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Cummings and company wow appreciative Enmax audience
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
AL BEEBER LETHBRIDGE HERALD He played the songs his fans have come to know and love while throwing in a couple of surprises. And at the end after an encore with his timeless – and timely – classic “Share The Land,” Canadian music icon Burton Cummings left no one wanting for more. Cummings and his ... Read More »
3 responsesCouncil being asked to provide free parking for tax payments
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
AL BEEBER Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge residents have their tax bills and now a city councillor wants to make life a little less expensive when they pay them. Councillor Rajko Dodic today will present an official business motion to council asking his colleagues to support complimentary parking at City Hall in the last week of this ... Read More »
1 responseFree festival attracts children to play
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Attendees got to enjoy over 20 play-based activities during Helen Schuler Nature Centre’s annual Nature Play Fest at Henderson Park on Saturday. What the Centre deems as “Lethbridge’s largest outdoor children’s festival’ offered activities such as try canoeing, loose parts playground, a mud kitchen, yard games and scavenger hunts to name ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coutts protesters in court
By Lethbridge Herald on June 12th, 2023
Delon Shurtz and Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD A judge has reserved his decision on whether to order a ban prohibiting the publication of information relating to search warrants executed during the protest at the Coutts border last year. During a hearing Monday in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, Calgary lawyer Katherin Beyak, who represents one ... Read More »
4 responsesSalvation Army cook helps with fire relief efforts
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 10th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A member from the Lethbridge Salvation Army recently came back from a three-week deployment to Northern Alberta and the North West Territories where he was feeding residents displaced by wildfires. Chef Stephen Roach represented Lethbridge in The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Relief response to the Alberta Wildfires recently by cooking on the Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseDiscussion addresses Indigenous approach to autism
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 10th, 2023
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is honouring the national Indigenous People’s Month by hosting onlune discussions, such as neurodiversity autism. AHS started to host a Zoom discussion related to the celebration of diversity within Indigenous people and communities last Thursday at noon and will continue to do so until the closing ceremonies on Thursday, June 29. ... Read More »
1 responseSeniors Week ends on high note
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on June 10th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With Seniors Week coming to an end, Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre wrapped things up with a bingo and jam session on Friday after a successful week filled with activities. Program coordinator, Ashley Kern said they had a very good week with many members complimenting the activities they offered, especially the BBQ Picnic event that ... Read More »
2 responsesNeudorf named to new cabinet position
By Lethbridge Herald on June 10th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf has once again been named a member of premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet. Neudorf on Friday was named Minister of Affordability and Vice-chair of the Treasury Board. In the last cabinet, he served as Minister of Infrastructure and Deputy Premier. Joseph Schow, MLA for Cardston-Siksika, was named ... Read More »
4 responsesIndigenous games night sparks fun in education
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 9th, 2023
As the years pass, traditions can be lost and forgotten without continuous education and involvement from members of the community. As a result, Holy Spirit Catholic School Division held its second annual Indigenous celebration to wrap up the semester. This celebration included a traditional Blackfoot prayer, dinner and several Indigenous games known to have been ... Read More »
1 responseKidney Foundation walk set for Saturday at Henderson
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on June 9th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Kidney Foundation of Canada is hosting its largest annual community fundraiser this weekend with walks across the country. Lethbridge’s is scheduled for Henderson Lake on Saturday morning with registration starting at 9 a.m. and the walk going at 10. Participants can do one lap around the lake, which is a three-kilometre distance, ... Read More »
1 responseSACPA hears about bail conundrum in Alberta
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on June 9th, 2023
While some politicians say they will become tougher on crime and bail, some individuals who work in the justice system say it is not that easy or even the right move. During an event held Thursday by the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA), two individuals, a Crown prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer, ... Read More »
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