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Friendship centre director says everyone needs hope
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Everybody needs hope.” That’s the message Elaine Creighton Fox wants the public to hear. Everybody needs hope. Creighton Fox, director of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre – the longest standing Indigenous organization in Lethbridge – says Indigenous peoples are still suffering the harm caused previous generations by the residential school system. As she and ... Read More »
2 responsesCCH students put Faith In Action for shoe drive
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as a school requirement fulfilment quickly became something three Catholic Central High School students could not get enough of because of the impact it was having on the community. Three CCH Grade 12 students began to fulfill their 40-hour Faith in Action volunteering requirement for their Religion 30 class and graduation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vigil remembers Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Members of the Indigenous community and their allies took to the streets of downtown on Friday evening to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the 18th annual Sisters in Spirit march and vigil. The march began at City Hall led by the Blackfoot Stand Up Headdress ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LPS info session helping residents avoid becoming victims of fraud
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 4th, 2024
Scams come in many forms, whether it’s a virus on your computer, a fake lover who needs money to come see you, or even what seems to be a grandchild who needs help to get out of a pickle. The result of all these scams ends the same: the loss of money or personal information. ... Read More »
1 responseSACPA hears talk on work and challenges of the YWCA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Why is the YWCA Lethbridge & District still needed after 75 years? That question may have been answered Thursday through statistics provided by its Chief Executive Officer Jill Young during this week’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. SACPA met Thursday at noon in the dining room of the Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseUniversity conference focuses on work integrated learning
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Educators, academic and industry leaders and students gathered in the Science Commons Atrium at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday afternoon for the fifth annual STEM Fusion conference. The conference was a partnership among the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic and the City of Lethbridge. The conference connects science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New WestJet schedule flying larger aircraft, less flights
By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Starting this month residents will see a reduction in flights to and from Lethbridge with only one departing flight in the morning and one incoming flight at night daily, but in a bigger airplane. With WestJet transitioning services to WestJet Encore this month, Jared Mikoch-Gerke, director of alliances and airport ... Read More »
6 responsesCustodians honoured for saving colleague’s life
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Three caretakers and a former student of Lethbridge Polytechnic have been recognized for saving the life of a student on campus in 2023. Edmond Kangogo, Eizak Amawi – both caretakers – as well as caretaking supervisor John Izart and former Corrections student Ravinder Khosa were honoured Sept. 20 with St. John Ambulance Life-saving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP town hall hears stories of health care system falling short
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 3rd, 2024
Between the emergency wait times and lack of doctors accepting new patients, many Lethbridge residents are feeling like the Alberta health care system is failing them. At a town hall meeting hosted by members of the NDP on Tuesday evening many residents voiced their concerns over the current state of Alberta’s health care system. Residents ... Read More »
4 responsesAdoption of Alberta addictions strategy shows it’s working, says minister
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Premiers of two different parties in two provinces on opposite sides of the country are looking at legislation that would provide involuntary care for people who are at risk of harming themselves or others because of addictions and other issues. For Alberta’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Dan Williams, that shows other ... Read More »
5 responsesSPC to hear update on safety transportation plan
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Assets and Infrastructure Standing Policy committee of Lethbridge city council today will hear an update on the City’s transportation safety plan. The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall. The SPC consists of chair and councillor Mark Campbell, vice chair and deputy mayor Nick Paladino, ... Read More »
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