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Jasper school initiative gets huge response
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2024
Back to school can be both an exciting and nerve-racking experience with many unknowns, but for those affected by the Jasper wildfires the unknowns are on a much greater scale. The fire which overtook the town of Jasper is believed to have been started by a lightning storm which occurred on July 22. Within days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta on pace for record housing starts
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta is on pace to set a record for house construction this year. The province said Friday that data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows that 26,000 new homes under construction was seen between January and July, a growth of nearly 50 per cent over 2023. The start of 4,350 new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Countdown on for Whoop-Up Days
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Countdown is on for Whoop-Up Days and the Lethbridge & District Exhibition is ready to welcome everyone to their grounds an hour earlier than before Tuesday shortly after the annual parade. Whoop Up Days will begin with the traditional annual parade on Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. from Park Place Mall, going ... Read More »
1 responseMearns hoping to represent Lethbridge West in byelection
By Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With experience in government, as well as the private and not-for-profit sectors, Bridget Mearns believes she has the experience and knowledge to represent Lethbridge West in the Alberta legislature. The former two-term city councillor – who led the push to have that description changed from âaldermanâ- announced last week she ... Read More »
4 responsesSpecial air quality statement in effect
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It may have been a hit on Broadway and for the Platters but “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is not so great when you’re outdoors in southern Alberta And on Thursday a special air quality statement was issued by Environment Canada for some areas of southern Alberta including Lethbridge where smoke was creating ... Read More »
1 responseOpen Farm Days offers a taste of agriculture this weekend
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
The 12th annual Alberta Open Farms Days is right around the corner and will give attendees across the province a taste of different aspects of agriculture from farmers. “You can take a look at the different types of farms that are dotted across the province and sort of build your own experience and each of ... Read More »
1 responsePolytechnic encouraging parents to get kids fit for life, even indoors
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With summer being the time for children to be outdoors but not always being an option, keeping them active indoors is something Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Be Fit For Life is advising parents to do. Diane Gallagher, projects coordinator with the Be Fit For Life Centre, has shared some ideas to keep children active while ... Read More »
1 response‘Totally 80s’ is totally rad
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 16th, 2024
New West Theatre is presenting Totally 80s – a musical production of everything from the 1980s, which received a well-deserved standing ovation on Wednesday night. To be totally transparent I am a young millennial, born mid-90s, or as I like to say a zillennial-not quite a millennial, not quite gen-Z, however I grew up with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!50-year grocery career nearing an end for city man
By Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2024
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fifty years to the day and hour he first punched in as a staff member of Safeway, Andy Brandsma will be retiring from that company on Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. Brandsmaâs face will be a familiar one to customers who have shopped in Lethbridge at Safeway stores over the ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal musician pays homage to Hillcrest mine disaster victims
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2024
Editor’s note: This is an updated version LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com For 189 men, June 19, 1914 was the last day they would step into the Hillcrest Mine. Just two hours after they started their shift that day, a gas explosion ripped through the mine killing them. The disaster 110 years ago on the edge of the ... Read More »
1 responseAnimal shelter at capacity
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 15th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Animal Shelter is at capacity and no longer taking in healthy animals. Community Animal Services has posted on its website that the intake is suspended until further notice and that intake and response by enforcement officers is restricted to dangerous dogs and found stray pets in immediate distress. The website states ... Read More »
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