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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Police Service announced Friday that in 2024 they responded to nearly 32,000 calls for service and 99.4 per cent were resolved without any use of force. A use of force report must be completed when any force other than cooperative handcuffing or escort techniques are used, there’s an injury ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Kathleen Ganley, NDP MLA for Calgary-Mountain View and a former candidate for leader of the party, was in Lethbridge this week to talk to residents about what the NDP has to offer them. While in Lethbridge, Ganley sat down with the Herald to talk about a variety of subjects including the proposed changes ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The final report of the City of Lethbridge’s physician recruitment plan was presented Thursday afternoon for information to the Governance Standing Policy Committee of city council. The report, which was submitted by manager of Government Relations Gerald Gauthier, shows that seven inquiries were received from July through December of 2024: five from western ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Heradld The Hockey Alberta Senior AA Provincial Championship, which was supposed to be hosted by the Lethbridge Lightning early next month, has been cancelled. Hockey Alberta put out a social media post out earlier this week with the announcement. “A difficult decision has been made to cancel the 2024-25 Hockey Alberta ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes opened up the 2025 WHL playoffs with a 6-3 statement win over the Brandon Wheat Kings at VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Friday night. “A lot of emotion in the building early and then it settled in,” said Bill Peters, Canes head coach. “I thought we were better once ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Rattlers U19B ringette team captured their second consecutive provincial banner this past weekend in Fort McMurray. “This was definitely a year that we came in as one of the favourites I would say,” said said Chris McIntyre, Rattlers head coach. “We went out there and executed our game ... Read More »

By Doug Firby Troy Media The poor Alberta government. At times, they come across as a hapless bunch of hayseeds—easy prey for any P.T. Barnum-style huckster who shows up on our doorstep. In recent years, Alberta’s highest-profile and most cringeworthy blunders have piled up like bad investments: • In 2022, the United Conservative Party (UCP) ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber How can a person maintain a healthy weight and a healthy heart at any age? As a guy who spent many years and hours in the gym hitting the weights hard before surgery in 2002 at Foothills Hospital in Calgary to remove four herniated discs in my neck, ... Read More »

POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch I have to admit, when I read that Prime Minister Mark Carney was going to call an election this past Sunday, I didn’t imagine it would have much of an impact here. After all, conservative-leaning candidates have held the Lethbridge riding through every election since 1930. That’s almost ... 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 »