Local News
City will stick with sweeping budget
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald The Governance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council this week unanimously voted to maintain the current level of the street sweeping program that was approved in 2020. The SPC heard a presentation on the sweeping program from Transportation general manager Darwin Juell. His review discussed budget reduction initiatives by previous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nurses deserve all the respect they can get
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter “If caring was enough, anyone could be a nurse.” That was the slogan of a radio ad for a campaign to persuade people to pursue nursing as careers, during a U.S. shortage when I was at university in the 1980s and 90s. National Nursing Week has concluded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Step up to ‘pet’ the big trucks
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Big Truck Petting Zoo is back today at the Lethbridge Public Library Crossings Branch to give people an opportunity to interact with big machinery and City of Lethbridge vehicles. The free event is hosted in partnership with the City of Lethbridge and has been taking place since 2019. “This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Herald chief Don Doram always approachable, colleagues recall
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Don Doram, the former publisher and general manager for the Lethbridge Herald, Don Doram, passed away in Calgary on May 18, but his legacy can still be felt in the newsroom almost three decades after he retired. Doram worked for the Herald nearly 40 years, starting in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kids clicking away the kms for Little Souls Marathon
By Lethbridge Herald on May 24th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After accumulating dozens of kilometers of running within the last few weeks, over 500 children will be taking part of the Little Souls Kids Marathon next Wednesday. Shawn Pinder, co-owner of Runner’s Soul which hosts the marathon, says the event has been taking place since the early 2000s and as of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Breaking up is hard to do
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2025
Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Many Canadians may be seeing red, but nearly as many are seeing blue. Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney will form a new minority government; his party having secured the most seats in parliament during the recent federal election, completing a remarkable political turnaround amid a growing confrontation ... Read More »
1 responseAsian heritage will be on display at festival Saturday
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Southern Alberta Ethnic Association is inviting the community to take part in celebrating Asian Heritage and the various cultures that are involved with it, by attending the Asian Heritage Festival Saturday at the Multicultural Centre. Priti Maheshwari, president and board chair of the SAEA, says May is Asian Heritage month ... Read More »
1 responseLittle Lady Diana learning to run with the big dogs
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbrige Herald While trying to find inspiration for this week’s column during a walk around Nicholas Sheran Lake early Tuesday morning, that inspiration found me instead. It came in the form of an unsettling experience with a person I’d never previously seen as I walked Izzy and Lady Diana among the trees, giving ... Read More »
1 responseMiles has seen a lot of changes over the years
By Lethbridge Herald on May 23rd, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Miles Godlonton was looking for a job when he and friend Glen Bright spotted a couple of want ads in The Herald while having coffee at a restaurant in the old Heidelberg Inn. One ad was for a job at 1090 CHEC radio; the other was for selling real estate. Godlonton decided to apply for the real estate job while Bright went to CHEC and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LCI valedictorian Nycea took the fast track to graduation
By Lethbridge Herald on May 22nd, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge Collegiate Institute students will be crossing the stage this weekend to receive their high school diplomas, and one student will be receiving something extra. Nycea Hazelwood will be a busy girl during graduation, as she is not only this year’s valedictorian and has to provide a speech, but she will ... Read More »
1 response
