Featured Story

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Public Library has partnered up with the City of Lethbridge to create a temporary pop-up library to serve residents on the northside of the city as a pilot project to potentially expand their services to what they found to be an underserved community.  The pop-up library referred to ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council voted on Tuesday to approve several projects that were the subject of public hearings on Dec. 10. Two of those projects which call for the construction of a pair of 39-unit apartment complexes on 13 St. S. were the focus of considerable opposition from a neighbouring grocery store and other ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com City council on Tuesday voted to reject a motion arising from Acting Mayor Jeff Carlson on Dec. 10 that council disband all the Standing Policy Committees with work done by those bodies to come directly to council. Six members of council voted against the motion with only three including Carlson, mayor Blaine Hyggen ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes U11AA team are flying high after winning a big tournament in Leduc over the weekend. The Canes went an undefeated 7-0 to capture the prestigious inaugural 48-team Hockey Alberta U11AA Showcase in Leduc. “We have a really nice team that is very tight knit,” said Riley Parker, ... Read More »

The Lethbridge Hurricanes extended their winning streak to eight games after defeating the Regina Pats 4-2 on Wednesday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. The Hurricanes had to be persistent in Wednesday’s victory. “Great word for it,” said Ryan Aasman, Canes assistant coach, on  persistence. “We needed to find ways to like you said be more persistent ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald    a tie and three losses between the two teams that were playing league games over the weekend. U18AAA The U18AAA Canes had a tie followed by a loss. Lethbridge tied the Calgary Royals 3-3 on Saturday. Fynn Roersma, Damen Vanderberg and Hayden Iron Shirt scored for the Canes in ... Read More »

Austin Mardon, Peter Anto Johnson & John Christy Johnson – ANTARCTIC INSTITUTE OF CANADA Economic policies may seem like abstract numbers and percentages to most people, but their real-world impacts can hit devastatingly close to home. A proposed 25% tariff rate in Canada is not just an economic measure; it’s a potential public health catastrophe. Behind ... Read More »

LORNE FITCH, P. Biol. – In the coal saga there’s more to mine than the mountain. Despite protestations of due diligence and highest engineering standards, every coal mine in the Eastern Slopes has had spectacular environmental failures and most of them on a regular basis. This is a function of topography, engineering failures and an ... Read More »

TREVOR W. HARRISON  –  ABC premiered a game show in 1999, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The title seems quaint today. A report by Oxfam in early 2024 found that the world’s richest one per cent own 43 per cent of all global financial assets. The world’s five richest individuals – Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault ... Read More »

Dear Editor, Enough is enough. Over the last month we have been subject to taunts, threats, and attempts to belittle our Country by the “Mindless One.” Our leaders have been all over the spectrum on countering, or courting Trump. When neighbouring countries start being belligerent its not the time to rush and kiss the ring. ... Read More »

Dear Editor, Donald Trump, US President-elect, is a narcissistic person that insists that he will take any country that he pleases including Greenland. Olaf Scholz from Germany warned him to stop picking on Denmark to purchase this country since they are part of NATO. Other countries like France and even Putin warned Trump to stay ... Read More »

Editor: Grassy Mountain Here we go again! I read in the Lethbridge Herald (Dec. 21) that the provincial UCP government is developing a new coal policy.  Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta and chief Australian coal mining advocate, and the UCP government have come up with a new policy they hope will placate opponents of the ... Read More »