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Rotary to honour scholarship winners
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 23rd, 2023
The Rotary Club of Lethbridge East is getting ready for its 2023 Ag Scholarship Dinner on March 2 at the Coast Hotel Lethbridge. The club will be announcing the winners of this year’s $10,000 agricultural scholarships for southern Alberta students pursuing a post-secondary education in agriculture. Three winners have been selected to receive the award ... Read More »
1 responseUCP choosing candidate to run in Lethbridge-West
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 23rd, 2023
With the 2023 Alberta general election looming on the horizon, political parties in the province are getting ready to put their best foot forward. The election scheduled to be held on May 29. In Lethbridge the UCP Lethbridge West Constituency Association announced its two candidates for the riding earlier this week, Torry Tanner and Rick ... Read More »
1 responseTeachers convention opens today
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Southwestern Alberta public school teachers will be meeting in person for two days of convention at the University of Lethbridge starting this morning. The South West Alberta Teachers Convention Association will be drawing 2,000 delegates to hear 152 speakers. Teachers will have more than 100 workshops available to attend during the convention. Alberta ... Read More »
1 responseCultureLINK service attracted mainly local users: report
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A report presented to the Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council recently shows the majority of users of the pilot CultureLINK bus service last summer were local residents. The report was presented by Darrin Martens, CEO and executive director of the Galt Museum and Archives. The project offered free ... Read More »
1 responseStreets Alive responds to outreach program concerns
By Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge city council will consider providing additional funding to Streets Alive Mission for outreach programming in an upcoming meeting. That monies will be up to $215,460 annually from Reaching Home federal funding. In a 2-1 vote, the Cultural and Social Standing Policy Committee (SPC) last Thursday passed ... Read More »
4 responsesArrest warrant issued for accused firearms smuggler
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com An arrest warrant has been issued for a U.S Citizen accused of trying to smuggle firearms through the Coutts border last summer. The warrant was issued last week after Jacob Mathew Gentry, 24, failed to show up for a scheduled appearance in Lethbridge provincial court. His lawyer was allowed to get off the ... Read More »
1 responseTeamworks program helps connect people to supply chain industry
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 22nd, 2023
Teamworks Career Centre this month will be starting a 15-week training program designed to give unemployed and underemployed individuals applicable skills in the supply chain industry. Teamworks is on the third floor of the Post Office downtown. The program starts Feb. 27. “We run government funded programs that help unemployed and underemployed Albertans get back ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Galt Museum art event pays homage to Louis Riel
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 22nd, 2023
The Galt Museum and Archives hosted a special programming event on Tuesday to celebrate Louis Riel Day, inviting guests to come down to the museum and learn about the political leader of the Metis people, while also creating a piece of dot art, which the Metis are known for. Teaching understanding through hands on experience, ... Read More »
1 responseCasa’s current exhibits well worth viewing
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 22nd, 2023
Casa is the city’s house of art, and it’s the fascinating visual art that grabs your attention upon entering the upper concourse, the mezzanine, and the main gallery. It’s the blend of colours and unexpected imagery that makes you stop, tilt your head, and interpret what your eyes are seeing. Darcy Logan, curator and gallery services manager, spoke ... Read More »
1 responseMayor gets green light to seek funding for bridge study
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday authorized mayor Blaine Hyggen to write letters to the provincial and federal governments requesting funding for the functional planning study and preliminary design for a proposed third river crossing. The official business motion passed by a 5-3 vote with councillors Jeff Carlson, Belinda Crowson and John Middleton-Hope opposed. ... Read More »
1 responseCircumstances of teen’s death heard at start of murder trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Sometime before 10 p.m. on July 27, 2020, the body of 16-year-old Tregan Crow Eagle was found in a small thicket of shrubs near the wastewater settling pond on the Piikani Nation. The body, discovered during a search by family and friends, was covered under a blue tarp, and was near the garbage ... Read More »
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