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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Glow Lethbridge comes back for its third season with A Fairytale Christmas theme from Nov. 14 to Dec. 31 and with it, lower prices to make it more affordable for families to attend.  Paul Kingsmith, director of event development with Excite Lethbridge, says that whether people have been to Glow Lethbridge ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The unofficial results of the City Council contest of the Municipal Election 2025, show aRyan Wolfe, Al Beeber, and Rufa Doria as the three new members joining the team.  Ryan Wolfe, who also ran for council in the 2021 municipal election said it was great to receive the support from the ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Naheed Nenshi says he’s ready to enter the fall legislative session that begins today – his first as leader of Alberta’s Opposition – and to fight for priorities that actually matter to Albertans. Over the summer, Nenshi and other NDP MLAs travelled across the province to listen ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes began their three-game road trip through the East Division with a 6-3 loss at the hands of the Regina Pats on Wednesday night. Caden Brown opened the scoring in the game when he redirected a pass by Canes goalie Koen Cleaver to make it 1-0 Pats1:14 into ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Brian Barwegen officiated his last collegiate soccer game on Sunday at the University of Lethbridge  before retiring after 17 years of refereeing locally at the university, college and Alberta Major Soccer League levels. The Coaldale product worked 248 games between Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference, USports and AMSL games, and that ... Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The countdown is officially on to the Canada West basketball season and the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s basketball team feel ready for the 2025-26 campaign. Last season, the Pronghorns finished in fourth place in the Prairie Division with an 11-9 record and fell in the ... Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor At the risk of sounding like an old codger (yeah, I know, that ship sailed a long time ago), I can’t help waxing nostalgic whenever election time comes around. Back in the late 1990s-early 2000s, during my first go-round in journalism, election night was always an exciting time. We’d all come ... Read More »

Doug Firby Troy Media David Eby’s record as premier is unravelling under the weight of his own decisions—from ferry contracts with China to a ballooning deficit and rising job losses. Voters are noticing. The British Columbia premier is now facing harsh political realities, many of them the result of his own decisions. Let’s start with ... Read More »

Carole Estabrooks & Janice Keefe Quoi Media Canada’s primary healthcare crisis has garnered news headlines and political attention, but an equally alarming crisis is ongoing in long-term care (LTC). More than five years after COVID-19’s deadly sweep through LTC homes — exposing long-standing deficiencies in funding, infrastructure, infection control, staffing and working conditions — many ... Read More »

When Lydia and I arrived in Taber in 1982, we were delighted to join the St. Augustine’s choir when they asked us to do so.  Joe, the choir director, knew his music that made it easier for us to blend in.  After living in Taber for over a year, I was hired as a Power ... Read More »

Editor, To say I am infuriated is an understatement. The previous transit manager shifted resources from the Access-A-Ride service to “on-demand” buses, effectively taking away dedicated handicap buses. As a result, we are now left with only one bus operating at night. Even when there were three buses running in the evenings, it was often ... Read More »

Editor, Now that the Blue Jays are headed to the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers, I wish to salute them. Their victory came about because of team management pulling the strings at the right time. The field manager John Schneider would build their confidence and not panic. He would put in or pull out players for ... Read More »