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Donation helps family centre enhance cultural programming
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 18th, 2024
The Nohkohwaa Family and Youth Centre, located in Fort MacLeod, received a donation of $150,000 on Tuesday from TD Bank. The donation will enhance their current cultural programing as well as increase the technology for the site including adding security cameras and program computers. The funds will also be used to help train staff who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kids returning to school can face risks
By Noreve Gay O. Belarmino - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 18th, 2024
With children going back to school, false traffic assumptions pose a real risk to these young pedestrians. According to Travis Bissett, a partner and chair of the Personal Injury Practice Group at Stringam Law LLP, children are more likely to be pedestrians than adults as they cannot drive, and they can easily become the most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nikka Yuko hosts fall festival
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden hosted a two-day Aki Matsuri Fall Festival over the weekend. On Saturday during Aki Matsuri, which means fall in Japanese, attendees could enjoy Artists in the Garden, a live band performance by Jolene Draper and Steve Martin and in the evening a moon-light viewing. The Sunday experience saw a Hibikiya Taiko ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council gets financial update from Exhibition
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The latest financial update from the Lethbridge & District Exhibition to city council on Tuesday shows that the net deficit for the nine months ending July 31 is $1,890,995. The report states that cash on hand as of July 31 was $911,192. The LDE has added an additional 15 events for this year, ... Read More »
2 responsesCity council hears latest encampment strategy report
By Lethbridge Herald on September 17th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The latest encampment strategy update to city council shows there have been a total of 606 calls to date in 2024. Community Social Development general manager Andrew Malcolm provided the update to council on Tuesday. In the current reporting period, there were 254 encampment calls. So far this year from ... Read More »
2 responsesPupusa Fest celebrates Central American Independence Day
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 17th, 2024
A Lethbridge restaurant celebrated Central American Independence Day on Saturday with the third annual Pupusa Fest a day full of cultural food and music for all to enjoy. Central American Independence Day is a day to celebrate when Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua declared their Independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821. ... Read More »
1 responseHeart attack survivor runs for Terry Fox
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com At the age of 63, Coalhurst resident Terry Provost did his first Terry Fox Run on Sunday at Legacy Park. Five-time heart attack survivor Provost was born the same year as Fox, whose Marathon of Hope ended near Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1980 when the cancer that had cost him a leg had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Talk on homelessness part of University of Lethbridge series
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 17th, 2024
The University of Lethbridge is presenting six topics around six issues and six opportunities to engage with experts who are at the forefront of research in their field. This year’s lineup for their PUBlic Professors Series include topics such as why honey bees are practically magic, will Generative AI change the world and does reading ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds turn out for annual police run
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Hundreds of runners showed their support for the Special Olympics on Saturday when they turned out for the annual Lethbridge Police Service Run. A total of 696 runners of all ages and abilities ran in either a half-marathon or races of five kilometres or 10-kilometres in length. All proceeds went to support Special ... Read More »
1 responsePolice charge man following stand off
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 17th, 2024
A 28-year-old man has been charged after fleeing from Lethbridge Police in a vehicle and then later barricading himself inside a westside home. On September 13, just before 11 a.m. police say they observed a man who was already wanted on outstanding warrants and a Canada wide-driving prohibition operating a vehicle on the 1500 block ... Read More »
1 responseCoulee Fest welcomes public to Polytechnic campus
By Lethbridge Herald on September 16th, 2024
Justin Seward – LETHBRIDGE HERALD The annual Coulee Fest took over Lethbridge Polytechnic’s campus on Saturday afternoon. “Coulee Fest brings the ability for so many members of our community to kind of come on campus, see what life is like here, (and) also just have a really, really fun day that’s all geared towards community, fun ... Read More »
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