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Community safety top concern in mayor’s annual address
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 20th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com They ate, they listened, they asked. A crowd of almost 200 people packed tables at the Coast Hotel and Conference Centre on Thursday morning to listen to mayor Blaine Hyggen give his first in-person State of the City address. In a talk that lasted about an hour, the mayor addressed numerous initiatives being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds injecting $11.2 million into regional economic development
By Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge and area are poised for a major influx of federal dollars following the announcement of a new PrairiesCan office in the city on Thursday. Gathering at the Galt Museum, dignitaries celebrated the new service location in the city along with federal investments in southern Alberta. The ... Read More »
3 responsesCommittee recommends support for air show
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Wednesday has recommended the Lethbridge International Airshow Association be given financial support to mount an event this year. Dallas Harty, president of the association, made a presentation to the SPC – which consists of all council members – stating the organization’s interest in ... Read More »
1 responseSPC declines request for pickleball funding
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A request to approve another $300,000 for construction of new pickleball courts went out of bounds for the Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Wednesday. The SPC voted to turn down a request to recommend that council approve the funding. The lone vote of the nine members in favour was ... Read More »
1 responseAg scholarship recipient has passion for soil
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com SouthGrow and partners have awarded three $2500 scholarships to agri-food students in the Lethbridge region, and one is Lethbridge College student Emma Knodel. Knodel is in her third year of Bachelors of Agriculture Science program at Lethbridge College, and said the scholarship helped her immensely to cover tuition fees and textbooks. “I’m really ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trucking company owner denies knowledge of drug smuggling
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The owner of a Calgary transport company whose employee was caught with a load of drugs two years ago at the Coutts border, had nothing to do with the smuggling attempt, he testified this week in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench. Gurpreet Ghuman told court he was not involved in the importation of ... Read More »
2 responsesLocals flooding back to southern Alberta attractions
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 19th, 2023
Tourism in the Southern Rockies is on the rise according to Mel Zoller, board chair for South Canadian Rockies Tourism Association. “The tourism association operates out of Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, Waterton, Castle region,” said Zoller, who revealed that tourism numbers are back to pre-pandemic numbers with a new demographic taking the lead: local Albertans. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee recommends funding for street hockey festival
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council is being asked to provide a total of $200,000 from the Major Community Grant budget to support a mass street hockey festival to be staged here for the next four years. The Economic Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council voted to recommend council provide $50,000 annually for the next ... Read More »
2 responsesTraditional Indigenous time keeping focus of Galt event
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 19th, 2023
The Galt Museum held its bi-monthly Creative Community programming on Wednesday, giving a special nod to the new year and how we keep track of significant events in our lives. Audience members were invited to come to the Galt to learn about the Indigenous way of time keeping and how our Gregorian calendar differs from ... Read More »
1 responseLCI dance students ready to ‘Breakthrough’
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 19th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Collegiate Institute’s Arts Academy Dance program is getting ready to present their latest production titled Breakthrough at the Yates Memorial Theatre on Feb. 1 – 2. Artistic director of the LCI Arts Academy Dance program, Geordan Olson, said the name Breakthrough comes from the fact that for the first time in a ... Read More »
1 responseCommunity Conversation sparks ideas for city’s future
By Lethbridge Herald on January 18th, 2023
Ry Clarke – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Lethbridge residents were invited to attend the City of Lethbridge’s Community Conversation Wednesday at the Enmax Centre to get up to speed on issues of concern to community members. This was the City’s first time back in-person for the community engagement event since 2019, with over 35 ... Read More »
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