March 15th, 2025

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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the McKillop United Church celebrated their second annual PIE march by sharing a slice of pie and an important message at three different locations on Friday, also known as Pi Day (3/14).  Meg Fester, affirming community liaison with McKillop United Church, explained that they referred to March 14

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Local News

  • Soup Kitchen has overcome challenges over past year

    While the Soup Kitchen faced challenges in the last year, it continues to focus how they have been blessed to be able to continue to serve the vulnerable population in Lethbridge. For the last 40 years, the Soup Kitchen has served three hot meals Monday through Saturday and two meals each Sunday. At their annual ... Read More »

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  • Kaitlyn’s ready to tackle new role with LSCO

    The new Executive Director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) is eager to hit the ground running. Kaitlynn Weaver took over the position from Rob Miyashiro on Mar. 10. Miyashiro stepped down from the LSCO at the end of last year after nearly 17 years of service. He’s now focusing on his full-time role ... Read More »

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  • United Church uses PIE to make a point

    Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the McKillop United Church celebrated their second annual PIE march by sharing a slice of pie and an important message at three different locations on Friday, also known as Pi Day (3/14).  Meg Fester, affirming community liaison with McKillop United Church, explained that they referred to March 14 ... Read More »

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Local Sports

  • Canes fall to Tigers in OT

    By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Oasiz Wiesblatt scored his second goal of the game 1:56 into overtime to lift the Medicine Hat Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. Matt Anholt, Canes associate was asked post game by Dustin Forbes of 106.7 Rock if the loss came ... Read More »

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  • WCBL holding ‘Rural Roots’ game between Bulls, Gulls in Oyen this summer

    SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS  The Western Canadian Baseball League will return to its roots this summer The WCBL is holding an inaugural Rural Roots Baseball Classic, paying homage to its history with a regular-season game between the Lethbridge Bulls and Sylvan Lake Gulls at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen on June 8. In a press release ... Read More »

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  • Highly touted Clippers ready for regionals challenge

    By Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The LCI Clippers senior varsity basketball team are set to host the south regional portion of the 4A provincial championship after taking the zone title last weekend. This year, the Alberta School’s Athletic Association (ASAA) has changed the format of high school basketball provincials from a ... Read More »

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Opinions

  • Southern Albertans are rightfully concerned

    AT THE LEGISLATURE – Rob Miyashiro – NDP MLA for Lethbridge West On Jan. 20, I had the great honour of being sworn in as the MLA for Lethbridge-West, making me the 985th member of the Alberta Legislature in the last 120 years, and the first member that is of Japanese and Okinawan descent. I ... Read More »

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  • Social media a playground for critics

    You know what’s cheap to give in abundance? Criticism. Hence, the idiom “Everyone is a critic”—magnified by everyone having a smartphone—and why no statues have been erected in honour of critics. Social media platforms, intended to encourage sharing and interaction, have turned us into keyboard warriors, relentlessly expressing unsolicited opinions and tearing others down. Whether ... Read More »

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  • Following in Dad’s footsteps and letting go

    LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Unlike past years, March 8 was here and gone with nothing said by me to anyone about a date that for all the wrong reasons is a special one. Anniversaries of family deaths can be like that. And March 8 is a date is one I’d be quite ... Read More »

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Letters to The Editor

  • Poilievre should put glasses back on

    Editor, Who is your favourite NHL hockey coach? Hands down mine has got to be John Tortorella, coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Not one to pull any punches. In the past when a reporter asked Tortorella a lame question, he let them have it. Very honest and entertaining. But he calmed down, probably been told to ... Read More »

    10 hours ago
  • MLA Neudorf can’t have it both ways on coal

    Editor, Re; Nathan Neudorf and Grassy Mountain Coal: In Friday’s Herald, the CEO of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce reiterated MLA Neudorf’s statement “the agriculture and food processing sectors cannot be sacrificed for another industry”.  Note that Neudorf did not say “I oppose open pit coal mining and will not allow our watershed to be ... Read More »

    10 hours ago
  • Letter lacked context of MLAA Neudorf’s statement to Chamber

    Editor, The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is committed to fostering informed discussions on matters that impact our business community. We appreciate engagement on issues of economic policy and government communication; however, it is essential that information from our events is accurately represented when referenced in public discourse. In the March 6, 2025, letter titled “Albertans ... Read More »

    19 hours ago