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Jigging workshops invite dancers to experience Métis culture
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 12th, 2023
The Galt Museum and Archives and the Lethbridge Public Library this month will host jigging workshops by Brittany Lee. She will be at the Galt Museum today from 6 until 8 p.m. as part of a Métis Music and Membership program. Lee will also do a workshop at the Lethbridge Public Library’s main branch on ... Read More »
2 responsesPolice seek armed bank robber
By Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
Lethbridge police responded Tuesday afternoon to an armed robbery at a northside bank. The investigation is ongoing into the armed robbery at the CIBC along the 500 block of 13 Street North. Police say at approximately 4:15 p.m. a man entered the bank and brandished a firearm before fleeing northbound along 13 Street with an undisclosed ... Read More »
2 responsesYMCA builds community with free Easter event
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
People were hopping around the Cor Van Raay YMCA to find clues to solve the inaugural Easter at the Y Scavenger Hunt on Saturday. “We wanted to do a free community event to welcome and help support us in building community here,” said Esmarilin Rauda, Lethbridge Cor Van Raay YMCA senior experience manager. “It is ... Read More »
1 responseRotarians revving up to take emergency vehicles to Mexico
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
Eight Rotary members from southern Alberta are set to depart for Mazatlán, Mexico on the 11th annual Los Amigos Project this weekend. The initiative started when Rotarians were travelling in Mexico and in discussion with Mexican counterparts, realized there was a need for emergency vehicles. In the past 12 years, Rotarians have been taking decommissioned ... Read More »
1 responseBiologist slams UCP handling of fish and wildlife resources
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fish and wildlife protections in Alberta have been gutted by the UCP government, says a biologist who spoke Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. Lorne Fitch is a retired Fish and Wildlife biologist with the province, a former adjunct professor with the University of Calgary and a regular contributor of ... Read More »
2 responsesUkrainian arrival giving back to her community
By Lethbridge Herald on April 10th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alla Panchenko escaped her war-torn homeland of Ukraine last August with her husband and two children and now she is helping her fellow compatriots adjust to their new lives in Lethbridge. On Saturday, Panchenko, a chef and caterer in her homeland will, with the support of Project Sunflower Aid Society, ... Read More »
1 responseLatter-day Saints planning new temple in Lethbridge
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Almost 110 years after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to construct a temple in Cardston, the church has unveiled plans for a second one in southern Alberta. During the closing session of its annual general conference last Sunday in Salt Lake city, church spiritual leader President Russell M. ... Read More »
4 responsesSmith names new UCP candidate for Lethbridge-West
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The West Lethbridge constituency of the UCP has a new candidate to run in the May 29 provincial election. Cheryl Seaborn, a former president of the of the Lethbridge West UCP Constituency Association, was named the party candidate Thursday morning by premier Danielle Smith. The riding lost its first candidate last Thursday when ... Read More »
5 responsesVigilance urged to prevent Dutch Elm Disease in city
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Just say no to bugs! The ones responsible for Dutch Elm Disease, that is. Three years after the second confirmed case of the disease in Alberta was found in Lethbridge, the threat of devastation remains strong. The disease is caused by a fungus that clogs the water conducting system of elm trees, resulting ... Read More »
1 responsePlaygoers to raise curtain on One Act Play Festival tonight
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Playgoers of Lethbridge will host a One Act Play Festival at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre this evening with the winner having the opportunity to attend the provincial festival here next month. Rita Peterson with Playgoers said organizers have staged a one act play festival every year, with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Read More »
2 responsesCity looking for support on homeless encampments
By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Blaine Hyggen on Tuesday hand-delivered on behalf of city council and the city a letter to Mike Ellis, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services, asking for the support of the Alberta Sheriffs to help deal with encampments here this year. The mayor told media in a Zoom meeting ... Read More »
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