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By Mickey Dumont Claresholm Local Press Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In its Budget 2025, the Alberta government has raised education property taxes  and one Town of Claresholm councillor is inviting ministers to explain what will happen with the increase. Speaking at a recent council meeting, Coun. Kieth Carlson said of the tax hike: “I wouldn’t mind ... Read More »

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Alberta government is investing $3 million in a strategy to ensure residents can participate in sport without being subject to harassment or abuse. The new Safe Sport Strategy is being developed in partnership with the  Alberta Sport Leadership Association to encourage quality programming in safe environments to empower Albertans to participate. The ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but for many people it’s all they have left of their loved ones and one man has made it his mission to help preserve those memories so they don’t get destroyed. Mitchell Hall lost his older brother to ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Chinook Coyotes varsity boys rugby team came into this season knowing they would have to integrate a lot of new players into the sport and they  will look to  combine that with the promising  up-and-coming  junior varsity players at the senior level in  hopes of finding success this season. ... Read More »

The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs didn’t have much go their way in  terms of the win column as they were only able to take one of three games off the TRU Wolfpack over the weekend at home. PBA opened Saturday’s triple header with a 5-2 loss, followed by a 9-3 win in the second game ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes staved off elimination and forced Game 7 with a 5-1 win  over the Calgary Hitmen in Game 6 on Saturday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. “I think we were a pretty resilient group,” said Canes forward Miguel Marques. “I think we know what we’re capable of and we’re ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber This weekend marks one of  the most – if not the most – holy events in  the year for Christians. Easter. Calling it a holiday is not exactly the right word because that  connotates a celebration and dying a slow, horrible death on a  crucifix is nothing to ... Read More »

POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch Well, it’s been another hectic week, which has left me with another batch of thoughts running through my head, so buckle up as I pass them along! A LAUGH AND A HALF: I’d like to give a huge shout out to Brian Dawydiuk (whose name I’ve apparently been ... Read More »

By Jonathan Harline and Austin Mardon There isn’t a corner of the world that hasn’t been affected by Trump 2.0, and the tariffs levied against allies and antagonists alike have made for a wild and unpredictable economic situation. While Canada has every right to defend itself using every tool in its toolkit, reciprocal tariffs included, ... Read More »

Editor, To have a complaint is to have a purpose. Many individuals in our society crave for meaning and purpose in an otherwise boring and meaningless existence. Our society is saturated with secular humanist rhetoric centred on the establishment of a group movement such as an environmental movement advocating for a Utopian future which ignores ... Read More »

Editor, O Canada, what have we done to thee? At the all-candidates last evening, it dawned on me that something was missing; the evening began with the obligatory aboriginal land acknowledgement then proceeded directly into the meeting.  We are not simply wandering strangers meeting on someone else’s land; we are Canadians – meeting in Canada ... Read More »

Editor, The Lethbridge Herald must be called to account for a recent poll that misleads the voting public, specifically the daily poll published in the online newspaper on April 9th. This poll read “Should federal candidates address coal mining even though it’s a provincial issue?” As anyone who has lived in Alberta for a while ... Read More »