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University of Lethbridge partners with Blood Tribe on health project
By Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
Theodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Following a 2022 memorandum of understanding, the University of Lethbridge and Blood Tribe Department of Health are launching a multi-phased project that was officially named as part of a Saapihtsimaani (prayer and pipe ceremony) on Tuesday in Standoff. Dubbing the health initiative Sokkinakia’pi–which comes from the work ... Read More »
2 responsesLethbridge loses a theatre icon; Fran Rude made an impact on city arts community
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The curtain has closed on the life of a Lethbridge theatre icon. Fran Rude died Friday at the age of 86 at Chinook Regional Hospital. Since word broke of her passing, social media has been flooded with tributes to a woman who gave a multitude of people over the decades the chance to ... Read More »
1 responseSPC to consider request for treatment plant design projects
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday will hear a request to amend the 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program to add detailed design projects for capacity expansions at the water treatment plant. The SPC consists of all members of city council. A report prepared by Infrastructure Services Director ... Read More »
2 responsesCity starting water meter upgrade project
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge will be upgrading thousands of water meters across the city to make it more convenient to read without disturbing residents or their pets while staff are in their yards. Water and wastewater operations manager Leanne Lammertsen said Tuesday this is a three-year program to replace about 10,000 water meters ... Read More »
1 responseTwo make plea in Coutts case, freed from jail
By Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
Delon Shurtz –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Two of four men charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers during the 2022 Coutts border protest of COVID-19 health measures, have pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Christopher Lysak pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single charge of possession of a weapon in an unauthorized place, ... Read More »
3 responsesGirl testifies at trial, saying she was sexually assaulted
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge girl says she didn’t think she had any choice but to go with two men to a westside home, where minutes later the underage girl was sexually assaulted by a stranger and was begging him to stop. The girl, who testified Monday during the first day of Ziyaad Noor’s trial ... Read More »
1 responsePhotoshoot shows love for canine rescue group
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
There was love in the air at the Pet Valu South Lethbridge on Saturday through a photoshoot fundraiser. The pet store on Mayor Magrath Drive held a Valentine’s Day Pet Photo Fundraiser to help raise money for Windy City Canine Rescue Society. Dog owners could bring in their pooches and get a photo taken for ... Read More »
1 responseCollege hosting career fair
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College students and alumni will have an opportunity to mingle with more than 80 southern Alberta employees during the college’s annual career fair on Thursday. In a recent press release vice president research and partnerships and interim vice president academic, Kenny Corscadden said they are seeing a strong interest from employers who ... Read More »
1 responseChinook Regional Hospital Foundation appoints new CEO
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 6th, 2024
The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer. Crystal Elliott has approximately 20 years of executive director experience in the non-profit sector and more than a decade of experience in healthcare in various roles. “I am incredibly honoured and privileged to be in my new role as CEO for the Chinook ... Read More »
1 responseTaking a frigid plunge for Special Olympics
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
A group of brave souls jumped into the soggy and cold conditions on Saturday for a dip in Henderson Lake to raise money for the Special Olympics Alberta through the Law Enforcement Torch Run’s Polar Plunge. “We ask people to come out and jump into a perfectly freezing body of water all in an effort ... Read More »
1 responseTask force to hear report on downtown crime numbers
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force on Thursday will be hearing a report from Deputy Chief Gerald Grobmeier on data Lethbridge Police Service has collected on issues downtown. It’s one of three reports to be presented to the task force at its 7:30 a.m. meeting in council chambers at City Hall. The Deputy ... Read More »
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