Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A two-year investigation into organized crime in southwestern Alberta wrapped up this week with nine arrests and more than $2.5 million in assets seized along with a large amount of cocain. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) with the help of Lethbridge Police Service, Taber Police Service and the RCMP,
Read More »Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With summer break just around the corner and children having more time in their hands to spend it online, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT)âs Internet Child Exploitation unit is warning parents of the emerging online trend of âdeepfakesâ involving artificial intelligence. Mike Tucker, spokesperson for ALERT, says they are ... Read More »
8 hours agoJoe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The annual Lethbridge Rotary Dragon Boat Festival has a rich history, and Race Director Karen Johnson spoke about it at the Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs (SACPA) at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) Thursday. âThe biggest changes are that we now have nationally-trained officials, nationally ... Read More »
8 hours agoJoe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Entertainment and Collector Expo is back for its second year and bigger than ever, featuring more celebrity guests, Q/A panels, autograph opportunities, and numerous family-friendly events and activities. The convention kicks-off tonight and will run through Sunday at the Agri-food & Trade Hub. âThe goal ... Read More »
8 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls came back to beat the Fort McMurray Giants 6-5 in the 10th inning on Thursday night at Spitz Stadium. The Giants had scored a run  in the top half of the extra inning to make the score 5-4 before the Bulls went to work in the bottom ... Read More »
17 hours agoBY Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald With the Southern Alberta Summer Games (SASG) now just over a week away in Taber, Team Lethbridge feels preparations are on track and the athletes are full of excitement heading into the event. Olivia Olivieri, Team Lethbridge regional director, has experienced plenty of excitement from both the athletes and the ... Read More »
18 hours agoBy Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls thumped the Brooks Bombers 10-1 to end a six-game road trip with a 4-2 record on Wednesday night during Western Canadian Baseball League action. The Bulls opened the scoring in the second inning when Adonis Bernal scored from second base on a Bernie Socarras double. Brooks tied ... Read More »
2 days agoAndrea Nemtin Quoi Media Canadians have recently elected a Prime Minister known for being âniceâ â not as a weakness, but as a reflection of a deeper national strength. At a time when global politics is increasingly marked by division, short-term thinking and zero-sum narratives, Canada has a different path available to us â one ... Read More »
8 hours agoNick Kossovan For the Herald IÂ write a Substack newsletter called The Art of Finding Work, offering pragmatic job search advice which currently has over 23,500 subscribers; therefore, I have a vested interest in the monetization of content provided via a subscription-based model and why Substackâs current street-level ads announcing âMedia isnât dead. Itâs on Substack.â ... Read More »
2 days agoKatherine 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 workersâthose who are Indigenous, Black or other people of colourâmake up a growing share of this ... Read More »
3 days agoEditor, Here we go again, anti-vaxxer Premier Smith has decided that Alberta residents will have to pay for the COVID vaccine come fall. No surprise here, coming from a confirmed anti-vaxxer and member of the anti-vax conspiracy theory gang. The Government has ordered approximately 500.000 vaccines and if you want one, you need to book ahead and they ... Read More »
8 hours agoEditor, This is an open letter to all members of the Alberta provincial government. I realize that an anti-pipeline stance in the prairies is controversial at best, but as I check air quality advisories and limit my toddlerâs outdoor time to protect his health, I see the problems with that perspective all around me. I ... Read More »
1 day agoEditor, âBrazil nuts!â Â My son and I were howling with laughter on the way home from Fort Macleod where the Townhall on Coal Mines was held on June 11. We were part of a jam-packed and raucous crowd of 540 people who wanted to hear Premier Smith, Ministers Jean, Schulz and Sigurdson, and MLA Petrovic ... Read More »
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