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Korean War Armistice anniversary marked at Lethbridge Cenotaph
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Seventy years ago, the bullets fell silent on the Korean peninsula as an armistice was agreed upon between the two sides of a divided nation. While the war officially remains active to this day, the end of the heavy combat and the installation of the Korean Demilitarized ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil approves federal grant to address gun and gang violence
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council Tuesday unanimously approved new federal funding to develop prevention and intervention strategies to address gun and gang activities here. The City has secured limited funding from the Building Safer Communities Fund of Public Safety Canada. Council was asked to accept funding of $665,618.10 in the fiscal year 2023-24 ending March ... Read More »
1 responseMexican band brings multicultural sounds to southern Alberta
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Fort MacLeod’s South Country Fair attendees had the opportunity last weekend to listen to the multiculturally influenced music from a Mexican band that has been touring Canada this summer. The band BuenRostro came from the south end of Mexico City, in the borough of Milpa Alta, bringing to southern Alberta a mixture of ... Read More »
1 responseCity expanding Fee Assistance Program in Aug.
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge fee assistance program is expanding Aug. 1 to incorporate the existing Refugee Bus Pass program and options for Access-A Ride. Residents with refugee status can now apply to the FAP to get two-thirds of their transit fares covered. The City says along with other fee assistance participants, refugees will ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Safety SPC hears police commission report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Community Safety Standing Policy Committee of city council recently heard from chair Dawna Coslovi on the 2022 Lethbridge Police Commission report. The Community Safety SPC consists of council members chair Jenn Schmidt-Rempel, vice-chair Mark Campbell, Acting Mayor Ryan Parker and Nick Paladino. The report was part of the consent agenda passed by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City youth recognized as environmental innovators
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Two Lethbridge youth were recently recognized by Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault as Canada’s newest environmental innovators after participating and winning in a youth challenge.  Lethbridge residents Gabrielle Kirk and Michael Lavorato recently participated in the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Youth Challenge and were awarded $15,000 for their water-wise solution ... Read More »
1 responseMan gets jail time for stealing truck, shopbreaking
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Ontario man who has a criminal record relating to offences he committed in that province, is racking a number of criminal convictions in Alberta, as well. Travis Robert Taylor was sentenced Wednesday in Lethbridge court of justice to six months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of theft of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whoop-Up Days adds wrestling to the fun
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2023
Whoop-Up Days will have a new addition as far as entertainment goes this year. The Lethbridge and District Exhibition recently announced that southern Alberta’s Pure Power Wrestling will be coming to Whoop-Up Days for the first time on Aug. 25 to host PPW Hot Summer Night. “We are incredibly excited,” said Sydney Steele, a former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airshow performers begin arriving to share the thrill of flight
By Lethbridge Herald on July 26th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the Lethbridge International Airshow fast approaching, aerial performers have already begun to arrive at the airport so they have enough time to put their aircraft together and practice before the big show. Always a crowd favourite, 79-year-old Manfred Radius will be showcasing his glider’s aerobatic abilities one last time ... Read More »
2 responsesAlberta Wheat and Barley Commissions launch new branding as Alberta Grains
By Erika Mathieu SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on July 26th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com The Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) and Alberta Barley Commission (ABC) have unveiled their new branding for the newly-amalgamated commission. Recognizing the importance of collaboration and unity, the two farmer-directed organizations will share resources and serve Alberta’s grain farmers jointly under the commission’s new name Alberta Grains. The amalgamated commission represents the interests of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soup kitchen director cautiously optimistic about bylaw amendment
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 26th, 2023
After a unanimous vote at the July 11 city council meeting, Bylaw 6395, which addresses the development and zoning of the land currently occupied by the Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre, will be amended. The amendment allows for the redevelopment of facilities in the area that provide services to Lethbridge’s unhoused population, without requiring further ... Read More »
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