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LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICE Lethbridge Police have charged two males in connection with an assault where a 29-year-old man sustained serious injuries. On Nov. 29, just after 9:30 a.m., police responded to a report of an assault involving multiple people fighting with weapons along the 700 block of 3 Avenue South. Upon arrival, officers located a ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The 17th annual Meals on Wheels “23 Days of Christmas” Honorary Chef and Christmas Card fundraising campaign organized by Select People Solutions and Teamworks Career Centre has officially launched with already great results.  Ryan Miller, president of Teamworks, said Monday during the official launch of the campaign that the whole month ... Read More »

Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge will be moving forward with plans to construct a roundabout at the intersection of College Drive South and 28 Avenue/Tudor Boulevard South and will be hosting an open house on Thursday. Residents and business owners are invited to attend an informational open house ... Read More »

By Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald- Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Hurricanes are hoping for a little bit of home cooking. Lethbridge is preparing for three games in four nights this week, all taking place at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena. The Hurricanes  welcome the Red Deer Rebels (9-12-1-2) on Wednesday night. The Wenatchee Wild (8-13-1-1) make ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks men’s basketball team  picked up a pair of home wins over the weekend to finish first semester with a 7-3 record and a tie  for second in the ACAC’s South division. Lethbridge Polytechnic (LP) began the weekend with an 87-76 win over the University of Alberta-Augustana ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns had encouraging results as hosts of the Canada West Swimming Championships over the weekend. Pronghorn women’s swimmer Ryenn  Katterhagen won bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:09.87, the Pronghorn 400m Women’s Freestyle Relay team won bronze with a time of 3:48.88 ... Read More »

Jody Jollimore For the Herald It’s been nearly a decade since Canada signed on to a bold strategy at the World Health Assembly to eliminate HIV/AIDS as a public health concern by 2030. Although an international commitment, this wasn’t just about helping others abroad; it was a coordinated strategy by each country to follow a ... Read More »

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA Over the past month, I’ve spent many hours in the Alberta Legislature debating bills that will profoundly impact our province. You’ve likely seen headlines about the UCP government’s controversial legislation and use of the notwithstanding clause to strip many people of their Charter rights. Those bills passed because the government ... Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor In Thursday’s Herald, the daily poll question asked readers if they thought Albertans should ignore the current recall effort against 14 (for now) UCP MLAs and just wait until the next provincial election to have their say. As you can see on Page A6 today, a slim majority of respondents (57 ... Read More »

Editor, A recent letter published in the Herald claimed the UCP government was “destroying our public health car system”, that medical professionals were being lured to “unneeded” and “unwanted” private health care facilities, and that perhaps a solution is to “lay down in front of bulldozers trying to build more private health care facilities at ... Read More »

Editor: As the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission consulted on the design of new ridings for the next provincial election, they clearly heard a diversity of views about Lethbridge ridings.  At one end of this range of perspectives are those who feel strongly that the existing boundaries should be preserved.  That’s fair; what isn’t legitimate, though, ... Read More »

Editor, So Smith has already broken her pledge to hire 3,000 more teachers and 1,500 EAs. Here is a statement from the government’s own press release: ”Over the next three years, school boards will be provided with funding to hire 3,000 teachers and 1,500 new education assistants to support students with complex needs. These funds ... Read More »