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Council approves free parking initiative
By Lethbridge Herald on June 14th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD During Tuesday’s Lethbridge city council meeting, Councillor Rajko Dodic presented an official business motion to council asking his colleagues to support complimentary parking at City Hall in the last week of June on an annual basis to make it easier for residents to pay for their property taxes. “This resolution is ... Read More »
1 responseSuicide risk among Indigenous youth addressed
By Lethbridge Herald on June 14th, 2023
Steffanie Costigan LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Alberta Health Services (AHS) is continuing its month-long celebration of the upcoming National Indigenous People’s Month. The topic of discussion Monday was Honouring Life, a comprehensive wellness program dealing with mental health and suicide prevention for Indigenous youth; the meeting was held through Zoom at noon. Nathaniel Chalifoux, one ... Read More »
1 responseLawyer asks judge to order Crown to provide disclosure
By Lethbridge Herald on June 14th, 2023
Delon Shurtz Lethbridge Herald Lawyers defending four men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers during a protest and blockade at the Coutts border last year, want the judge hearing the case to adjourn much of the preliminary proceedings and order the Crown to provide more disclosure. Calgary lawyer Greg Dunn, who represents one of ... Read More »
1 responseTarget Hunger gets big support
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s Food Bank and Interfaith Foodbank participated in the annual Target Hunger initiative on Saturday. The annual Target Hunger city-wide food drive takes place on the second Saturday of June and sees volunteers collect food items from each household in the city. “Target Hunger started this year with individuals signing up ... Read More »
1 responseSneak peek given into Indigenous health program
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
Steffanie Costigan LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER In celebration of the National Indigenous People’s Month, Alberta Health Services (AHS) continued its month-long Zoom event on Thursday at noon. Although the original discussion for addiction and recovery did not go as planned, AHS had Mike Sutherland and Shang Dong spoke on “Bridging the gap: A look into ... Read More »
1 responseSpotlight shines on blood donors this week
By Lethbridge Herald on June 13th, 2023
This week Canadian Blood Services is celebrating National Donor Week, and their theme is Shine a Light, in hopes that by shining the light on the need for donations they will increase. Business development manager at the Canadian Blood Services Lethbridge plasma centre, Brenna Scott they are thanking their loyal donors this week while also ... Read More »
1 responseCummings 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 »
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