Local News
City rolling out green bin program next month
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
Ry Clarke Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge will be fully rolling out its curbside organics program beginning in May. Residents living in houses and semi-detached houses within the city will be receiving their green bins in April. The first phase of the program launched in April last year in select ... Read More »
2 responsesSkills competition returns to test area high school students
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
For the first time after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the South West Regional Skills Canada Competition for high school students returned to Lethbridge College on Saturday. This year also saw former competitors of the competition come to judge in their respective fields. Cole Vavrapeacock participated in the competition over seven years ago ... Read More »
1 responseCouncillors want election signs banned from road right-of-ways
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A motion to be put forward in front of Lethbridge city council today is calling for the prohibition of election sign installed on public road right-of-ways. The motion will be put forward by councillors Belinda Crowson and Jeff Carlson and asks council to direct administration to amend the City’s Administrative Election Sign Guidelines ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big crowd for little trains at model railway open house
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
The Southern Alberta Model Railway Club held its spring open house on Saturday at Gyro Park. Guests could view HO scale models, which was the middle scale, the smaller N Scale layout and the G Scale layout which people could see go around a track on the ceiling. The scales depict the late 1950s into ... Read More »
1 responseHorsefly spillway expansion project starting
By Trevor Busch - SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDeditor@tabertimes.com The Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway project sunk shovels in the ground Friday afternoon to commence Phase 1 expansion of the key flood mitigation project for southern Alberta. Once complete, the Horsefly Spillway project will help address overland flooding concerns and stormwater runoff problems impacting several regions in southern Alberta which have sometimes seen ... Read More »
2 responsesNot guilty plea made in human trafficking case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man charged with several others in relation to a human trafficking case, and who was strongly advised in February to hire a lawyer, is still without legal counsel. Meriton Krasniqi did not have a lawyer when he appeared in Lethbridge provincial court on Monday. However, he was helped by duty counsel lawyer ... Read More »
2 responsesBlood Tribe launches app to engage members
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 21st, 2023
The Kainai Nation has launched a new mobile communications app in order to help stay connected with their members and provide a greater level of community engagement. Running on the platform, Communikit, the app will help bridge the gap between members on and off the reserve with a centralized area of information in one place. ... Read More »
2 responsesLethbridge YWCA opts out of Permanent Supportive Housing Women’s Residence Program
By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The YWCA Lethbridge and District has decided not to enter into a new contract with the Permanent Supportive Housing Women’s Residence Program at the end of the month. YWCA Lethbridge and District CEO, Jill Young said the program is a funded program for 24 women age 18 plus, that require ... Read More »
5 responsesIS A KILLER WALKING AMONG US?
By Lethbridge Herald on March 20th, 2023
Murders of Peter Sopow and Lorraine McNab still unsolved 25+ years later Ron Devitt SPECIAL TO THE HERALD Elly Preston spends a lot of her spare time watching reality police shows and cold case file TV programs. In most of those cold files, the cases are solved by the dogged determination of police and family ... Read More »
1 responseVisitation up at Galt Museum last year
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Visitation to the Galt Museum was up 186 per cent over 2021, says an annual report provided to the Cultural and Social Standing Policy committee of Lethbridge city council Thursday. The committee consists of acting mayor Jenn Schmidt-Rempel and councillors Mark Campbell, Jeff Carlson and Nick Paladino. The report submitted by CEO/executive director ... Read More »
1 responseMusic and Speech Arts Festival hitting the stage this week
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 18th, 2023
The Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival is returning for another year celebrating the appreciation for music and speech arts. The festival offers participants an experience performing on stage with live adjudication helping hone and craft their skills to be the best of the best. Running until March 31, the festival encourages artistic ... Read More »
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