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Korean family lending musical talent to patient performances
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 10th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A volunteer music program at Chinook Regional Hospital is providing comforting sounds for patients, visitors and staff. The ongoing program called Music in the Atrium, run by Volunteer Resources, has about 15 musicians coming regularly to the hospital to perform in the atrium and on different floors. One group of musicians is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta municipalities ponder wide range of tax increases
By Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Provincial municipalities have until the end of December to adopt their operating budgets and are working on establishing property tax rates. Lethbridge city council in November approved an annual residential property tax increase of 5.1 per cent for the next four years. If all initiatives put forward to council had ... Read More »
4 responsesCurriculum debate ‘partisan and ideologically driven’ SACPA told
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2022
Settling on a school curriculum that satisfies the majority of Albertans has never been easy. The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs hosted its weekly seminar Thursday with Amy von Heyking, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the U of L, to discuss the curriculum in Alberta for K-12 students. Discussing the history ... Read More »
2 responsesGroup hopes to spread reconciliation message to non-Indigenous
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2022
A grassroots action-based organization, Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation for Society, is working in Lethbridge to help spread Indigenous awareness and education. Working within the community, the group helps spread Indigenous knowledge to non-Indigenous people to help develop ways of implementing culture into practices. “We are building relationships with our non-Aboriginal people. Everybody who is on ... Read More »
1 responsePara ice hockey not limited to those with disablities
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2022
Lethbridge Community Therapeutic Recreation hosted a free Try-it-Day event on Thursday afternoon for the public to come out to Nicholas Sheran Ice Centre and experience para ice hockey. Strapping on the sled, skaters got to experience hockey in a new way. The event was organized in partnership with the Lethbridge Sport Council. Para ice hockey ... Read More »
2 responsesFake vehicle inspection used to dupe buyer costs man 45 days
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man in the market for a used vehicle didn’t have any reason to be suspicious when Gerald David Thurber offered to sell him a 2003 Pontiac Aztec. Thurber provided the buyer with an inspection report from an AMA certified automotive shop, which confirmed the mechanical fitness of the SUV. What the ... Read More »
2 responsesLPS officers serving up for Special Olympics
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Police officers will be serving the community in a different way this Friday during a fundraising event in support of Special Olympics. The Cops, Pops and Pizza Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) fundraiser will take place at Boston Pizza South from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. LETR director and LPS constable Braylon ... Read More »
2 responsesMultiple offences net perpetrator nine months
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 29-year-old man who committed numerous criminal offences over the course of several months earlier this year has been sentenced to nine months in jail. Mark Brandon Vielle was sentenced this week in Lethbridge provincial court after he pleaded guilty to charges of assault, failure to comply with release conditions, possession of stolen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Festival of Nativities is Bethlehem bound
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on December 9th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Hundreds of nativity scenes, ranging from delicate origami creations to life-sized displays, present a testament to faith at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints next to the Enmax Centre. The church’s indoor Festival of the Nativities – Back to Bethlehem was launched in 2015 and has returned after being sidelined due ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinook tunes in to ’70s for new musical production
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 9th, 2022
Rocking Though the Ages is a 1970s musical variety show presented by Chinook High School and features comedy, dance, guitar, orchestra, and rock and roll performances. The show is running Dec. 12-14 at 7 p.m. in the Chinook Media Centre. The ’70s theme includes songs from artists like The Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Rush, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Notley argues Sovereignty Act unconstitutional despite amendments
By Lethbridge Herald on December 8th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD & Dean Bennett – THE CANADIAN PRESS Alberta Opposition leader Rachel Notley is calling on premier Danielle Smith to have the provincial Court of Appeal examine the legality of the Sovereignty Act before it’s passed into law. Notley, the leader of the provincial NDP, said in a Zoom meeting Thursday that cabinet has ... Read More »
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