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New class of recruits help fill critical need for LPS
By Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New officers have earned their badges following a rigorous 23-week training program at Lethbridge College, now known as Lethbridge Polytechnic. With eight officers being sworn into the Lethbridge Police Service and two going east to the Manitoba First Nations Police Service, the thin blue line has gotten ... Read More »
1 responseSPC asks council to approve land donation
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council is being asked to approve a donation of downtown land from the Chinese National League Society for a pocket park. The 290 square metre piece of land is located next to the parking lot of the downtown Scotia Bank at 309 2 Ave. S. and once was home to the ... Read More »
2 responsesNew U of L exhibit showcases Indigenous printmaking
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
The University of Lethbridge art gallery has opened an exhibit featuring 10 artists from the small hamlet of Ulukhaktok. Ulukhaktok, formally known as Holman until April 1, 2006, is located in the Northwest Territories, 1,000 kilometres north of Yellowknife. The Ulukhaktok printmaking studio ran from 1964 to 2001. Most of the prints in the gallery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!End of Legal Aid has allegations of racism swirling
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com As the ceasing of Legal Aid for new clients comes ever closer, concerns for who will be affected are being raised. The Southern Alberta Defence Lawyers’ Association (SADL), along with three other defence lawyer groups in the province, released a statement condemning the Alberta government’s actions regarding the failure to sign the Legal ... Read More »
2 responsesCurtain rises on Hootenanny
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
New West Theatre is presenting a quirky musical which is sure to bring smiles to people of all ages at Galt Gardens during the month of July. Hootenanny 2024: Scout and the Rarest Badge Ever is a play about a young explorer who has yet to earn a badge and aims to earn the rarest ... Read More »
1 responseU of L nursing students gain first-hand experience helping unhoused
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
University of Lethbridge nursing students got first-hand experience helping the unhoused population through a partnership with the Lethbridge Wellness Shelter and Stabilization Unit. Chloe Crosschild, assistant professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences in the nursing department, says the faculty saw the benefit for the students to see things in a different perspective. “We saw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge man volunteering to create a more colourful, vibrant city
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com Cities are often considered to have rather bland colour palettes, but one local man says this simply doesn’t have to be the case. Timothy Robinson is in his second year of volunteering his time and money to help turn Lethbridge’s “boring” green spaces into a more colourful and visually diverse ecosystem. He says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteers desperately needed in community
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Volunteers are an important part of the community and for many organizations they are the force that helps them get through every day which makes the need for helping hands dire at the moment. Last week multiple organizations gathered at the Galt Museum and Archives in hopes of recruiting volunteers for their various ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Optimism exists about the downtown core
By Lethbridge Herald on July 4th, 2024
Editor’s note: This is the third and final article in a three-part series. In coming days, we will start running another series by Herald reporter Alexandra Noad examining the southern Alberta opioid crisis through an Indigenous lens. Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While some residents say the downtown core has crumbled into ... Read More »
16 responsesFarmers’ market returns to Festival Square downtown this summer
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Residents and vendors populated Festival Square to partake in the first downtown farmers’ market of the year despite lackluster weather on Wednesday. The Lethbridge and District Exhibition, in conjunction with the Downtown BRZ, hosted the first downtown Lethbridge farmers’ market for this summer, with the event scheduled ... Read More »
1 responseLibrary volunteer and new outdoor space receive Blackfoot names
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Public Library kicked off summer with a party and a Blackfoot naming of their new outdoor space on Wednesday. In Blackfoot culture people are given names by the Elders as an honour and to represent who they are as people. Buildings and non-living things can ... Read More »
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