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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Bernadine and Toby Boulet are being honoured by the University of Lethbridge during the Fall 2025 Convocation for their selfless commitment to motivating Canadians to participate in organ donations and saving countless lives.  For the first time ever, the university is bestowing two honourary degrees in the same ceremony and this ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald A small but vocal group of students from Winston Churchill High School gathered outside their school Monday, to show their support for not only their teachers but all teachers across the province during the first day of strike.  Myles Angyal, Grade 12 student and rally organizer said he wanted to show ... Read More »

Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sunday was World Teachers’ Day, and in Lethbridge thousands of public school teachers, parents, students and supporters spent part of the day rallying along Mayor Magrath Drive South at Henderson Lake, with many holding flags or picket signs as they chanted for greater government support for public ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks women’s soccer team have won three of their last four games after a pair of road wins over the weekend. The Kodiak women opened the weekend with a 2-1 win at  Red Deer Polytechnic on Saturday. Megan Morrison opened the scoring for the Kodiaks in the ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Local Lethbridge Bulls pitcher Levi Abbott had a summer to remember on the mound and for that he was rewarded for his efforts last week when the Western Canadian Baseball League announced its award winners for the 2025 season. Abbott showed just how dominant and consistent he was on the ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes are still in search of their first win on home ice in the 2025-26 season following a 4-2 loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Friday night. Hurricane assistant coach Ryan Aasman says there were peaks and valleys for Lethbridge throughout the night. “Just ... Read More »

Rachael Thomas Lethbridge MP There’s a special delight every consumer knows—the moment you realize you’re paying less than you expected. Discounts are always a win, whether it’s 15 per cent off, buy one get the other half-off, or even better—buy one get one free.  As great as these discounts are— they belong in stores, not ... Read More »

Bill Whitelaw Troy Media Alberta and Ontario are sitting on a growing environmental and financial time bomb—aging oil and gas infrastructure that’s leaking, dangerous and too expensive to clean up. Both provinces are struggling, and both need help. It’s time they teamed up and asked Ottawa to help fund a national fix. While Canada frets ... Read More »

Doug Roth, Andrew Seale and Sarah Butson Quoi Media Humans are cursed with sometimes being short-sighted. Of course, it can be useful. Better not to be so focused on how to invent the wheel that you don’t notice the saber-tooth tiger about to eat you for lunch. But Canadian healthcare can’t afford to be short-sighted. It ... Read More »

Editor, On Oct. 2, the Lethbridge Herald published an Opinion by Doug Roth, Andrea Seale, and Sarah Butson, the heads of three Canadian health groups, calling for provinces to dedicate a large portion of the $32.5-billion tobacco litigation settlement to prevention and control of tobacco and nicotine use. Their arguments sound compelling, but they leave ... Read More »

Editor, On Sept. 30, I made the mistake of checking social media first thing in the morning. I was greeted with a video from the Alberta Next panel in Calgary, where a teenager — a child – began to ask a question about the teacher strike, only for his mic to be cut.  There is ... Read More »

Editor,  With school back in session and the leaves falling, I would like to take an opportunity to share some feel-good stories with our community.   It is an oft-spoken cliché that history will repeat itself until we learn from it, but history is not filled only with terrible lessons, but rather it is rich ... Read More »