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Christmas is in the air at holiday handmade market
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
While it’s early November, there was a holiday feel around the Multicultural Centre on Saturday. That’s because the Domesticated Divas hosted their Handmade with Love in YQL Holiday Edition market. “It is amazing to be out here first in the holiday lineup,” said Melissa Hengerer, co-organizer. “It’s really, really great. The Divas have a lot ... Read More »
1 responseOverdose deaths reach eight-month high
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Three people died from overdoses in Lethbridge in August, the latest month for which provincial statistics are available. Those deaths brought to 94 the number of people who have been killed from drug overdoses this year. The eight-month total is the highest since the province began tracking overdose deaths since 2016. The highest ... Read More »
4 responsesGalt museum hosts Diwali festival of lights celebration
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
The Galt Museum and India Canada Cultural Association hosted many community members to celebrate India’s biggest holiday, the Diwali festival of lights over the weekend. People could experience rangoli dancing, soulful music, decorative and cultural displays and enjoy food such as samosas, laddo and chai. The Festival of Light is celebrated in the Hindu month ... Read More »
1 responseDangerous offender has sentence appeal dismissed
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Coaldale man designated a dangerous offender in 2019 and convicted for sexually assaulting adolescent girls, has failed to convince Alberta’s appeal court to change his sentence. Trevor Philip Pritchard appealed the indeterminate prison sentence he received in 2021 in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench by Madam Justice Johnna Kubik, and asked the ... Read More »
1 responseGreen cart program moving to bi-weekly pickups
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on November 7th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge announced Monday that starting today residents will only need to roll out their green carts for organics collection every second week until spring. Waste and Environment collections manager James Nicholls spoke to reporters on Monday and said the schedule change accounts for the weather changing and the need for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funding set to help food banks meet growing need
By Lethbridge Herald on November 6th, 2023
Theodora MacLeod – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The province has announced it will be providing $10 million to food banks throughout Alberta to assist with increased demand for services. The announcement comes as inflation and cost of living continue to be a challenge, leaving many turning to community organizations for support. Jason Nixon, Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused screwdriver attacker to seek release from custody
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who is accused of attacking two men with a screwdriver, sending one of them to hospital, will seek her release from remand custody when she returns to court next week. Stacey Leigh Carlson, whose matter was addressed briefly Friday in Lethbridge court of justice, is scheduled to return to court ... Read More »
1 responseFamily preservation centre opens on Kainai Nation
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 4th, 2023
On Highway 5, at the eastern edge of Cardston at 1 Avenue and 12 Street,there used to be a garage. Not far from K&D Implements and the UFA Cardlock, it was, and still is, on the land of Kainai Nation, but it’s far from a garage now. Instead of housing buses it is about to ... Read More »
1 responseNDP says Neudorf breaking ranks on pension plan
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com UCP MLA for Lethbridge East Nathan Neudorf is the focus of accusations by the provincial NDP he is breaking ranks on his party’s plan to look at creating an Alberta Pension Plan. The NDP released a statement Friday, complete with an email from Neudorf to a constituent, that said Neudorf blamed the pension ... Read More »
4 responsesCancer centre benefits from big 4-H club donation
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The members of the Turin 4-H Club want to help those who need it and on Friday they made a massive donation to the Jack Ady Cancer Centre at Chinook Regional Hospital. About 40 in number, the members of the 4-H sheep club donated $53,000 to the centre in memory of two people. ... Read More »
2 responsesYMCA recognizes staff for contribution to community
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on November 4th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The YMCA of Lethbridge recognized seven staff members for their contributions to the YMCA, and dedication to the community while engaged in different levels of studies. YMCA of Lethbridge CEO, Jennifer Petracek-Kolb said four of them were recipients of YMCA scholarships, while the other three were nominees of outside foundations’ scholarships. One was ... Read More »
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