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Curtain 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!SPC 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 responsesLethbridge 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 »
1 responseLFES honours late member during graduation ceremony
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services welcomed seven new members during the Spring 2024 recruit class graduation ceremony Wednesday and one of them became the first recipient of a new award. A new award was introduced during the ceremony to recognize and honour a member of the LFES who passed away ... Read More »
1 responseSPC to hear land donation offer
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The Assets and Infrastructure Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council today will hear about an offer from the Chinese National League Society to donate land for a pocket park downtown. A report by Urban Revitalization manager Crystal Scheit and Chinese National League Society president Moway Jang says property at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale officially opens new recreation centre
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Fitness has made a shift into a new gear with the grand opening in Coaldale of the Shift Community Recreation Centre. A grand opening of the facility on the western edge of Coaldale was staged on a cloudy Wednesday but sprinkles of rain couldn’t dampen the celebration. Coaldale mayor Jack Van ... Read More »
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