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Hospital foundation draws winning ticket for truck raffle
By Lethbridge Herald on September 24th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation drew a winning ticket from their annual truck raffle Monday morning at the hospital’s main atrium. With just over a dozen people waiting in the atrium of the hospital to find out if they would be the lucky winner of this year’s truck, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City teacher on national reality show
By Lethbridge Herald on September 24th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald A local kindergarten teacher appeared on national television Monday night in the Season 2 premiere of “The Traitors Canada.” CTV, the television network that hosts the show, said in a release that suspicion and treachery are on the schedule of the original unscripted competition series that has returned for its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Reconciliation Week kicks off in Lethbridge
By Lethbridge Herald on September 23rd, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Reconciliation Week kicked off in Lethbridge Monday morning with speeches and a group round dance at City Hall. The week runs until Sept. 29 with assorted events happening throughout the community including the Reconciliation Awards which were also held on Monday. Lethbridge School Division, Holy Spirit Catholic School Division, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Middleton-Hope wins UCP nomination for Lethbridge West
By Lethbridge Herald on September 23rd, 2024
John Middleton-Hope has been chosen as the UCP candidate in the riding of Lethbridge West. The Lethbridge West UCP constituency held the vote on Monday at the Lethbridge Public Library, with members nominating Middleton-Hope to face the NDP’s Rob Miyashiro in a Lethbridge West byelection for the seat vacated by NDP MLA Shannon Phillips this ... Read More »
1 responseSoil moisture reserves rebounding across parts of province
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Soil moisture levels thanks to a relatively wet early fall have allowed soil moisture reserves to rebound dramatically across most of the south and north east regions of the province, says the Alberta government. Reserves have also rebounded through the eastern half of the central region. However, the situation is drastically different in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer fair offers students ways to help
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 21st, 2024
Volunteering is something which can give you a warm fuzzy feeling, but it also can help you stand out when it comes to getting your dream job. Lethbridge Polytechnic held a volunteer fair this week, partnering with Volunteer Lethbridge, to help students find places looking for volunteers around the city. There were a total of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City program offers youth engagement opportunity
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge in partnership with Lethbridge Police Service announced Friday they provided an opportunity for youth over the summer to engage with members of LPS and the city through sports. The City’s Building Safer Communities program worked with LPS to host recreational events in public parks throughout the community. The program ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BILD Lethbridge kicks off Parade of Homes
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 21st, 2024
The annual BILD Lethbridge Region Parade of Homes kicked off with a champagne breakfast at the Lethbridge Country Club on Friday morning for participating building companies in this year’s event that starts today. “This is a really exciting time for the industry because they get this opportunity to showcase the newest in housing to our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain can’t dampen enthusiasm United Way fundraiser
By Lethbridge Herald on September 21st, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The United Way Community Fundraising Campaign kicked off Friday despite a heavy downpour and strong winds, with their annual “Pull the bus annual kick-off campaign” at the Canadian Tire south parking lot. Flying tents, heavy rain and slippery asphalt did not stop various community organization’s teams from competing against each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AMA to address physician care model; province says progress being made
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Medical Association says it can’t ask members to be patient for a new agreement with the province any longer. AMA president Paul Parks, an emergency room doctor in Medicine Hat, said in a release this week that the most critical elements of a forum today and Saturday in Calgary will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boxing coach offering lessons to knockout sedentary lifestyles
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 20th, 2024
A Lethbridge man is offering affordable boxing classes to anyone aged 12 and up. Christopher Campbell has been coaching boxing for the last decade, with eight of those years being under former Olympic boxer Rick Duff. Campbell’s goal is to help make active lifestyles more accessible in a day and age where many people aren’t ... Read More »
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