By Lethbridge Herald on July 2nd, 2025
Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald Will the church die? I say âno.â  But it will be much smaller with committed people. On December 7th,1941, without declaration of war, the Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Navy Base in Pearl Harbor and decimated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. As a countermeasure, in February 1942 the Canadian Parliament invoked the ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 28th, 2025
Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA As we approach Canada Day, I find myself reflecting on what it truly means to be Canadianâespecially in a time when unity is being tested by forces of division. Recently I had a long conversation with a constituent who had lived in a country that separated from the U.S.S.R. He ... Read More »
6 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 27th, 2025
Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor Next week is Canada Day and plans are all set for a big July 1 party! The City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) have partnered to host the community celebration of Canadaâs 158th birthday. There also events at Galt Gardens. The main entertainment stage and food truck alley (with more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald on June 21st, 2025
Blaine Hyggen Lethbridge Mayor For decades now, Albertaâs 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 »
7 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 20th, 2025
Andrea 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 »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald on June 18th, 2025
Nick 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 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 17th, 2025
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 workersâthose who are Indigenous, Black or other people of colourâmake up a growing share of this ... Read More »
4 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 14th, 2025
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 arenât 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 »
7 responsesBy Lethbridge Herald on June 12th, 2025
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 yearâs 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 »
1 responseBy Lethbridge Herald on June 11th, 2025
Troy Media Editorial Board Troy Media It may sound counterintuitive, but U.S. President Donald Trump and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith might be doing more to strengthen Canadian unity and prosperity than anyone in Ottawa. Both are forcing a broken system long overdue for reform to face its flawsâTrump from the outside, Alberta from within. Trumpâs ... Read More »
1 responseBy Lethbridge Herald on June 10th, 2025
Rashid Husain Syed Troy Media Ottawa is promising speed, Alberta is demanding proof, and the future of Canadaâs energy industry hangs in the balance. A change in government hasnât changed the toneâmistrust still defines the relationship between Ottawa and the oil-rich West. That tension is far from resolved, and any reconciliation may still be weeks ... Read More »
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