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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government on Thursday introduced legislation to enable  the final steps to refocus the province’s health care system. Under Bill 55, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, the government is making changes to five acts including the Provincial Health Agencies Act, Hospitals Act, Protection of Persons in Care Act, Health ... Read More »

Alexandr Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The horses will be off to the races as the Rocky Mountain Turf Club will be celebrating their 30th year beginning on Saturday. Max Gibb, chief executive officer for Rocky Mountain Turf Club, says that he was retiring from the Alberta Sport Council when he was talked ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Billed as Southern Alberta’s premier event celebrating innovation, technology, esports, and tourism, the High Level Innovation Conference is back for its second year; and will run from Friday May 1 to Saturday at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre.  The two-day, family-friendly conference features dynamic keynote speakers, ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity team opened up their four-game road  series with Edmonton Collegiate Hawks with a split on Thursday. PBA was doubled up in the first game 6-3. Owen Lucas led the way at the plate for PBA by going 2-for-3 and hitting in an RBI. Jack ... Read More »

Seventy-two of the top high school students from across the country will gather in Hamilton later this month for the fifth annual Canadafootballchat.com (CFC) Prospects Game that is being co-hosted with TSN. There will be local flavour at that game as Catholic Central wide receiver Blake Schafer made the roster. “It’s amazing,” said Schafer. Schafer ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes playoff run ended at the hands of the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday night in the Eastern Conference final and the club soaked a lot of lessons in from the series and the playoff run in general. “It was a quick turnaround for us,” said Canes head ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The revelation by their church prophet Russell M. Nelson to build a temple in Lethbridge could be a blessing for the city. As I wrote in Tuesday’s Herald, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints turned the sod on Saturday for its third Alberta temple, the newest directly across from ... Read More »

Allan Wilson For the Herald Sunday night I predicted almost exactly what happened with our federal election:  Liberal minority that is very close to a majority.  And the local Liberal would get more votes than any opposing candidate in decades but still lose. There are five major polling companies in Canada. Not one predicted a Conservative ... Read More »

Dan O’Donnell For the Herald So the election is over and the Liberals have won. Behind by more than 25 points at the end of 2024, they overtook the Conservatives over the course of this past spring, and, as of today, are beginning their fourth mandate as government. While the Conservatives did better than they ... Read More »

Editor, This was the election of change for a number of reasons. The NDP collapsed, yet through a stroke of luck ended up holding the balance of power. The Bloc disavowed support for Canada as a country in the face of Trump’s threats. The Greens completed their retreat from Canadian politics, although Elizabeth May continues ... Read More »

Editor, I am a regular participant, along with several other local constituents who peacefully protest at the lights in Claresholm. We are against the destruction of our Rocky Mountains shouldered by the Eastern Slopes, Alberta’s primary water shed. A continual battle has waged between the government elected to serve all citizens, and the majority of ... Read More »

Editor, In Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf’s April 15 Herald column, he tries to blame a decade-old NDP government for the rising transmission costs on your power bill. If this sounds absurd, let me assure you: it is. Mr. Neudorf claims that the need for new transmission lines was caused by the NDP’s “coal phase-out and ... Read More »