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BILD cancels Home and Garden Show for 2023
By Lethbridge Herald on January 16th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com BILD Lethbridge Region announced Monday that the Home and Garden Show will not take place in 2023 in order to make it bigger and better in 2024. BILD Lethbridge Region executive officer, Bridget Mearns, said it was not an easy decision to make but it was one that was necessary. ... Read More »
2 responsesStreets Alive suspends warming centre while hoping for alternative location
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
With the recent influx of warmer weather, city residents are seeing less snow, but that doesn’t mean concerns about the homeless have melted away along with the ice. During the month of December, the City of Lethbridge and Streets Alive Mission opened the doors of the Mission as a 24-hour warming center to help with ... Read More »
4 responsesThe play’s the thing: Playgoers celebrates 100 years on stage
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Playgoers of Lethbridge is celebrating a big milestone this year. It will be a 100 years since their very first meeting took place at St. Augustine Church on Jan. 20, 1923. “We’re celebrating 100 years and at this point still going strong, and looking forward to continuing for at least another 100,” said ... Read More »
1 responsePast year challenging and rewarding for Lethbridge County Reeve
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
Tory Campbell has served as Reeve of Lethbridge County for 14 months and has been a member of council since October 2017. He took the time to reflect upon 2022, his first full year in the position; a position that he said is both challenging and rewarding. The County faced challenges in 2022, specifically coming ... Read More »
1 responseDrug smuggling trial adjourned for witness rebuttal
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The trial for a Calgary trucker accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Alberta two years ago, has been adjourned until next week while the Crown prepares to subpoena a witness to rebut defence evidence. Although Crown Prosecutor Kent Brown concluded his case this week in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, he will ... Read More »
1 responseGalt curator highlights importance of community engagement
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
Now this sounds interesting. Looking to bridge the connection between academics and careers in art-related fields, Galt Museum curator Tyler Stewart spoke to an ArtNow audience Wednesday at the University of Lethbridge about his current research focus and the role it plays with the Galt’s new exhibit, The Politics of Sound, on display until May ... Read More »
1 responseConvenience store robbery nets man 15 months in jail
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man will spend more than a year in jail for robbing a convenience store of less than $100. At about midnight on July 29, 2021, Rex McCall Siemens walked into a 7-Eleven store in the 2000 block of Mayor Magrath Drive and told the clerk he had a gun and would ... Read More »
1 responseAir show might be back for this year
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge International Airshow may take wing for a second straight year if it gets council approval. A presentation to be made Wednesday to the Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council by airshow president Dallas Harty says organizers want to begin staging the show on odd-numbered years moving forward. The SPC meeting ... Read More »
1 responseStudents give City snow plows wintry monikers
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com You won’t see any City trucks bearing the name ‘Plowy McPlowface’ but 12 other names chosen by city students did make the cut in a contest. The contest for students up to Grade 4 in the Lethbridge School and Holy Spirit Catholic School divisions as well as those being home ... Read More »
1 responseYMCA honours active living role model with bike rack unveiling
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com New indoor bicycle racks at the YMCA of Lethbridge are being dedicated to a city woman with a long-time involvement in promoting active living here. Carol Thibert was honoured on Thursday with the unveiling of the racks inside the Cor Van Raay YMCA in a joint initiative between that organization and the Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coming of age ceremony celebrates Japanese tradition at Nikka Yuko
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden celebrated the Seijin-no-hi (Coming of Age Day) this past weekend as an annual Japanese tradition to celebrate youth in the community who are entering adulthood. “Obviously this is not something that we usually do in Canadian Western culture,” said Rhys Winder, the Garden’s education and program manager. “But it’s something ... Read More »
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