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Working for Lethbridge, advocating for Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on January 11th, 2025
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf ā MLA for Lethbridge East As we embark on a new year, I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the work being done on behalf of the residents of Lethbridge-East and all Albertans. It has been an honour to serve as your MLA, as well as in my ... Read More »
17 responsesBack in the saddle in a new role for a new year
By Lethbridge Herald on January 10th, 2025
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Iām back. After seven working days off to relax, Iāve gotten back in the saddle in my new role as a part-time reporter. I promised Iād continue with the column on a bi-weekly basis and I canāt think of a better way to ease into my new role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is there a better way the City can help navigate westsiders home?
By Lethbridge Herald on January 8th, 2025
POINT OF VIEW Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Living on the westside of Lethbridge has many benefits, but it comes with the challenge of being able to actually get back home whenever an accident takes place on Whoop Up Drive.Ā On Wednesday, as I was heading to take the last photo of the day for the Lethbridge Herald, ... Read More »
13 responsesMining the āmodernā Coal Policy
By Lethbridge Herald on December 27th, 2024
LORNE FITCH I interrupted my Christmas shopping to listen with rapt attention to Energy minister Brian Jean and Environment and Protected Areas minister Rebecca Shultz explain the new, modern coal policy for the Eastern Slopes of Alberta.Ā According to them, coal is good, except where it is bad. Where it is bad no one will ... Read More »
9 responses2024 had challenges and much to be positive about
By Lethbridge Herald on December 21st, 2024
FROM THE HALL Blaine Hyggen – Mayor of Lethbridge I want to begin this month with a sincere Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our Lethbridge residents! Ā Thank you to our community for continuing to be a source of optimism. Iām always so proud of how we show up for each other. Family and ... Read More »
2 responsesA full-time career in news is coming to an end
By Lethbridge Herald on December 20th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor Nearly 45 years ago, my newspaper career officially started after a telephone interview with Jim Cumming, whose family owned the Fort Frances Times and Daily Bulletin in a small northwestern Ontario town Iād heard of only because a journalism school classmate at the Southern Alberta Institute ... Read More »
2 responsesWriting to discover helps people express themselves better
By Lethbridge Herald on December 20th, 2024
DAN O’DONNELL Ā My column last week was about the new movie, āThe Conclave,ā starring Ralph Fiennes. And about how humans can use writing to transcend time by leaving notes to the future. And about how it is often the things that are not meant for posterity, like receipts and business documents, that are nevertheless the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SAMP a unique partnership with much promise
By Lethbridge Herald on December 19th, 2024
Dr. Richard Buck SAMP Partnerships, collaborations, years of advocacy and a mountain of behind-the-scenes work have created the framework of the new Southern Alberta Medical Program (SAMP), of which I am fortunate to have been appointed Regional Lead. Recently, my appointment was announced on the heels of the landmark Memorandum of Understanding that was signed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A season of gratitude, hope and togetherness is upon us
By Lethbridge Herald on December 14th, 2024
AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – MLA for Lethbridge East Dear friends and neighbours, As Christmas approaches, itās a time to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward with hope to the opportunities ahead. This season, more than ever, we are reminded of the strength and resilience of our Lethbridge community. During ... Read More »
2 responsesSome Christmas memories painful
By Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor Today is Friday the 13th. Go figure, the supposedly most unluckiest day is happening at Christmas time. Well, maybe the temperature will plummet so the chances of crossing the path of a black cat or walking under a ladder will be reduced. Anyone buying a mirror ... Read More »
3 responsesFuture generations can learn from documents written for the present
By Lethbridge Herald on December 13th, 2024
Dan O’Donnell Ā The movie, The Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, takes place in the Vatican after the death of a pope. The character played by Fiennes, Cardinal Lawrence, is Dean of the Conclave, meaning the person responsible for organising the vote for the popeās successor. Iām a big fan of what you might call Vatican movies. ... Read More »
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