Mayoral candidate Bridget Mearns gives a speech to her supporters after loss to Blaine Hyggen on Oct. 18, 2021. Blaine Hyggen edged out Bridget Mearns by only 500 votes to win the mayoral race in Lethbridge on Oct. 18. Hyggen took 42.79 per cent of the vote and received 11,973 votes to become Lethbridge’s newest…
Dairy industry takes a hit
Dairy farmers will once again pay the price to finalize a trade agreement. The new NAFTA deal known as United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will provide US dairy farmers access to about 3.5 per cent of Canada’s approximately $16-billion annual domestic dairy market. The dairy industry paid the price when other countries were granted access to Canada’s…