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Job seekers show up to learn about employment opportunities
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Teamworks Career Centre gave hundreds of local job seekers an opportunity to interact with prospective employers during their annual job fair Wednesday at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. With employers from all types of industries present, those in attendance had multiple choices and the convenience of having them all under one roof. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Task force working together to tackle tariffs
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A growing list of community partners are coming together to organize an Economic Resilience Task Force for the region to help deal with what are being referred to as “the Trump Tariffs” introduced this week. Trevor Lewington, CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge told media Wednesday that the Lethbridge Region Economic Resilience Task Force ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPC reviews reserve numbers
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Darrell Mathews, the City of Lethbridge’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, on Wednesday detailed the City of Lethbridge’s preferred figures for financial reserves to the Audit Standing Policy Committee of city council. In his presentation in council chambers, Mathews addressed proposed amendments to the City’s Financial Reserves policy CC65, that include optimal balanced targets ... Read More »
1 responseCoal mine proponents a no-show for panel discussion
By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter People from a variety of backgrounds are concerned about the Grassy Mountain Coal Mine, including those from the agriculture sector, those who study toxicology, lawyers and Indigenous groups. These voices were heard on a panel held by the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs at Southminster United ... Read More »
8 responsesIndigenous speakers talk about the road they walk as two-spirit people
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 5th, 2025
Before settlers arrived on Turtle Island, what would later become to be known as North America, each tribe had roles for each gender. There were some members who played a part in both roles, who were considered sacred among tribes. Today they are known as two-spirit people. This identity was the belief of having both ... Read More »
3 responsesVox Musica ready to host ‘Celtic Kitchen Party’
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Vox Musica Choral Society will be joined by Wander West Celtic and Beyond for their upcoming show on Saturday at Southminster United Church titled “Celtic Kitchen Party.” Vox Musica’s musical director, Joanne Collier says they are excited to go in a slightly different direction than their usual performances, to showcase what the choir ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Home, Garden and Leisure show will be bigger and better
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The highly anticipated 2025 Home, Garden and Leisure Show is just around the corner, returning March 13-15 at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre with even more to offer. This year’s event is once again a partnership between the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) Lethbridge Region and Meibel Consulting Ltd. Bridget ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Terrible tariff Tuesday’ takes forefront at UCP town hall in Medicine Hat
By Brendan Miller SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS bmiller@medicinehatnews.com on March 5th, 2025
Premier Danielle Smith attended a town hall discussion with Justin Wright, MLA Cypress-Medicine Hat, in front of approximately 350 residents to answer a series of eight pre-screened questions as well as taking questions live in-person from a microphone. Speaking just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods ... Read More »
1 responseLethbridge Chamber grits teeth as tariffs take effect
By Lethbridge Herald on March 4th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com If there can be any upside to the announcement of U.S. tariffs against Canada, it’s that at least the uncertainty is finally gone. Now, of course, local businesses must plan what to do about it, said Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce CEO Cyndi Crane. “We know it’s here, so now the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local panel takes deep dive into the nature of patriotism
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 4th, 2025
A famous Molson Canadian commercial from 25 years ago is probably one of the most well-known demonstrations of Canadian patriotism, but what exactly is patriotism, and is it good or bad? That was the question for a panel of four University of Lethbridge professors last week. The topic has been in the forefront of both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s largest feeder cooperative in receivership following ministerial order
By Kristine Jean SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.comr on March 4th, 2025
The Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative (PBFC) has gone into receivership and according to an order issued by the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, RJ Sigurdson on Jan. 27, failed to comply with the Feeder Associations Guarantee Act (FAGA), the Feeder Associations General Regulation (FAGR) and was being operated in an unsound manner. Some of those ... Read More »
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