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‘Estate Sale’ being staged at Didi’s Playhaus this week
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 22nd, 2023
Theatre goers of Lethbridge will want to circle their calendars for the upcoming production of “Estate Sale,” running Thursday to Saturday at Didi’s Playhaus. Telling the story of legacy and how we are remembered after death, “Estate Sale” looks at the afterlife through the objects we owned and how they become vessels for our memories ... Read More »
1 responseHarassment lands man house arrest and probation
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A modern day version of the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys has resulted in house arrest and probation for a Lethbridge man. Kenneth Richard Senger was handed a six-month conditional sentence and one-year probation after he pleaded guilty earlier this month in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of criminal harassment. The ... Read More »
1 responseGreen burials an ecological option for final resting place
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 22nd, 2023
When it comes to green living, people conserve and preserve the earth’s natural resources in their daily lives. But can that lifestyle transcend death? Green burials follow the same principles of green-living, leaving no trace, offering alternatives to conventional burial or cremation. The environmental practice returns the body to the earth to decompose naturally, helping ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!St. Patrick’s Catholic Church has storied history
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 22nd, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The history of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church dates back to the 1800s when the original church was built, but more so to the existing structure that was built by many in the 1900s. For many, St. Patrick’s church has been part of their life since they can remember, and some have memories of ... Read More »
1 responseCity council again proclaims April 7 Green Shirt Day
By Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com April 7 has once again been declared Green Shirt Day in Lethbridge. City council unanimously voted on Tuesday afternoon to approve an official business motion brought forward by mayor Blaine Hyggen. While council on Jan. 11, 1999 based a resolution stating the mayor’s office would stop the practice of issuing ... Read More »
1 responseCouncillors want election signs banned from road right-of-ways
By Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald A motion to be put forward in front of Lethbridge city council today is calling for the prohibition of election sign installed on public road right-of-ways. The motion will be put forward by councillors Belinda Crowson and Jeff Carlson and asks council to direct administration to amend the City’s Administrative Election ... Read More »
10 responsesHorsefly spillway expansion project starting
By Trevor Busch - SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDeditor@tabertimes.com The Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway project sunk shovels in the ground Friday afternoon to commence Phase 1 expansion of the key flood mitigation project for southern Alberta. Once complete, the Horsefly Spillway project will help address overland flooding concerns and stormwater runoff problems impacting several regions in southern Alberta which have sometimes seen ... Read More »
2 responsesCouncillors want election signs banned from road right-of-ways
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A motion to be put forward in front of Lethbridge city council today is calling for the prohibition of election sign installed on public road right-of-ways. The motion will be put forward by councillors Belinda Crowson and Jeff Carlson and asks council to direct administration to amend the City’s Administrative Election Sign Guidelines ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City rolling out green bin program next month
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
Ry Clarke Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The City of Lethbridge will be fully rolling out its curbside organics program beginning in May. Residents living in houses and semi-detached houses within the city will be receiving their green bins in April. The first phase of the program launched in April last year in select ... Read More »
2 responsesBig crowd for little trains at model railway open house
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
The Southern Alberta Model Railway Club held its spring open house on Saturday at Gyro Park. Guests could view HO scale models, which was the middle scale, the smaller N Scale layout and the G Scale layout which people could see go around a track on the ceiling. The scales depict the late 1950s into ... Read More »
1 responseNot guilty plea made in human trafficking case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 21st, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A man charged with several others in relation to a human trafficking case, and who was strongly advised in February to hire a lawyer, is still without legal counsel. Meriton Krasniqi did not have a lawyer when he appeared in Lethbridge provincial court on Monday. However, he was helped by duty counsel lawyer ... Read More »
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