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Material recovery facility, municipal election costs on council agenda
By Lethbridge Herald on March 10th, 2025
By Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald City council will be asked today to direct City Manager Lloyd Brierley to pay off debt associated with the material recovery facility from the Waste and Environment department’s surplus. Three debentures total $7,588,244. Mandi Parker, the department’s general manager, is making the request because, effective April, 1 under Extended Producer Responsibility rules, the ... Read More »
2 responsesYWCA recognizes community leaders at annual Women of Distinction awards
By Lethbridge Herald on March 10th, 2025
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald With Saturday marking International Women’s Day the YWCA Lethbridge and District celebrated its annual Women of Distinction awards with over 200 people in attendance to honour five women and those who paved the path before them. The YWCA Lethbridge and District has been honouring local women with the Women of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bear’s Hump tops the list of best views in Canada
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 8th, 2025
A global study which analyzed almost 500,000 traveller reviews has deemed that Waterton’s Park’s Bear’s Hump has conquered all the rest in being the best view in Canada. Remitly, a provider of digital financial services, has uncovered Canada’s best-kept-scenic secrets, analyzing over 483,000 reviews across 411 popular attracts. By identifying locations with the highest percentage ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newsies production teaches students about dedication
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com St. Francis Junior High School Performing Arts students are ready to delight audiences with their latest production, Disney’s Newsies, running from March 11-15. Dino Caputo, director talked to media about what those attending can expect to see next week and said that this production is a professional level production performed by junior high ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Green Acres Foundation celebrates 65 years
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Green Acres Foundation will be celebrating its 65th business anniversary next month, which means the foundation is now old enough to move into one of its residences. “On Apr. 11, 1960, Green Acres Foundation came into existence,” says Dawna Coslovi, Green Acres. “We were one of a few foundations in the province that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Get ready to spring those clocks ahead
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Welcome back to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, when a lot of people may wake up realizing they forgot to turn the clocks on walls, stoves, wrists and SUVs ahead an hour. It’s that semi-annual time of year when sleep patterns are once again disrupted because of a time change whose value is ... Read More »
1 responseCoaldale youth making waves in the wakesurfing world
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 8th, 2025
Young Coaldale world champion wakesurfer Greyson Hantke has been making waves in the sport since learning to get up on board when he was five years old at Stafford Lake. “My parents have done it for a while for sure but never as something big,” said Hantke. “I’ve always been on the boat … growing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EDL, beet growers get boost from federal funding
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
Sam Leishman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Two local not-for-profit organizations are getting a financial boost from the federal government for their work to support agriculture business right across Alberta. Economic Development Lethbridge (EDL) and the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) are sharing part of a $1.8-million total investment. Terry Duguid, Minister for Prairies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hyggen welcomes grant increase from province in proposed budget
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government is planning to increase its Grants in Place of Taxes program by more than $17 million if its 2025 budget is approved. That funding will rise to more than $55 million from $38 million, covering 75 per cent of the municipal tax value of eligible provincial properties in 2025. In ... Read More »
2 responsesNikka Yuko project wins international award
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden will be in the international spotlight March 29 in Montreal when an award is presented for the Nikkei Memory Capture Project. The project was a collaboration between the garden and a team including University of Lethbridge researcher Carly Adams and University of Plymouth professor Darren Aoki. They, along with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tariffs an opportunity for local tourism to shine
By Lethbridge Herald on March 7th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the threat of tariffs from the United States still lingering, Tourism Lethbridge says there is a lot of uncertainty on what exactly is going to happen, and they have yet to see how this may affect people’s spending which includes traveling for Tourism, but they are hoping for positive ... Read More »
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