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Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The median price of a house sold in Lethbridge last  month was the second highest of seven major Alberta communities, and its year-over-year average price growth was nine per cent. That median price of a home here was $427,740 which trailed only the price in Calgary, which was $595,000. In third ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Coalhurst’s Miners Days 2025 celebration coincides with the town’s 30th anniversary as an incorporated town, making this year’s summer celebration more meaningful. Coalhurst’s history is a story of resilience. Since its early days as a mining town, it has seen periods of growth, decline and finally rebirth. ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Spectators will be able to enjoy the riveting experience of pro rodeo as the Rocky Mountain Turf Club will be hosting qualifiers for the Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) for the first time on Friday and Saturday. Almost 600 Indigenous rodeo athletes from all over Canada and ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Jr. Bulls 14U team hung on to beat the B.C. representative 11-10 in their Junior Canadian Little League Championship opener on Wednesday at Spitz Stadium. “We started out really strong today, our offence came alive early on and we pitched really well,” said Will Sharpe, Jr. Bulls head ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Calgary-based Silvertips Major Female lacrosse team captured the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse’s League Major Female provincial championship over the weekend in Ponoka with a Lethbridge player on the roster. Genna Medhurst was a part a Silvertip team that won their first-ever provincial gold medal in her second season. “Emotions were ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s two American Legion ‘A’ baseball teams are set to compete for a North District Class ‘A’  Championship beginning tomorrow in Lewistown. The Lethbridge Lakers are going in as the eighth seed and will play the ninth place Great Falls Chargers to open the championship on Thursday, with the loser ... Read More »

Laura Syron Quoi Media A recent surge in misleading ads and AI-generated videos on social media and other online sites promoting bogus diabetes products, treatments and cures — often using fake endorsements, including from my organization Diabetes Canada — poses a serious health risk to people living with diabetes. So far this year, Diabetes Canada has heard ... Read More »

Lorne Fitch For the Herald The Alberta government would have us believe in impossible things, notably that it is possible to reduce red-tape while still boasting of the highest environmental stan dards. With their endlessly-repeated mantra of “responsible resource development” spewing out like hyperbolic exhaust from a rhetoric machine, language becomes ever more devoid of ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Because of a provincially mandated requirement that all police departments be issued body worn cameras by the end of 2026, local taxpayers could be seeing an additional tax hike of some indeterminate amount when the next council does budget deliberations. Could is the operative word because while ... Read More »

Editor, I am writing this because I am disappointed with the actions of the drivers on Whoop-Up Drive Sunday night. A young lady hit a deer on the eastbound lane which I then ran over. I had no time to react. She pulled off to the side of the road and put her hazard lights on.  ... Read More »

Editor, An open letter to Premier Smith: I think it’s time you thoroughly, clearly explain your vision for Alberta. What does Alberta look like in 10 years – honestly?  Describe a typical day for the members of a multi-generational a family. Who’s caring for the pre-school kids? Do the school age children sit in classrooms ... Read More »

Editor, I enjoy watching the Liberals scurry around pretending they are making headway on trade and insisting all the while that it’s a deal for Canada or no deal. Meanwhile the real negotiator/dictator isn’t even in the room? So we flail away pretending to make headway when we have already been told exactly what is ... Read More »