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Beebs is ready for Halloween season
By Lethbridge Herald on October 11th, 2025
Al Beeber Love It To Beeber Spoiler alert: Christmas stuff is filling stores already. Yes, it’s that time of year – and maybe has been for a few weeks – that even before Thanksgiving and Halloween have come and gone, we consumers are being reminded it’s soon time to stock up on gift bags, paper, ... Read More »
1 responseStrengthening Lethbridge’s voice in Edmonton
By Lethbridge Herald on October 11th, 2025
Nathan Neudorf Lethbridge East MLA Over the past six years as MLA for Lethbridge-East, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with residents, businesses, and local governments across both the city and surrounding counties. In southern Alberta, the relationship between urban and rural communities is far more collaborative than some may realize. Families from the ... Read More »
5 responsesForgiveness is necessary for world peace
By Lethbridge Herald on October 10th, 2025
Tadashi (Tad) Mitsui For the Herald We live in a world where the norm is the repetitions of retaliation and revenge that spur the non-stop  spiral of violence. Israel v.s Palestine is a good example.  Nevertheless naive as it may sound, I still believe in the power of forgiveness and love as the solution. Love enables ... Read More »
2 responsesTeachers have more responsibility than ever
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Shelley Robinson For the Herald Teachers cannot really talk about being on strike on social media given their union and professional guidelines, but I can as a retired Alberta teacher. I remember being on strike in Alberta (AI only researches the history of Alberta teachers’ strikes superficially, but my memory is reliable).  The most notable strikes ... Read More »
3 responsesSexual predators deserve consecutive sentencesa
By Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2025
Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP There’s a special delight every consumer knows—the moment you realize you’re paying less than you expected. Discounts are always a win, whether it’s 15 per cent off, buy one get the other half-off, or even better—buy one get one free. As great as these discounts are— they belong in stores, not ... Read More »
5 responsesAlberta, Ontario need help cleaning up wells
By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2025
Bill Whitelaw Troy Media Alberta and Ontario are sitting on a growing environmental and financial time bomb—aging oil and gas infrastructure that’s leaking, dangerous and too expensive to clean up. Both provinces are struggling, and both need help. It’s time they teamed up and asked Ottawa to help fund a national fix. While Canada frets ... Read More »
5 responsesProvinces need to spend tobacco settlement wisely
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2025
Doug Roth, Andrew Seale and Sarah Butson Quoi Media Humans are cursed with sometimes being short-sighted. Of course, it can be useful. Better not to be so focused on how to invent the wheel that you don’t notice the saber-tooth tiger about to eat you for lunch. But Canadian healthcare can’t afford to be short-sighted. It ... Read More »
4 responsesCharlie Kirk is dead but the rhetoric isn’t
By Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2025
Gerry Chidiac Troy Media A tragic event happened on Sept. 10. A young father engaged in discussions with American university students was shot dead. The alleged killer is in custody, and the criminal investigation is ongoing. While many in Canada knew little about Charlie Kirk before his shooting, we all know him now. Acts of ... Read More »
11 responsesWe should take Smith at her word
By Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2025
Scott Sakatch Herald Editor Opinion Around this time in 2018, my wife and I were in the process of moving from Red Deer to Calgary. My wife was taking on a new position at work and I was about a year into a professional fiction-writing gig, which was an entirely new experience for me. At ... Read More »
12 responsesLosing access to health care could happen here
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2025
Jason M. Sutherland Quoi Media Millions of Americans are about to lose access to healthcare. If you don’t think that could ever happen in Canada, think again. Hospital and doctor visits are free to Canadians and protected by federal legislation. But determined provincial governments could find ways to chip away at Canadian’s access to vital ... Read More »
2 responsesPipeline politics won’t save us from Trump’s threats
By Lethbridge Herald on September 25th, 2025
Jim Stanford Troy Media The federal and provincial governments are scrambling to shield Canada’s economy from U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade tantrum. But that effort is being hijacked by predictable—and predictably loud—demands from corporate Canada and its political mouthpieces. They insist this so-called crisis is the perfect excuse to push their old wish list: ... Read More »
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