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The provincial government plans to shift the way it deals with homelessness issues going forward, and a city woman will be helping to lead the way.  Robin James, chief administrator for the Lethbridge Housing Authority, has been named co-chair of a newly formed advisory panel, along with Justin Wright, UCP MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat. The ... Read More »

A new artwork created by Father Leonard Van Tighem School students from pre-K to Grade 9 was unveiled in the food court of Park Place Mall this month. Courage to Soar is a mosaic of a hawk which integrates virtues of the school: honesty, acceptance, wisdom, kindness and spirituality. It also highlights Indigenous teachings of ... Read More »

The Lethbridge Senior Citizens organization will celebrate its 40th annual Christmas dinner for those in need or who will be alone on Dec. 25. While the turkey dinner is courtesy of the LSCO, the holiday decorations that go along with it came from volunteers from Chamberlain School and Arden T. Litt Centre for Learning in ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman Tristen Doyle is taking advantage of opportunities in his third WHL season after coming back from an early season injury. “The injury set me … back but I mean (I) got back, started working hard and putting in the work and feel like I’m back to where ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald A new Blackfoot mark project for the University of Lethbridge  and its athletics that relates to  strength, resiliency and unity is calling out for Blackfoot artists to submit their designs for it by the end of next month. Blackfoot heritage and university community values are to be reflected in the ... Read More »

By James Tubb Southern Alberta Newspapers  Shane Smith never thought he’d be donning a Lethbridge Hurricanes sweater. The former Medicine Hat Tigers forward has played 22 games in the red and blue since being acquired on Oct. 5 in a one-for-one deal for 20-year-old goaltender Harrison Meneghin. Smith returned to Medicine Hat last  Saturday in ... Read More »

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!  Thank you to our community for continuing to be a source of optimism. I’m always so proud of how we show up for each other. Family and ... Read More »

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 I’d heard of only because a journalism school classmate at the Southern Alberta Institute ... Read More »

DAN O’DONNELL  My column last week was about the new movie, “The Conclave,” 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 »

Editor: How long ago was it that our premier was reporting that the U.S. airlines were releasing chem trails in the skies over Alberta?  Then came the claim that the federal government was proposing a cap on oil production when in fact it is to be directed at emissions as part our due diligent to ... Read More »

Editor:  I’m hoping to reach all the large water users and citizens of southern Alberta who read this paper.  Are you watching or listening to what’s happening in regards to water and water allocation in the province? I attended the Alberta  government open house in Fort Macleod on Dec. 9 and I was very disappointed ... Read More »

Editor: Mr. Trump don’t count your chickens before they hatch by threatening Canada and Mexico over the 25 percent tariff on goods from these countries. This is like a slap on the face that could backfire on you too, and the former NAFTA agreement that Trump revised and called USMCA according to his liking. These ... Read More »