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Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A criminal justice instructor at Lethbridge Polytechnic did his doctoral dissertation on the policing of Black youth in both Calgary and Lethbridge, and spoke about his findings at the Galt Museum on Thursday evening. Ibrahim Turay interviewed several Black youths about their encounters with police between 2019 ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has finally arrived in Lethbridge, and a local teacher is one of the co-chairs of the program that’s helping kids discover a love for reading at an early age.  Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Spring in Lethbridge sees many natural elements and animals returning, but one of them is feared and misunderstood above all the rest: the rattlesnake. Despite the notorious stories of rattlesnake bites, the number of bites a year is actually very low, and the truth is, no one ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls find themselves winless to start the new Western Canadian Baseball League Season after going 0-3 to start a five-game road trip over the weekend. What Bulls  head coach Ryan MacDonald thought  led them to the winless start was the walks and errors given up. Lethbridge gave  up ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Catholic Central Cougars varsity baseball team are chasing their second consecutive Alberta Premier Baseball League championship tonight when they battle the Monsignor McCoy Colts at Spitz Stadium. The Cougars playoff path to the championship game included a 6-5 quarter- final win over Hat High and a 13-0 drubbing of ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Badminton Club was established in 2022 and aims to grow the sport through its grassroots. “Once more people  are playing then we can work on improving the overall standard ,which is improving steadily over the last three years, ” said  Martin Lawrence, LBC head coach. “More people were ... Read More »

Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald We will all die.  I wonder how the garish narcissist of the South would cope with such idea as his own death. Last two years at the church, I was a part of the discussion group about “death and dying.”  We met once a month.  From the outset, we ... Read More »

Michael Taube Troy Media Rules are rules. That, in a nutshell, is why the NDP wasn’t granted official party status in the House of Commons on Monday. Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals, to their credit, made the right decision. Let’s examine why. The 1963 Senate and House of Commons Act passed an amendment ... Read More »

Faith Wood Troy Media We didn’t lose trust in each other overnight. It happened slowly, over decades, as we shifted from a culture of responsibility to one of blame. Now, in a world drowning in outrage, mistrust has become the default setting. Everywhere you look, on social media, in politics, in the news, the tone ... Read More »

Editor, Re: Housing is more unaffordable than ever, Herald, May 22. Around the world, urban populations have skyrocketed. In most European countries, strict land-use regulations are critical to limit urban sprawl and to protect land used for food production. Anyone driving from Lethbridge to both Coaldale and Calgary will see an explosion of acreages with huge single ... Read More »

Editor, Alberta’s Minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides, has heard from concerned parents about supposedly naughty books on school library shelves, and now he\’s determined to do something about it.  While he claims that this isn’t a book ban (he claims the ministry can’t ban books), he seems to be preparing the ground for just that. ... Read More »

Editor, As a proud Canadian, I truly believe that our identity is all about coming together as a nation, prioritizing Canada over any provincial loyalties.  I cannot, nor will I ever, support a small group that pushes for division and conflict, trying to deliberately create divides within our province based on misguided principles and selfish ... Read More »