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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Polytechnic is celebrating a decade of Pride. For the tenth consecutive year, employees, students, alumni and community members gathered Wednesday to raise the Progressive Pride Flag. The polytechnic first flew the Pride Flag in 2015 and since 2021 it has raised the Progressive Pride Flag, which highlights the inclusion of ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Former Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips is confident Naheed Nenshi will be able to quickly position himself as the leader of Alberta’s official opposition after winning the Edmonton-Strathcona byelection this week. “Nenshi achieved a very strong endorsement from the people in Edmonton-Strathcona, just as the party did under his leadership in ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The best mens amateur golfers in Alberta teed up early Wednesday morning on the first of three days of the Alberta Mens Amateur Championship at Paradise Canyon Country Club. When the event was last staged here in 1993, Paradise Canyon was also the host course. Golfers from the north, central and ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Okotoks Dawgs annihilated the Lethbridge Bulls 24-2 during Western Canadian Baseball League action on Thursday night at Spitz Stadium. The Dawgs got 24 runs on 21 hits, while the Bulls mustered two runs six hits. Chase Logan opened the scoring with a two-run home run in the second inning ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Lakers could not seem to find an answer on offence in the first game of an American Legion ‘A’ baseball doubleheader against the Lewistown Redbirds on Thursday, as they were thumped 8-2 at Lloyd Nolan Yard. “The big one for us right now is just confidence,” said Lucas ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes did not have to look too far down the line to replace Bill Peters as head coach. Long-time assistant coach Matt Anholt was hired as head coach, and it was officially announced in the Canes dressing room in front of a crowd on Wednesday morning at VisitLethbridge.com ... 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, I don’t think I am alone in saying that I am tired of reading about the separation of our province from Canada.  The people who are pushing this venture, along with our esteemed premier who is out of touch with reality and the people of Alberta certainly haven’t considered or reported the downside.  One ... Read More »

Editor, So, a guy says to the building superintendent: “Hey, Super, I notice you’ve allowed some termites to set up shop down in the basement. Isn’t there some risk here to the integrity of the structure?” Super says: “It’s outta my hands. Wudderya gonna do? There’s rats in the dumpster and bats in the freaking ... Read More »

Editor, Congratulations and apologies are due to the ministers and premier who participated in the coal town hall meeting held in Fort Macleod. Congratulations because they had the courage to speak clearly and expressed determination to modernize the Provincial Coal Policy Apologies because of the rude nature of the opponents of mining who demonstrated that ... Read More »