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Odds are we’re in for an interesting election campaign
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2025
POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch I have to admit, when I read that Prime Minister Mark Carney was going to call an election this past Sunday, I didn’t imagine it would have much of an impact here. After all, conservative-leaning candidates have held the Lethbridge riding through every election since 1930. That’s almost ... Read More »
2 responsesStudent restrictions gutting universities
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2025
By Roslyn Kunin For Troy Media Canada isn’t just facing bad news from the ever-changing chaos south of the border; we’re generating our own with damaging policies right here at home. Nowhere is this more evident than in the higher education sector, which is grappling with budget shortfalls, layoffs, hiring freezes, program reductions and cuts ... Read More »
2 responsesOnline services an affordable way to look into your heritage
By Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2025
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Herald readers will occasionally see on our pages the byline of a writer named George Lee, who is doing a Local Journalism Initiative contract for the Fort Macleod Gazette. George, I and Gazette owner Frank McTighe have a long history together, meeting for the first time way back ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government waste, corporate excess drag us down
By Lethbridge Herald on March 18th, 2025
By Perry Kinkaide Troy Media The global economy is flashing warning signs. Rising debt, inflation and rampant speculation have created an unstable financial environment. While a full-scale depression like 1929 may not be imminent, the excesses of today are undeniable. Households, businesses and governments alike are living beyond their means, banking on endless growth to ... Read More »
2 responsesSouthern Albertans are rightfully concerned
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2025
AT THE LEGISLATURE – Rob Miyashiro – NDP MLA for Lethbridge West On Jan. 20, I had the great honour of being sworn in as the MLA for Lethbridge-West, making me the 985th member of the Alberta Legislature in the last 120 years, and the first member that is of Japanese and Okinawan descent. I ... Read More »
8 responsesSocial media a playground for critics
By Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2025
You know what’s cheap to give in abundance? Criticism. Hence, the idiom “Everyone is a critic”—magnified by everyone having a smartphone—and why no statues have been erected in honour of critics. Social media platforms, intended to encourage sharing and interaction, have turned us into keyboard warriors, relentlessly expressing unsolicited opinions and tearing others down. Whether ... Read More »
2 responsesFollowing in Dad’s footsteps and letting go
By Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2025
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Unlike past years, March 8 was here and gone with nothing said by me to anyone about a date that for all the wrong reasons is a special one. Anniversaries of family deaths can be like that. And March 8 is a date is one I’d be quite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier Smith’s PragerU guest appearance set to add embarrassment to Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on March 12th, 2025
POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch As a journalist, I try my best to be politically neutral (in what I write, at least; those who know me personally would say otherwise) because I believe the media should always take pains to present all sides of an argument. So when Premier Danielle Smith decided to ... Read More »
20 responsesDanielle Smith needs to choose Team Canada over Team MAGA
By Lethbridge Herald on March 11th, 2025
Gil McGowan – ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR Danielle Smith is a traitor. There, I said it. It’s what many Albertans have been thinking but have been afraid to say out loud. How else can we describe our Premier’s response to the unprecedented economic warfare launched against our country by American President Donald Trump? Trump says he wants to make us the 51st state. He says he’ll continue inflicting economic pain on us ... Read More »
4 responsesBudget 2025: Meeting the challenge
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
At the Legislature – Nathan Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge East Albertans are facing uncertain economic times, but our government is taking decisive action to ensure we continue moving forward. Budget 2025, titled Meeting the Challenge, reflects our commitment to addressing today’s realities while laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. This budget focuses on affordability, essential ... Read More »
5 responsesDiana may be tiny but she’s had a huge impact
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Where’s the rest of her? It was the first thought that came to mind when we were introduced to Diana by Prairie Pet Rescue in December. She looked so much bigger in the photos that I kept going back to on the rescue organization’s website when I decided ... Read More »
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