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Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Patio season has returned and with it the City of Lethbridge’s annual outdoor patio and parklet program for local businesses to be able to expand their seating opportunities to the great outdoors.  The program was first introduced in 2018 for businesses to apply for a variety of different patio sets, ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Two presentations and a submission are on the agenda for today’s meeting of the Safety and Social Standing Policy committee of Lethbridge city council. The SPC meets at 1:30 p.m. in council chambers. It consists of councillors Jenn Schmidt-Rempel, John Middleton-Hope and Ryan Parker along with acting mayor Mark Campbell. The first presentation ... Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With warmer weather in full swing many residents have started to wonder when they will be able to enjoy what Lethbridge has to offer while riding e-scooters and e-bikes once again. Residents who have come to rely on, or simply enjoy, the occasional ride across the city via e-scooter or e-bike can again ... Read More »

The Lethbridge Elks American Legion AA baseball team  are going into this season with a younger roster after seeing more turnover in players from last year. “It looks like a talented crew,” said Scott Oikawa, Elks head coach,  on the new roster make up. “It is definitely a lot of new faces. We didn’t return ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Bertil Johansson was one of two Lethbridge College Kodiaks representatives to be enshrined into the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conferences Hall of fame during an induction ceremony last week in Red Deer.   “It’s always an honour, first of all, when you get recognized and that you’re inducted into [the] Alberta ... Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs  varsity are ready to battle on the base pads this weekend in hopes of winning their first  Canadian College World Series in seven years at Spitz Stadium. The CCBC’s (Canadian College Baseball Conference)  eight teams will all be competing for the league championship. “Hopefully that ... Read More »

AT THE LEGISLATURE Nathan Neudorf – UCP MLA for Lethbridge East It is no secret that the cost of living is hitting Albertans hard. I hear from constituents every day who are struggling with inflation, unaffordable housing, food insecurity, and other consequences that come with the high cost of living.  This is putting more pressure ... 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 »

Editor: More and more, we see paternalistic policy from the UCP. I know many who would benefit from the national pharmacare program: diabetics who cannot afford medications and test supplies who progress to diabetic complications, and those who cannot afford birth control.  Our provincial government claims Albertans have access to programs and do not need ... Read More »

Editor:  What is gerrymandering?  Gerrymandering is “the managing of electoral district boundaries to ensure that a specific outcome occurs”.  It’s a $50 word for “the fix is in.”   In the U.S. of the 1800s, gerrymandering was used to ensure that Black votes were discounted and Black candidates were not elected .  How about Alberta in ... Read More »

Editor: I am really not sure if politicians are switching to woke because the votes are good, or they legitimately do not know what they are doing, so any vote will do? Recently, a B.C. minister said that the intention of legalization possession was not to make people feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods, parks etc. ... Read More »