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Learning more about their community, social connection and personal empowerment have made The Watch a perfect fit for two female volunteers. The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) launched the program back in the spring of 2019 to expand social outreach over a wide area of the downtown. Volunteers dressed in matching red shirts or jackets patrol ... Read More »

Tea enthusiasts had the opportunity to learn about the process of making tea, before the boiling process, at an event at the Galt Museum Thursday evening. Sampath Walgama who has a PhD in agriculture and has worked in the tea industry for 15 years, calls himself a “tea addict.” After immigrating to Canada from his ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com National Tourism Week kicks off Monday and Tourism Lethbridge says it is a great time to “zoom out” and look at the big picture of tourism and what it means to Lethbridge. Dominika Wojcik, senior director of communications with Tourism Lethbridge says tourism is not just about visitors, but how it supports the ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Hurricanes players and their front office have made the finalists lists for the WHL’s annual year-end awards. The Canes find themselves in the running for the WHL Business Award for the fourth time in the last seven seasons and won the award in the 2019-2020 season. “The Canes saw ... Read More »

The Lethbridge Hurricanes advanced to the second round of the WHL playoffs after eliminating the Brandon Wheat Kings in five games in the first round with a 5-2 victory on Friday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena.  “Yeah, really happy and proud of our team tonight and the way we kind of  responded after the first (with) ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald You may not hear often about a young club volleyball team being the No. 1 ranked team in a province, however, for one Lethbridge team, they have achieved that status. The Lethbridge Volleyball Club U14 Blue girls’ team have vaulted up the charts to the No. 1 team in the ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber When Tuesday dawned on us, I’m sure many woke up hoping that the world that we’ve come to know was just a brief and bad April Fools joke. But with political strife and rising costs, there’s nothing funny about the world these days. When I’m out and about, ... Read More »

By David Macdonald Troy Media Twice the proportion of Canadians today have little to no local news compared to 16 years ago—and as this loss accelerates, the threat of disinformation does too. Since 2008, Canada has lost 11 per cent of its newspaper and online media outlets. Over that same period, nine per cent of ... Read More »

POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch There’s a long list of reasons my wife and I decided to make the move back to Lethbridge a little over a year ago. Chief among them was the fact that much of our family is here. Another key factor was the real estate market in the city ... Read More »

Editor, With regard to Scott Sakatch’s recent opinion in respect of Lethbridge drivers. You might want to focus on the real muppets on our roads. The ones who drive with no lights on; don’t know how to turn left from a single into a two lane road.  Don’t indicate properly. Stop in the middle of a junction. There ... Read More »

Editor, In a recent letter I received in the mail from Rachael Thomas, MP Lethbridge, she claims that Canada is broken under the leadership of the Liberal government. While I would agree that our current government has not been living up to its commitments to its citizens and the world to the best of their ... Read More »

Editor, For the past two months all President Trump ever talked about is punishing Canada, Mexico and China over the 25 per cent tariffs. I am sure many people have prayed that this will never happen over 30 days. Lydia and I pray to God daily that Trump will change his mind, and not impose ... Read More »