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Frank Slide a rockin’ attraction for visitors
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
As many Albertans looked for local locations to spend their holidays during the COVID-19 pandemic, one attraction benefitted in an unexpected way. The Frank Slide Interpretive Centre saw an increase in the total number of visitors during the COVID era as locals flocked to the site. This trend continued this year with attendance continuing to ... Read More »
1 responseRifle theft and sale lands man in federal prison
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The word on the street is, if you need a weapon or firearm, just drive by the city’s emergency shelter on the northside and ask for one. That’s how Dillon Freed Knife sold a semi-automatic rifle he had stolen from a residential garage nearly a year ago. At about 5:15 a.m. on April ... Read More »
1 responseJail time for man who fled police traffic stop
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 26-year-old man who fled from police when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop last fall, has been sentenced to six months in jail. Quinn Mitchell Pozzo was sentenced Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, where he pleaded guilty to one count of flight from a peace officer. Court was told that at ... Read More »
1 responseYWCA campaign brings awareness to violence against women
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Students from Father Leonard Van Tighem School in partnership with YWCA Lethbridge and District, took part in the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters’ Love a Shelter campaign on Valentines’s Day. External relations director of the YWCA Lethbridge and District, Cat Champagne said the campaign is a Valentine’s Day campaign that the ACWS created ... Read More »
1 responseNeudorf sees common ground between agriculture and infrastructure
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
Farming Smarter, a local research foundation, held its 2023 conference and trade show at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge Wednesday and Thursday. The event featured information sessions and talks from the Farming Smarter agronomists, as well as guest speakers from universities and the ag industry. Nathan Neudorf, Alberta’s minister of infrastructure and deputy premier, addressed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government house leader discusses upcoming budget in SACPA talk
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 17th, 2023
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Joseph Schow, UCP MLA for Cardston-Siksika and Government House Leader, to its Thursday session at the Lethbridge Senior Citizen’s Organization. Speaking on the topic of ‘The Fiscal Outlook for 2023, and a Recap of Years Past’, Schow gave audience members insight on the provincial budget and what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SPC recommending council give federal funding for Streets Alive outreach program
By Lethbridge Herald on February 17th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A request that city council approve up to $215,460 of Reaching Home federal funding for the Streets Alive Mission to operate outreach programming brought a strong response from a member of city council at Thursday’s Cultural and Standing Policy Committee. John Middleton-Hope, who is not a member of the SPC but ... Read More »
6 responsesNomination deadline approaching for Black Excellence Award Gala
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 16th, 2023
The Black Students Association and the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association will be hosting a Black Excellence Award Gala on March 4 at the Multicultural Association. “The Black Excellence Awards Gala is actually an initiative that was started by the University of Lethbridge Black Student’s Association. And they’re collaborating with us. And we are hosting the ... Read More »
1 responseFarming Smarter keynote speaker talks about diversification and management strategies
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Ontario farmer Blake Vince made a lot of sense Wednesday when, as keynote speaker at the 2023 Farming Smarter Conference in Lethbridge, he spoke about no-tillage farming. Vince, a fifth generation farmer, also spoke about diversifying cover crops and re-introducing ruminant animals to the farm, as well as other management strategies which have ... Read More »
1 responseFlag raising celebrates inauguration of Maple Leaf
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 16th, 2023
The Royal Canadian General Stewart Branch held a ceremony at Lethbridge City Hall on Wednesday to celebrate National Flag Day. The gathering celebrated the inauguration of the flag of Canada in 1965, where it was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. Joined by the RCMP Veterans Association, the event highlighted their distinction of ... Read More »
1 response‘Excuses to Connect’ seeks to improve student mental health
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A graduate from the University of Lethbridge is the founder of Excuses to Connect and is consulting with the university on how to create connections for students to improve their mental health. Excuses to Connect started as a topic for a TedEx talk that Richard Lee-Thai had the opportunity to give in Calgary. ... Read More »
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