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Anna Smith Southern Alberta Newspapers Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A $30-million project to a mustard milling facility in Bow Island received support from the province to the tune of a $3.1-million Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit. G.S. Dunn Limited expects the project to add 34 new jobs, access markets in Japan and South Korea and increase ... Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has received a major land donation along the Oldman River.  Diane Glover has donated 1,253 acres of property to the NCC with the intention of the land being conserved for years to come. In a press release from the NCC to ... Read More »

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Alberta Teachers’ Association  is condemning the government’s plan to table legislation on Monday to force teachers back to work and end the province-wide strike.  ATA president Jason Schilling said Friday that Bill 2, the Back to School Act, is undemocratic and deeply disrespectful to teachers, students and the collective bargaining ... Read More »

Graham Kelly Inside the CFL He is the brightest star to come into the league since Doug Flutie. And, he’s a Canadian. Nicknamed “Kid Canada” at Ohio University, Nathan Rourke has become Captain Canada today with an excellent chance to lead his B.C. Lions to the Grey Cup and winning the CFL Most Outstanding Player ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Both Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks cross-country teams will look to crack the top three on their respective sides at the ACAC Championships in Grande Prairie today  in hopes of earning a second straight trip to nationals. There will be 13 other ACAC programs looking to do the same in the championships. ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball team opened a new Canada West season with an 80-70 defeat at the hands of the University of Calgary Dinos on Friday night at Co-op Centre for Sport & Wellness. “Really good first effort,” said Dave Waknuk, Horns head coach. “That’s a tough ... Read More »

Rob Miyashiro Lethbridge West MLA This week, the Alberta Legislature opened its fall session with a Speech from the Throne. But instead of offering solutions to the pressing issues facing Albertans, the UCP government chose confrontation over collaboration, particularly in its handling of the teachers’ strike and its treatment of municipalities. The speech made clear ... Read More »

David Carpenter For the Herald In at least one significant aspect, it was similar to the Alberta Next propaganda meetings. You had to wade all the way through Premier Smith’s response, which she insists holds her and her government purer than the driven snow, before you get to the link to Justice Raymond Wyant’s actual ... Read More »

Scott Sakatch Herald Editor At the risk of sounding like an old codger (yeah, I know, that ship sailed a long time ago), I can’t help waxing nostalgic whenever election time comes around. Back in the late 1990s-early 2000s, during my first go-round in journalism, election night was always an exciting time. We’d all come ... Read More »

Editor, I am writing to share my thoughts on the recent article in Thursday’s Herald regarding the mayor reaching out to social media commentators.  While I understand the impulse to address public discourse, I believe the mayor should not engage with the uninformed and often ignoble posts on social media.  Elected officials at all levels ... Read More »

Editor, If buying Canadian results in continued high prices to pay CEOs of these companies tens of millions, it raises a concern: Are we buying Canadian so CEOs can keep their share price up and reward shareholders with dividends. or are we buying Canadian to ensure Canadian jobs? I find this a rather two-faced marketing ... Read More »

When Lydia and I arrived in Taber in 1982, we were delighted to join the St. Augustine’s choir when they asked us to do so.  Joe, the choir director, knew his music that made it easier for us to blend in.  After living in Taber for over a year, I was hired as a Power ... Read More »