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Province announces design funding for cath lab at CRH
By Lethbridge Herald on April 12th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge is getting a cardiac catheterization lab at Chinook Regional Hospital. The announcement was made on Wednesday by the provincial government. The lack of such a lab being specifically included in the recent provincial budget was a sore point with mayor Blaine Hyggen who last month made an announcement at ... Read More »
2 responsesYoung women get taste of careers in trades and technologies
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 12th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com It wasn’t that long ago that women working in the trades was virtually unheard of. Welders, carpenters, automotive mechanics, plumbers, heating and air-conditioning technicians and engineers were all occupations monopolized by men. Those days are gone, however, and more and more women are looking for careers in trades and technologies, and more and ... Read More »
2 responsesJigging workshops invite dancers to experience Métis culture
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 12th, 2023
The Galt Museum and Archives and the Lethbridge Public Library this month will host jigging workshops by Brittany Lee. She will be at the Galt Museum today from 6 until 8 p.m. as part of a Métis Music and Membership program. Lee will also do a workshop at the Lethbridge Public Library’s main branch on ... Read More »
2 responsesCANstruction helps to stock shelves of local food banks
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 12th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After wrapping up last week, CANstruction YQL was able to donate more than 8,600 cans of food to the Interfaith Food Bank, the Lethbridge Food Bank and the Lethbridge College food bank. Chair of CANstruction Lethbridge board, James Walshe, said the goal of CANstruction, which originated in the United States over 20 years ... Read More »
2 responsesPolice seek armed bank robber
By Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
Lethbridge police responded Tuesday afternoon to an armed robbery at a northside bank. The investigation is ongoing into the armed robbery at the CIBC along the 500 block of 13 Street North. Police say at approximately 4:15 p.m. a man entered the bank and brandished a firearm before fleeing northbound along 13 Street with an undisclosed ... Read More »
2 responsesYMCA builds community with free Easter event
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
People were hopping around the Cor Van Raay YMCA to find clues to solve the inaugural Easter at the Y Scavenger Hunt on Saturday. “We wanted to do a free community event to welcome and help support us in building community here,” said Esmarilin Rauda, Lethbridge Cor Van Raay YMCA senior experience manager. “It is ... Read More »
1 responseRotarians revving up to take emergency vehicles to Mexico
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
Eight Rotary members from southern Alberta are set to depart for Mazatlán, Mexico on the 11th annual Los Amigos Project this weekend. The initiative started when Rotarians were travelling in Mexico and in discussion with Mexican counterparts, realized there was a need for emergency vehicles. In the past 12 years, Rotarians have been taking decommissioned ... Read More »
1 responseBiologist slams UCP handling of fish and wildlife resources
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 11th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Fish and wildlife protections in Alberta have been gutted by the UCP government, says a biologist who spoke Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. Lorne Fitch is a retired Fish and Wildlife biologist with the province, a former adjunct professor with the University of Calgary and a regular contributor of ... Read More »
2 responsesUkrainian arrival giving back to her community
By Lethbridge Herald on April 10th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alla Panchenko escaped her war-torn homeland of Ukraine last August with her husband and two children and now she is helping her fellow compatriots adjust to their new lives in Lethbridge. On Saturday, Panchenko, a chef and caterer in her homeland will, with the support of Project Sunflower Aid Society, ... Read More »
1 responsePlaygoers to raise curtain on One Act Play Festival tonight
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Playgoers of Lethbridge will host a One Act Play Festival at the Sterndale Bennett Theatre this evening with the winner having the opportunity to attend the provincial festival here next month. Rita Peterson with Playgoers said organizers have staged a one act play festival every year, with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Read More »
2 responsesSmith names new UCP candidate for Lethbridge-West
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The West Lethbridge constituency of the UCP has a new candidate to run in the May 29 provincial election. Cheryl Seaborn, a former president of the of the Lethbridge West UCP Constituency Association, was named the party candidate Thursday morning by premier Danielle Smith. The riding lost its first candidate last Thursday when ... Read More »
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