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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Polytechnic will make some sweeping changes to operations to deal with a massive shortfall in funding. The school announced Tuesday that, due to significant policy changes to international student levels and post-graduate work permits by the federal government, it has been forced to made several significant changes to their ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad LETHBRIDGE HERALD Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Aboriginal Housing Society will be opening their Iinii’toyis-Buffalo Lodge multi-unit housing unit and are putting a callout for artists to be part of a mural project. Aboriginal Housing Society provides sustainable housing solutions built on a cultural basis. Melissa Many Fingers, vice chair and treasurer for ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With winter and the need for salt and sand on the roads in the rearview mirror, the City of Lethbridge has announced the beginning of seasonal street sweeping. Residential street sweeping starts today and will continue every weekday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the next eight to 10 weeks, weather permitting. ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs opened up the home portion of their Canadian College Baseball Conference schedule over the weekend by sweeping a four game set with the Victoria Golden Tide. On Saturday, PBA began with a 16-9 victory in the morning game, followed by a 12-7 win in the ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald In just his second season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, head coach Bill Peters has been named a finalist for the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy as the WHL Coach of the Year. “That’s a reflection on the players and the staff,” Peters told  reporters on Tuesday morning. “Our staff has done ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Over 800 young gymnastics athletes and over 4,000 spectators  from around the province convened at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre  over the weekend for what was a successful Provincial Championships for  local competitors in the age seven to 18 range. The local club, West Wind Gymnastics Club, had  high ... Read More »

POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch It’s been a busy week and I’ve had a lot on my mind, so this is going to be one of those columns that touches on several subjects (which is a not-so-subtle way of saying I personally suffer from adult ADHD, so why not inflict that on all ... 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 »

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 »