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LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services’ newest recruits had the opportunity to learn how to dive out of a window safely and break through walls to get out of a room with no windows during a training exercise Thursday morning. Captain Sean Larkin spoke prior to the training exercises and said they were very ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Transporting a Fokker F-28 – be careful how you say that – to the Lethbridge Airport was tough enough, but now the real work begins. The 49-year-old airplane arrived at the airport late last month, carried on a flatbed trailer from Saskatoon, Sask., where it sat for some years waiting for the Time ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The jury may still be out, but research seems to indicate hearing loss and cognitive health is likely connected. A study more than a decade ago involving about 630 participants revealed that hearing loss seemed to be independently associated with dementia, but it was unclear at the time if hearing loss is a ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald A Josh Clark sacrifice  fly in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Morgan Halliday for the winning run in a 1-0 Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs victory over the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks in the second game of the double header between the two teams at Lloyd Nolan Yard on Thursday. ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes officially wrapped up another season with the completion of the WHL Prospects Draft on Thursday. The Canes chose eight forwards, a goalie and six defencemen in total. “When I zero in on our group, we are just as excited as can be,” said Peter Anholt, Hurricanes GM. ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald   The Lethbridge Miners American Legion  ‘A’ baseball team open the season tomorrow with plenty of upside as a  young group. “We’re quite excited with the group of kids we have,” said Miners head coach Nicholas Ankermann. The Miners have only two 18 year olds returning from last year who ... Read More »

LEAVE IT TO BEEBER Al Beeber – managing editor I made it! I’m officially a senior citizen after turning 65 this week. While I had intended to celebrate by taking a week off as I’ve traditionally done over the years, as you can tell since you’re reading this column that didn’t happen. I couldn’t leave ... Read More »

LORNE FITCH One definition of a consultant is someone who looks at your watch and tells you what time it is. The recently released consultant’s report— Adaptation Roadmap for the SSRB: Assessment of Strategic Water Management Projects to Support Economic Development in the South Saskatchewan River Basin— is a mirror reflecting back the aspirations of ... Read More »

FROM THE HILL Rachael Thomas – Conservative Member of Parliament for Lethbridge Have you ever heard of a snake oil salesman?  The term originated in the 1900s from an infamous impostor who sold snake oil as a miracle medicine. It turns out the supposed “snake oil” was just a concoction of mineral oil, beef fat, ... Read More »

Editor: The United States of America is where the largest number of creative people live in the world. It is because Americans value personal freedom as the most important life principle. They have few taboos, and fewer customs and traditions to honour. That’s why Americans have won more Nobel Prizes in all categories than any ... Read More »

Editor: Regarding the state funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney, https://youtube.com/live/AW5jsROEucU?si=W0ffBxvoiweDTc9b  Watch Hon. Jean Charest’s eulogy starting at 2:41.00. Don’t let anyone, especially Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, ever tell you that Conservatives don’t care about the environment because we care.  Brian Mulroney and the PC party were decades ahead of the others on ... Read More »

Editor: An article in the Lethbridge Herald (April 26, 2024) states that Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government has introduced a bill that will grant the provincial government sweeping powers over municipalities. This would include the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws. It would also allow political parties to run in municipal elections.  This is ... Read More »