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By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Sport Council announced Monday that sport events hosted in Lethbridge in 2024 generated a total economic impact of over $18 million while province-wide the total economic impact reached over $21.5 million.  Economic impact reports were completed for 214 single and multi-day sport events representing 62 per cent of ... Read More »

By Sam Leishman Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter D espite long-standing complications arising from interactions with vulnerable populations in the area, Lethbridge’s downtown continues to draw in larger numbers of young people. That’s according to Amin Iqbal, a Millennial himself at 33 years old. Iqbal is a real estate agent who owns property downtown ... Read More »

By Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald City council will be asked today to direct City Manager Lloyd Brierley to pay off debt associated with the material recovery facility from the Waste and Environment department’s surplus. Three debentures total $7,588,244. Mandi Parker, the department’s general manager, is making the request because, effective April, 1 under Extended Producer Responsibility rules, the ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Magrath Zeniths gutted out a 78-74 win over the Raymond Comets to capture the 4A South Zone Basketball Championships varsity boys banner on Saturday night at 1St Choice Savings Centre. “A lot of relief to be honest,” said Zeniths head coach Chris Steed. “When you have a good season, ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The  LCI Clippers varsity girls basketball team were able to pull off a 62-56 win over the Magrath Pandas to capture the 4A South Zone Basketball Championship  banner at 1st Choice Savings Centre on Saturday afternoon in front of a passionate crowd. “It’s very rewarding,” said Darren Miller, LCI head ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Courage and perseverance  are things that local University of Lethbridge Pronghorn women’s basketball player Kyra Collier played with right from the first tip-off of this past season. For that she was nominated for Canada West’s Courage Overcoming Adversity Award this week. She displayed courage while overcoming adversity this season because ... Read More »

At the Legislature – Nathan Neudorf, MLA for Lethbridge East Albertans are facing uncertain economic times, but our government is taking decisive action to ensure we continue moving forward. Budget 2025, titled Meeting the Challenge, reflects our commitment to addressing today’s realities while laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. This budget focuses on affordability, essential ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER – Al Beeber Where’s the rest of her? It was the first thought that came to mind when we were introduced to Diana by Prairie Pet Rescue in December. She looked so much bigger in the photos that I kept going back to on the rescue organization’s website when I decided ... Read More »

POINT OF VIEW – Editor Scott Sakatch Al Franken, the great comedian and former U.S. senator, once observed about fellow Senator Ted Cruz: “The thing you have to realize about Ted Cruz is that I like Ted Cruz more than my other colleagues like Ted Cruz, and I hate Ted Cruz.” Now personally, I can ... Read More »

Editor, I just sent an email to the mayor and nouncil of Kalispell Montana as well as one of the senators of the state. I basically stated that after years of vacationing in Montana, a place where I felt like a neighbour, Trump’s statements made me realize that they don’t care about us and I ... Read More »

Editor, Because of possibility that the Alberta Energy Regulator may allow a foreign company to open a mine on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, home of headwaters that flow across Canada to the Hudson Bay. And because of a self-regulatory process in Alberta, which allows such industrial-mining activities to police themselves and to ... Read More »

Editor, Like many southern Albertans, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read MLA Nathan Neudorf’s remarks to the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce in the Lethbridge Herald (Jan.30, 2025). Did he really say: “so do you want to choose coal mining with higher than ever regulatory thresholds for any environmental infrastructure’s or do people want ... Read More »