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What’s a Barnacle? It’s yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2024
Barnacles have appeared on vehicles in Saskatchewan’s capital, but they’re not sticky little water-dwelling crustaceans. The bright yellow devices, used to make sure parking scofflaws pay their tickets, could soon be making their way to other parts of the country. “You will see more and more Barnacles,” Colin Heffron, chairman of Barnacle Parking, said in ... Read More »
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By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on April 20th, 2024
ANDERSON, Shirley
KAZAKOFF, Verna
BROWN, Darrel
TALLMAN, Gary
ROBIN, Jean
GILCHRIST, Thomas "Tom"
EWASHEN, Kenneth "Kenny"
SLEMKO, Pete
KLEIN, Bernard "Bernie"
MOORE, Kenneth
SARSFIELD, Leslie
SIMMONS, Jack "Victor John"
RACH, Stanislaus "Stan"
WHITE QUILLS, Michael "Mikey"
ABE, Barbara
HOFER, John
College launches new student magazine
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 20th, 2024
Lethbridge College has launched a literary magazine that allows students to share their stories, photography and even poetry. Although students could register for the college course during the winter semester, the magazine, Ursa Minor, was officially launched this week by instructor Amy Hodgson-Bright. “This publication came out of a new course at Lethbridge college called ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City could impose water restrictions as part of agreement
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The announcement Friday of the largest water-sharing agreement in the province will have significant impacts on Lethbridge and area, says the director of infrastructure services for the city. Following the provincial announcement, Joel Sanchez said the water-sharing agreements are established between the largest license holders in the province to draw water from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPC hears details of Galt museum annual report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Galt Museum and Archives saw visitation increase 8.9 per cent in 2023 over 2022’s numbers. And visitation to Fort Whoop-Up last year was up 19.2 per cent over 2022. Those figures were contained in a report presented Thursday to the Safety and Social Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council. The report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New theatre group mounting first play
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 20th, 2024
Local new theatre group “Experience Theatre” is taking the spotlight with their upcoming production of “I Hear Abel Singin’ in the Fields.” Experience Theatre owner Jesse Thibert Bear Child said in an interview this week the group of artists goal is to produce original Canadian content within the community “I’ve watched about approximately 90 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Phillips says Bill 18 more destructive than Sovereignty Act
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Shannon Phillips is sounding the alarm on Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act, and its implementation in Lethbridge. The Lethbridge West MLA and Alberta NDP Finance Critic said Friday she believes Bill 18 to be ill-conceived, and said it is more destructive to the province than the sovereignty act. “The sovereignty act was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Alberta woman charged with dangerous driving causing death set to stand trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta woman charged in 2022 with dangerous driving causing death is set to stand trial later this year. The charge stems from an incident on Sept. 7, 2022 when a minivan westbound on Highway 3 approached the intersection at Coalhurst. The vehicle drifted toward the turning lane, and without slowing struck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago – a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. Mathu and Gordon – Steph & Den, as they’re known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say
By Ally Lemieux Fanset, Jack Wilson and Faith Greco, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2024
SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. – Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders. The centre is the equivalent of a minimum-security prison but here, the men are called residents, rather than inmates, prisoners or offenders. At ... Read More »
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