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Career women forging into male-dominated fields
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 17th, 2023
The University of Lethbridge hosted a panel last week inviting students and community members to learn about women in STEM and how they have progressed in their careers. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees are often male-dominated programs, so in hosting the Thursday career panel the event looked to inspire females in those degrees ... Read More »
1 responseBILD cancels Home and Garden Show for 2023
By Lethbridge Herald on January 16th, 2023
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com BILD Lethbridge Region announced Monday that the Home and Garden Show will not take place in 2023 in order to make it bigger and better in 2024. BILD Lethbridge Region executive officer, Bridget Mearns, said it was not an easy decision to make but it was one that was necessary. ... Read More »
2 responsesThe play’s the thing: Playgoers celebrates 100 years on stage
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Playgoers of Lethbridge is celebrating a big milestone this year. It will be a 100 years since their very first meeting took place at St. Augustine Church on Jan. 20, 1923. “We’re celebrating 100 years and at this point still going strong, and looking forward to continuing for at least another 100,” said ... Read More »
1 responsePast year challenging and rewarding for Lethbridge County Reeve
By Cal Braid - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
Tory Campbell has served as Reeve of Lethbridge County for 14 months and has been a member of council since October 2017. He took the time to reflect upon 2022, his first full year in the position; a position that he said is both challenging and rewarding. The County faced challenges in 2022, specifically coming ... Read More »
1 responseDrug smuggling trial adjourned for witness rebuttal
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The trial for a Calgary trucker accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Alberta two years ago, has been adjourned until next week while the Crown prepares to subpoena a witness to rebut defence evidence. Although Crown Prosecutor Kent Brown concluded his case this week in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, he will ... Read More »
1 responseGalt curator highlights importance of community engagement
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
Now this sounds interesting. Looking to bridge the connection between academics and careers in art-related fields, Galt Museum curator Tyler Stewart spoke to an ArtNow audience Wednesday at the University of Lethbridge about his current research focus and the role it plays with the Galt’s new exhibit, The Politics of Sound, on display until May ... Read More »
1 responseConvenience store robbery nets man 15 months in jail
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man will spend more than a year in jail for robbing a convenience store of less than $100. At about midnight on July 29, 2021, Rex McCall Siemens walked into a 7-Eleven store in the 2000 block of Mayor Magrath Drive and told the clerk he had a gun and would ... Read More »
1 responseAir show might be back for this year
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge International Airshow may take wing for a second straight year if it gets council approval. A presentation to be made Wednesday to the Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council by airshow president Dallas Harty says organizers want to begin staging the show on odd-numbered years moving forward. The SPC meeting ... Read More »
1 responseStreets Alive suspends warming centre while hoping for alternative location
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 14th, 2023
With the recent influx of warmer weather, city residents are seeing less snow, but that doesn’t mean concerns about the homeless have melted away along with the ice. During the month of December, the City of Lethbridge and Streets Alive Mission opened the doors of the Mission as a 24-hour warming center to help with ... Read More »
4 responsesStudents give City snow plows wintry monikers
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
Al Beeber –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com You wonât see any City trucks bearing the name âPlowy McPlowfaceâ but 12 other names chosen by city students did make the cut in a contest. The contest for students up to Grade 4 in the Lethbridge School and Holy Spirit Catholic School divisions as well as those being home ... Read More »
1 responseHousing supports key to reducing negative downtown impacts
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 13th, 2023
Most parties in Lethbridge are agreed that solutions to the city’s homelessness problem need to be found sooner rather than later. The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs hosted Robin James, CAO with the Lethbridge Housing Authority, during its weekly meeting this Thursday. James spoke about the housing issue surrounding homelessness and the process of ... Read More »
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