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City makes battery recycling easy
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge, in partnership with Call2Recycle Canada, has launched a pilot curbside battery collection program, where residents can bag their dead batteries and set them out for curbside pick-up the same day as their green cart. Throughout the week of Oct. 6-10, 15,800 households in Lethbridge will receive a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voting officially underway at city’s advance polls
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Advance voting has begun and Voting stations at two locations are now open for the 2025 Lethbridge municipal and school board election. Lethbridge residents can now head to a voting station at the Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre or the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the Cavendish Farms Centre. Advance voting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayoral candidates answer questions
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2025
Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 120 residents turned out to listen to, and question, the four mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election during the first candidates forum at the Lethbridge Public Library Tuesday evening. Incumbent Mayor Blaine Hyggen presented his case for re-election to the audience while challengers Quentin ... Read More »
1 responseCoaldale acknowledges latest offer from AUPE
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2025
Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Town of Coaldale has acknowledged the latest offer from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE). During the regular town council meeting on Monday, council voted unanimously to acknowledge the receipt of the new proposal from AUPE as well as agree that any change to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another huge crowd turns out for teachers
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Close to 1,000 people gathered along Mayor Magrath Drive Wednesday afternoon wearing red, holding signs, and cheering to show their support for teachers across the province during the third day of the Alberta Teachers Association strike. It was the second such demonstration in the city since the weekend. Parents, teachers, students ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AUPE hopes Coaldale lockout will end soon
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) is hoping it’s one step closer to ending the lockout with the Town of Coaldale. On Oct. 2, AUPE submitted a proposal for a new contract to the Town of Coaldale. AUPE members have been locked out by the town ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS celebrates first harvest from the medicine garden
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Police Service offers smudging kits to provide peace to those in the midst of crisis and decided to take it a step further by planting, cultivating and harvesting their own traditional Blackfoot medicines and herbs such as sage, sweet grass, mint and tobacco. Cat Pooley, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timing of postal strike hitting CRH Foundation hard
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation is encouraging community members who would like to make a donation, to reach out to them directly to find a way to provide their funding without having to rely on Canada Post as it continues its nation-wide strike. “This is the time of year when many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music to our ears
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra (LSO) began its 2025-26 season with “Symphony I” at Southminster United Church Monday evening. Over 400 people of all ages gathered there to hear the community orchestra perform “Scheherazade” by Rimsky Korsakov and “La Mer” (“The Sea”) by Claude Debussy. Korsakov’s Scheherazade (1888) ... Read More »
1 responseAlbertans most likely to choose between food and utilities
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald A survey by a national accounting firm suggests Albertans are the most likely residents of Canada to choose between “heat or eat” this fall. MNP Ltd. on Tuesday released a report that states 39 per cent of Albertans have reduced their utility consumption and 33 per cent are likely to eat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peacemaking program finally has a new home to call its own
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2025
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter STAND OFF – A new facility on the Blood Reserve will be home to the Kanai Peacemaking Program and, it’s hoped, to a future circuit courtroom. Since 2008, the program has been revitalizing traditional Blackfoot practices into justice processes, while also helping Blood Tribe members learn their ... Read More »
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