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Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Covenant Health is investigating after a camera in a room at Buffalo Grace Manor in Lethbridge showed a female resident in the demential ward on several occasions engaging in physical conflict with a male who entered her room. “We’ve been made aware of a video recording of an incident that ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta man who broke into a downtown business and stole the owner’s retirement savings will spend some time behind bars. Shortly after midnight on Jan. 16 of this year Lance Trapp, 36, was caught on video surveillance pulling up to the business in a truck then removing the metal security grille ... Read More »

People could sip on a cup of freshly brewed java and surf through boxes of old vinyl’s in hopes of adding to their collection during the inaugural CKXU Java and Jams Record Sale and fundraiser at Cuppers Coffee and Tea over the past weekend. Proceeds from the vinyl sales from the old Love and Records ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Three Chinook Coyotes  graduating football players have committed to staying in Alberta to further their career in the sport at the university level. Both Mitchell Qually and Aiden Fletcher have both signed their Letter of Intent to play football at the University of Alberta while Benson Gruninger  has committed to ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Sport Council will conclude their seven-part  ‘Sport for All’: Breaking Barrier series by welcoming Generation Safe Founder and former Olympian, Allison Forsyth, to host a safe sport workshop on Saturday. The workshop includes education and will offer up what options are available to organizations in regards to safe sport. ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs varsity baseball team improved their record  8-4 on the season after taking three of four road games off the Victoria Collegiate Golden Tide over the weekend. “I thought we did OK especially with the long bus ride,” said Todd Hubka, PBA head coach. “We came ... Read More »

Al Beeber Managing Editor How important are volunteers to a community? In Lethbridge, more than half of residents do volunteer work and the average is 90 hours per year, contributing $135 million annually to the local economy. That information comes from Amanda Jensen, executive director of Volunteer Lethbridge who spoke to The Herald’s Alejandra Pulido-Guzman ... Read More »

DAVID B. CARPENTER On December 7 of 2023, I fell on the city sidewalk, fractured my femur in a comminuted fashion, could not move and had three lovely neighbourhood ladies and my wife hoist me up and call an ambulance.  I met an exceptionally attentive ER doc as well as really great nursing staff and ... Read More »

AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Exciting news is on the horizon for Southern Alberta as Budget 2024 unveils substantial investments aimed at propelling our region’s healthcare and infrastructure sectors to new heights. With a focus on the expansion of the University of Lethbridge (U of L) medical school and ... Read More »

Editor: Al Beeber, in your column of April 12, you wrote, “If there is a god why didn’t that deity intervene when millions of Jews, along with homosexuals and others were being slaughtered by the Nazis?” Well, he did intervene. Early on in the conflict, he made sure that leaders at the highest levels in ... Read More »

Editor: Despite Premier Smith stating in a recent news briefing that the April 5th rotating blackouts were the result of not enough wind energy being online the reality is that the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) mismanaged this particular situation. As is predictable, the premier was dissing wind, building up fossil fuel generation and, in ... Read More »

Editor: I wish to express my dissatisfaction with the snow policy adopted for 2024. Although I have completed the 311 snow survey, I believe the policy needs to be addressed more thoroughly at council. I do not believe that council will get the full story from the service providers of the negative effect on people ... Read More »