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Shadow minister hosts health care town hall in city
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge residents had their voices heard about health care at a town hall staged last night in the Galt Museum by NDP shadow minister for Health Sarah Hoffman and NDP MLA Dr. Luanne Metz, who is chair of the party’s Future of Heath Care Advisory Team. Hoffman, who served for several years as ... Read More »
2 responsesCrowsnest Pass taxpayers concerned about debt, spending
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com An organization of Crowsnest Pass taxpayers wants financial accountability from their municipal government. The Crowsnest Taxpayers Association says taxes and community debt are both rising and they want to know why. Association members, in an interview with The Herald last week, expressed concerns about council’s spending on various projects including a Bellevue revitalization ... Read More »
5 responsesArtist-designed utility boxes bring colour to U of L campus
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
At the unveiling and celebration of Faculty of Fine Arts alumna Laurel Scott’s artwork in Anderson Hall earlier this year -a large, welcoming 12-metre vinyl-wrapped mural of the southern Alberta landscape – Mark Slomp, Executive Director of Student Services, issued a challenge to the ULethbridge community: bring more art to campus. Discussions were already underway ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soup kitchen celebrates 40th anniversary
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Soup Kitchen has been serving meals to those in need for 40 years and they celebrated their milestone with many volunteers, donors, suppliers and staff Tuesday night. Bill Ginther, executive director of the Soup Kitchen, shared with the Herald some of the history and highlights of the last four decades of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seniors rally for climate
By Lethbridge Herald on October 2nd, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A strong October wind couldn’t deter a group of about 35 people from attending the Seniors for Climate rally outside of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. The date of the rally coincided with National Seniors Day in Canada and International Day for Older Persons. The rally featured performances by the ... Read More »
3 responsesLottery helps fund valuable trials for cancer patients
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com One of two Albertans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and 60 are diagnosed each day with the disease. It’s expected that this year 23,000 new cancer cases in total will be diagnosed in Alberta alone. Ryan Kelly of the Alberta Cancer Foundation says while a diagnosis can be devastating “huge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Powwow celebrates culture and well-being
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 1st, 2024
The vivid colours of traditional regalia were accompanied by the strong beat of drums as Indigenous dancer’s athleticism shone at second annual Reconciliation Powwow was held at the Agri-food Hub over the weekend. The annual powwow was hosted by the Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society. According to their website, the Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP candidate wants a course correction for Lethbridge West
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com United Conservative Party candidate for the vacant Lethbridge West seat in the Alberta legislature John Middleton-Hope says he hopes for a course correction for citizens in that riding. “I am certainly excited to be the candidate. We have a lot of work to do. It is an important course correction for citizens of ... Read More »
20 responsesRotarians taking decommissioned emergency vehicles to Mexico
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Rotary clubs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are once again giving a helping hand to needy emergency services in Mexico. A group of 17 Rotarians in seven decommissioned vehicles including four firetrucks and three handi-buses left Lethbridge Sunday morning as dawn broke on a seven-day, 4,100 kilometre trek to Mazatlan. An eighth vehicle was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Day only the beginning for reconciliation
By Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A pipe ceremony was hosted by the Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday at Henderson Lake Park. Members of the community had the opportunity to watch a tipi raising as well as learn from an Indigenous knowledge keeper about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leader of Japanese Canadian redress effort gives reading
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A man who led negotiations to have a redress settlement for Japanese Canadians who were displaced and interned in the Second World War was in Lethbridge Friday launching his new memoir and acting as special guest presenter for the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden’s Golden Maple Reception. During the reception Art Miki of Winnipeg ... Read More »
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