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Reality series with Indigenous values looking for contestants
By Lethbridge Herald on January 4th, 2024
Theodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Alberta creatives are being given the chance of a lifetime thanks to an unidentified woman known as the Sugar Mama. Applications have opened for the opportunity to participate in the second season of an unscripted reality show titled “The Sugar Mama,” that puts 12 creatives together at ... Read More »
1 responseFood banks see rise in use with donations still needed
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2024
With the Christmas season over and a new year underway, city food banks are still in great need of donations with the more families feeling a financial pinch in their pocketbooks. The Christmas Hope campaign – a partnership of food banks and other local organizations, was able to help over 9,500 community members, 33,64 of ... Read More »
1 responsePot shop owner dreaming bigger
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2024
Edward Pan says he’s in the business of selling happiness. Owner of Twenty Four Karats cannabis store on Mayor Magrath and 5 Ave S, he was the first to be interviewed in Alberta for a cannabis licence and if he has it his way, he’ll be the last one standing. While Twenty Four Karats isn’t ... Read More »
1 responseWindy City Rescue working to find pups their furever homes
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Bear needs a new home. The five-year-old mellow black mixed breed has been in foster care since his owner died several months ago. He’s one of many dogs Windy City Rescue has been working to find a furever home for since the organization was started in 2009. Since being founded the Windy City ... Read More »
1 responsePast year held many highlights for college
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College’s president and CEO Brad Donaldson told the Herald in a recent interview that 2023 was a great year for the college, one in which they continued to see post-COVID recovery and a rebound of students coming back to campus. “We’ve almost recovered to our pre-COVID numbers, we’re seeing students coming back ... Read More »
1 responseProvince provides funding for Waterton biosphere Carnivores and Communities Program
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government on Wednesday announced five years of funding to help prevent conflicts between humans and wildlife in the Waterton Biosphere Reserve. The Carnivores and Communities Program is an initiative of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve Association to promote a peaceful co-existence between humans and wildlife in the biosphere region. The province will ... Read More »
1 responsePiikani declares state of emergency over drug crisis
By Lethbridge Herald on January 3rd, 2024
Theodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chief of Piikani Nation Troy Knowlton, and his council have officially issued a state of emergency for the reserve, located west of Lethbridge, near the town of Pincher Creek. It comes as drug related overdoses continue to plague the community. “In the last week, we have seen ... Read More »
12 responsesGravestone QR code provides link to a lost life
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 3rd, 2024
A QR code has been etched onto a headstone for the first time in Lethbridge. The initiative was a collaboration between Cornerstone Funeral Home and Lethbridge Monumental to memorialize the life of a young woman from Coaldale. The family of 18-year-old Bethany Vander Beek, who died following a vehicle collision near Highway 25 in February ... Read More »
1 responseNew president wants community to play role in University of Lethbridge
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Digvir Jayas wants Lethbridge residents to feel they are part of the University of Lethbridge community. The seventh president and vice-chancellor of the university was formally installed into his new position last fall. His arrival on campus was, as the university has stated, representative of a year of change “that saw a significant ... Read More »
1 responseCity man with disability developing sports podcast
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mitch Lawson of the Southern Alberta Community Living Association sees huge potential in a young man with a dream of growing a locally based sports podcast into a huge success. Ryan O’Donnell, who was diagnosed in his teens as being on the autistic spectrum while attending Catholic Central High School, is working to ... Read More »
1 responseUnseasonable weather proving a challenge for local ski resorts
By Lethbridge Herald on January 2nd, 2024
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD Local-area ski hills are feeling the pinch to start the season due to above-average temperatures that are being experienced all over the region. “It’s been a slow start to the season for sure,” said Cole Fawcett, Castle Mountain Resort sales and marketing manager, on Tuesday. “It hasn’t been winter as we ... Read More »
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