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As ambulance questions mount: Mayor Hyggen says costs unknown
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2026
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media Wednesday to provide an update on the Ground Ambulance Service Agreement with Emergency Health Services – Alberta and said he was heading to Edmonton that afternoon, to speak with the provincial government and Mayors of other municipalities dealing with the same issue. ... Read More »
1 responseBTES seeing a decrease in overdose calls
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2026
By Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter-Lethbridge Herald The Blood Tribe Emergency Services (BTES) has received zero overdose-related emergency calls since last December, marking a significant milestone for the Blood Tribe. This three-month period marks the longest stretch of zero-drug-related interventions in recent history, signalling a decline in opioid overdoses and toxicity deaths on the ... Read More »
2 responsesHundreds of students learn about agriculture during Aggie Days
By Lethbridge Herald on March 26th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Aggie Days returned to Lethbridge after many years to host hundreds of students and offer them an opportunity to learn about agriculture. Over 1,000 southern Alberta area students received immersive education in a variety of agriculture-based topics, from beef and chicken to potatoes and canola, to farm safety and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connection, community and a return to Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026
By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald A visit decades in the making came full circle in Lethbridge this weekend. Reverend Tatsuya Aoki — known within the sangha as Bishop Aoki Socho — returned to the city where part of his spiritual path first took shape, delivering a public Dharma talk Saturday at the Buddhist Temple ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge takes centre stage in nursing education
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026
By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic will put Lethbridge at the centre of a key conversation in Canadian health care later this spring, co-hosting the 2026 Western North-Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing conference from April 26 to 28 at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge. The three-day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge firefighters pack council chambers to hear update on ambulance service
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council saw a full house on Tuesday, where dozens of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services members attended the meeting in hopes to receive an update on the Ground Ambulance Agreement. A presentation entitled “Emergency Health Services, Ground Ambulance Service Agreement update,” was placed in section 9 of ... Read More »
3 responsesCity council proclaims April 7th as Green Shirt Day once again
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Mayor Blaine Hyggen put forward a motion at Tuesday’s city council meeting to declare April 7th as Green Shirt Day once again, that passed unanimously. Hyggen said he wants to keep bringing this item to council annually, rather than as a one-time declaration, to continually highlight Logan Boulet’s impact and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Williams to speak on gambling during PUBlic Professor Series talk
By Lethbridge Herald on March 25th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulid0-Guzman Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge professor Robert Williams will be exploring the concept of who is really cashing in on gambling during a PUBlic Professor Series talk Thursday. Williams who is a research coordinator with the Alberta Gambling Research Institute and professor in the University of Lethbridge’s Faculty of Health Sciences ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge’s temporary mobile overdose prevention unit closing
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Mayor Blaine Hyggen spoke to media on Monday and said the province announced Friday they will be closing the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit located here in Lethbridge. Hyggen said he wrote a letter to the Alberta government to request the conclusion of the temporary mobile overdose prevention unit here ... Read More »
7 responsesFuture of ambulance services is uncertain
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2026
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Firefighters IAFF Local 237 has expressed concern for their contract renewal with Emergency Health Services – Alberta, as the city was given less than a month to make a decision. President of Lethbridge Fire Fighters AIFF Local 237, Brent Nunweiler told the Herald Monday that the province has told ... Read More »
2 responsesNailing It: Southwest Students Put Trades to the Test
By Lethbridge Herald on March 24th, 2026
By Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald The quiet hum inside the trades wing at Lethbridge Polytechnic didn’t last long Saturday morning. By 8 a.m., it was all focus, fine margins and flying sawdust as nearly 75 high school students from across southwestern Alberta got down to business at the 2026 South West Regional Skills Canada Competition. ... Read More »
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