainment has come into a partnership with Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) to bring teams to Canada. There are currently 12 teams in the ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls split their four-game road series with the Fort McMurray Giants after a win and loss over the weekend in Western Canadian Baseball League action. The Bulls ended the weekend with a 3-1 loss to the Giants on Sunday afternoon. Darcy Berry got the Giants on the board ... Read More »

Katherine Scott Troy Media Low-wage workers in Canada are facing growing job insecurity as the economy weakens. With affordability top of mind for many Canadians, the growing divide between high- and low-income earners is becoming harder to ignore. Racialized workers—those who are Indigenous, Black or other people of colour—make up a growing share of this ... Read More »

Nathan Neudorf Lethbridge East MLA Summer in Alberta is one of the best times of the year, and a great opportunity to make sure that your costs aren’t rising with the warmer temperatures. As air conditioning is becoming increasingly more common in homes across both our city and province, summer energy use is rising. In ... Read More »

Melanie Hnatiuk & Terri Potter QUOI Media The Alberta government named improving access to primary care health services a priority in its health system reforms. Yet, the $644 million it announced in this year’s budget to connect every Albertan to a primary care team and improve access to front-line health services falls short of the funding necessary ... Read More »

Editor, Danielle Smith, I never voted for your predecessor as he was a poor choice for me as an MLA. I decided to vote for you as you presented a ray of light in the party. It did not take long for my hopes to be dashed by you and your policies.  You seem to ... Read More »

Editor: As a lifelong resident of Lethbridge, a parent, and a self-advocate, I am deeply concerned by the disturbing trend of disability rights and supports being quietly dismantled in our province. We are witnessing the closure of organizations that once empowered disabled voices but are being forced to shut doors due to provincial funding cuts. ... Read More »

Editor, I was interested to see the  From the Hill article by Conservative MP for Lethbridge Rachel Thomas on Saturday June 5 entitled “Conservatives Stand for Canadians and their Priorities” outlining her ideological position. There is nothing wrong with having an ideological position, of course, but I am most curious about the concluding lines, “…we ... Read More »