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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge’s Online Safety Toolkit has moved to the Lethbridge Police Service website and features new content and updated resources to help families and youth stay safe in today’s digital world. As part of the Builder Safer Communities initiative, the toolkit was launched in October of 2024. To offer ... Read More »

Editor, An open letter to Adriana LaGrange: I am writing to let you know of my deep disappointment in your recent decision to restrict the availability of COVID vaccines for Albertans in the autumn of 2025 by charging the cost to individuals. This is an extremely dangerous, unprecedented, and ill-advised step to take, and I ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Local farmers are celebrating the rain that southern Alberta received over the weekend. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Lethbridge received 73.4 millimetres of precipitation over the course of Friday and Saturday. Lethbridge has received a total of 96.9 mm of precipitation so far this month, ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethridge Bulls had tough time getting any production on the base pads as they fell 10-5 to the Brooks Bombers during a Western Canadian Baseball League Monday matinee game at Spitz Stadium. “Just gave up too many extra base runners early and then didn’t take care of the baseball,” ... Read More »

Lethbridge Herald Local baseball teams have had to move around games with the heavy rainy conditions hitting the area over this weekend. The Lethbridge Bulls postponed Friday night’s home game with Fort McMurray Giants and no make-up date has been announced but tickets will be honoured on that date. Watch the Bulls social media feeds ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge Pronghorn wrestling is heading up through a partnership with Lethbridge Amateur Wrestling Association a competitive training ground for the Team Alberta men’s wrestling team and an opportunity for young wrestlers to sharpen their mat skills ahead of a new season during the Crowsnest Wrestling Camp in a ... Read More »

Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor For decades now, Alberta’s economic development has been focused on the north, with the Fort McMurray and Cold Lake oilsands and the Duvernay and Montney formations driving public and private investment.  It worked out very well for our province. But as the global economic and political order shifts, it is time ... Read More »

Andrea Nemtin Quoi Media Canadians have recently elected a Prime Minister known for being ‘nice’ — 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 — one ... Read More »

Nick Kossovan For the Herald I 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 Substack’s current street-level ads announcing “Media isn’t dead. It’s on Substack.” ... Read More »

Editor, As a Lethbridge resident who follows our city’s finances, I read the June 14 article, “Council to vote on borrowing bylaws,” with growing concern. The proposed cost increases for the essential upgrades to our water treatment plant are staggering. While the need for a modern and resilient water system is clear, I believe an ... Read More »

Editor, 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 »

Editor, 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 toddler’s outdoor time to protect his health, I see the problems with that perspective all around me. I ... Read More »