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Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com remier Jason Kenney spoke to members of the Lethbridge business community and other representatives of the community at a luncheon hosted by the Lethbridge and District Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. In a 30-minute speech at the Sandman Signature Hotel to assembled guests an upbeat Kenney spoke about his excitement ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge residents will have a chance to vote on a non-binding ballot question during this fall’s municipal election which will gauge the public’s desire to build a third bridge by 2030. “I think it is important to ask the citizens of Lethbridge if they want that third bridge built before 2030,” said Mayor ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com COVID silenced the music but with pandemic restrictions eased, Tom Price and his band are back hitting all the right notes. Price was a founding member of popular Lethbridge musical act Tom & Curt which made many fans here and elsewhere starting in the 1970s. Originally a duo with singer/guitarist Price and bassist/vocalist ... Read More »

Repeat. For those wondering the objective of the Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s soccer team as they head into the 2021 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season, there you go. After a cancelled 2020 ACAC season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kodiaks return to the pitch this fall as the defending ACAC champions, having captured their ... Read More »

The Lethbridge Hurricanes announced their 2021-22 Western Hockey League schedule Tuesday. The Hurricanes will play a full 68-game this winter consisting of 34 games at Enmax Centre and 34 games on the road. Lethbridge opens the season on Oct. 1 when they host the Calgary Hitmen at Enmax Centre. The team will play a total ... Read More »

The Lethbridge College Kodiaks women’s soccer team is looking to build on bronze. Following their third place finish at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference provincials in 2019, the Kodiaks now seek to climb the medal rankings as they gear up for the 2021 ACAC season. After watching their 2020 ACAC season get sidelined due to ... Read More »

Choosing the right moment to force a federal election is the ultimate in speculative political maneuvering, and Canadian politicians have been desperate to properly interpret these tea leaves since the days of Confederation. More often than not, the political prognosticators fail to locate the pulse of the Canadian electorate, and more than a few campaigns ... Read More »

In 1950, Canada faced a difficult choice between the desire to be a leader in the development of nuclear energy technology and the fear that such technology would bring the end of the world a little closer.  Despite concerns related to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Canada elected to be in the vanguard.  As ... Read More »

While I often spend the cold months of the year wishing for warmer and sunnier weather, I fear Mother Nature may have gone a bit overboard in the last few weeks. It’s been a long time since I can remember such a stretch of hot, dry weather. And now, as is increasingly becoming the norm ... Read More »

Editor: How about Jason Kenney’s idea to disenfranchise some taxpayers and just let the constituents who are currently policed by the RCMP vote on whether to keep the RCMP? By that logic, only parents would have a say on whether to proceed with the 2021 Draft Curriculum. Instead, Minister LaGrange is trying to silence and ... Read More »

Editor: Statues of dead white people are falling down and some people say “You can not cancel history.” I agree. History must not be forgotten. Every historical figure should be remembered. But the question is who should be honoured?  Some must not be forgotten but without honour.  Hitler must never be forgotten but never honoured. The problem is ... Read More »

Editor: Re: “Sustainability, stock, and seaweed: changing cattle feed to combat climate change” (July 19). The seaweed isn’t always greener. We don’t need to resort to desperate measures like feeding cows seaweed-an unnatural food for grazing land-dwellers-in order to reduce methane emissions. The answer is already in front of us: Just don’t eat animals. According ... Read More »