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City playgrounds in spotlight with Playground of the Month promo
By Lethbridge Herald on May 28th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The City of Lethbridge parks department has partnered with Lethbridge Plays to highlight various playgrounds across the city through an initiative called “Playground of the Month.” From May to October, each month a playground and its features will be on the spotlight to highlight its accessibility, design and inclusivity for members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP health critic concerned by measles numbers
By Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2025
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sarah Hoffman, NDP shadow minister for Health and a former healt minister herself, is deeply concerned but not surprised by the number of measles infections in the province, which is now closing in on 600. “It’s not a loss to me that Lethbridge, where half the people ... Read More »
16 responsesGender-based violence policy falls short: prof
By Lethbridge Herald on May 27th, 2025
Alexandra Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Transgender people are four-times more likely to experience gender-based violence and a professor at MacEwan University is concerned about the lack of inclusion with the Alberta government’s 10-year Strategy to End Gender-Based Violence. J.J. Wright, assistant professor of sociology and gender studies at MacEwan University, says it ... Read More »
1 responseCity 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 »
2 responsesStep 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 »
1 responseFormer 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 »
3 responsesAsian 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 »
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