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Winter clothing drive provides help to students
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 24th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tuesday marked the second Lethbridge College Students Association’s Clothing Drive and Giveaway event in which dozens of students had the opportunity to browse through multiple items of clothing to keep them stay warm during the winter months. Student representative with the LCSA, Sharon Boit told the Herald during the event that this is ... Read More »
1 responseIndigenous music in the national spotlight
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 24th, 2024
There has never been a better time for Indigenous music in Canada. Whether it was the rise of socially engaged movements like Black Lives Matter, or the time artists spent in isolation, Indigenous musicians have entered the “post-pandemic” era with a bang and if listeners are lucky, the industry will never be the same again. ... Read More »
1 responseEx-girlfriend tells of fatal attack as manslaughter trial begins
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 24th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Cullen Drake Tailfeathers and Chantelle English had only been dating a few weeks in 2021, but they were already getting ready to move into a new apartment together. The plan was short lived, however, and by May 24, 2021, only two months after they began dating, the couple had broken up and English’s ... Read More »
1 responseCity council votes to support Exhibition MOU
By Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The new Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre was not built to accommodate livestock, city council heard Tuesday in a presentation on a Memorandum of Understanding signed Friday by the City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge and District Exhibition. Council also heard predicted revenue expectations for the hub were optimistic and expense’s ... Read More »
3 responsesCity council to hear about Exhibition MOU
By Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2024
Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD City council gets back to business today with the Lethbridge & District Exhibition in the spotlight. City manager Lloyd Brierley will be making an administrative submission regarding a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Exhibition. In December council gave the financially challenged Exhibition an emergency operating grant of $250,000 ... Read More »
1 responseRetired game warden shares memories in book
By Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD A local author is sharing behind-the-scenes stories in the life of an Alberta Fish and Wildlife Officer through his new book titled “Alberta Game Warden behind the badge of 172.” After retiring from a career as an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer, Jim Mitchell decided to share his 38 years of ... Read More »
1 responseUkrainians celebrate Malanka
By Lethbridge Herald on January 23rd, 2024
Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald While she came to Lethbridge from Ukraine 10 years ago, Maryna Iamkova considers the annual Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Club’s celebration of Malanka a way of still connecting with her traditions and culture. Malanka is a Ukrainian New Year celebration and the annual event was hosted on Saturday at the Agri-Food Hub ... Read More »
1 responseMagician making a living as a ‘professional liar’
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 20th, 2024
Ben Price is a professional liar. In his own words. On paper the 30-year-old Lethbridge native is an entertainer, a magician, and a mentalist, but he jokes that really, he’s just a liar. Price has what he calls the ‘classic’ magicians origin story: it started with a kit under the Christmas tree that included prop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Return of winter weather means a return of skiers to the slopes for local ski hills
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 20th, 2024
Much needed snow has begun to give hope to skiers for powdery days on the slopes after a warm start to the season for area resorts. The recent wintry weather has helped improve conditions and has Castle Mountain Resort looking forward to welcoming more skiers, says sales and marketing manager, Cole Fawcett. “Definitely, things are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman charged in death drops out of preliminary hearing
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com One of five people charged in relation to the death of a Fort Macleod man two-and-a- half years ago has dropped out of a preliminary hearing scheduled in March. During a brief hearing this week in Lethbridge court of justice, the preliminary hearing for Miranda Mae Turuk was “vacated,” but not for the ... Read More »
1 responseNew retail and housing units expected in city
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 20th, 2024
Investments in the community will add approximately 700 new units including a mixture of retail and multifamily units, according to global commercial real estate firm Avison Young. “We’re definitely seeing a lot of an uptick in the number of units started this year. They’ll be units that will be started again next year that are ... Read More »
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