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RIDE for refuge campaign supports Streets Alive mission
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2024
Alexandra Noad Local Journalism Initiative Reporter More than 2,000 cyclists, runners and walkers across the country raised money for charity organizations country-wide in the annual RIDE for refuge campaign on the weekend. Streets Alive was Lethbridge’s organization with proceeds going to their Genesis Women’s recovery and Exodus Men’s recovery programs. They have raised over $4,000 ... Read More »
1 responseSmoke detectors the focus of Fire Prevention Week
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman LETHBRIDGE HERALD This week marks Fire Prevention Week and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services is reminding residents to check their smoke detectors to make sure they are working properly. Troy Hicks, Chief Fire Marshall with Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services said this year’s campaign theme is “smoke detectors, make them work for you.” ... Read More »
1 responseBanner project honours veterans with local connection
By Lethbridge Herald on October 9th, 2024
Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD With Remembrance Day a month away, Lethbridge residents have probably seen banners flying on poles in various locations throughout the city. Those banners, which recognize men and women who have served the country in its military, is an initiative of the Royal Canadian Legion General Stewart Branch No. 4 and Lethbridge’s ... Read More »
1 responseAMA launches campaign to get govt.’s attention
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman The Alberta Medical Association recently launched a campaign to grab the provincial government’s attention about the Primary Care Comprehensive Model. The main message for the campaign is based around the fact that according to the AMA the government is not listening to physicians. Dr. Shelley Duggan, president of the AMA, told the Herald ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil addressing bylaws on light agenda
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2024
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald A light agenda is on tap for city council when it meets today at 12:30 p.m. in chambers at City Hall. No presentations are scheduled and no official business is on the agenda. Instead, council will address one bylaw for first reading and two others for second and third readings. Community ... Read More »
1 responseLPS reprimands officer for improperly accessing data on Shannon Phillips
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2024
Al Beeber LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Lethbridge Police Service has reprimanded an officer for improperly accessing information within a police database. Police said Monday that an internal investigation was conducted upon the conclusion of an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigation into allegations of improper data access involving former NDP West Lethbridge MLA Shannon Phillips in 2018. ... Read More »
6 responsesChoral society to host concert
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Vox Musica Choral Society on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.will present “Between Friends: A Choral Celebration” at Southminster United Church. The concert will showcase five Lethbridge choirs spanning a wide range of ages: award-winning Ventus Women’s Choir, led by Regan Brooks; the Incanto Singers, led by Kathy Matkin-Clapton; Chinook High School Concert Choir, ... Read More »
1 responseExhibit does an ‘Untelling’ of portraits of Indigenous peoples
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Artist Lauren Crazybull is “Untelling” the work of painter Nicholas de Grandmaison with a new exhibit that opened Friday at the University of Lethbridge in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery. Blackfoot and Dene artist Crazybull, who now lives in Vancouver is a member of the Kainai First Nation and Alberta’s first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Coaldale school hosts grand opening
By Cal Braid SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Prairie Winds Secondary School in Coaldale on Friday threw wide its doors for its official grand opening. Students, teachers, dignitaries, and guests packed the bleachers and seating area in the gleaming new gymnasium that will get plenty of high-intensity use in the years to come. The school is on the northwest edge of town and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Troy Reeb talks to Polytechnic students about internship
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Every year one student in the Digital Communications and Media program at Lethbridge Polytechnic gets a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity at Chorus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto and Montreal. Troy Reeb, co-chief executive officer of Chorus entertainment, met with first- and second-year students in the program on Friday morning to not only discuss this opportunity, but also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WestJet changes fly with Tourism Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge and Lethbridge Airport representatives shared their thoughts on the recent changes to flights frequency in and out of Lethbridge on Thursday after a round table discussion with WestJet representatives. Airport manager Cameron Prince said they are excited to see the change because the reliability of flights is something they have heard ... Read More »
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