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The 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 responseStudents give City snow plows wintry monikers
By Lethbridge Herald on January 14th, 2023
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com You won’t see any City trucks bearing the name ‘Plowy McPlowface’ 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 responseRevitalized Galt Museum redefined programming during pandemic
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 13th, 2023
It has been the year of re-opening and perseverance in 2022 after two years of restrictions and the COVID-19 pandemic, and businesses and organizations were able to open their doors to the public again. The Galt Museum and Archives was one of those places able to re-open the doors and welcome the public back into ... Read More »
1 responseNew charges expected for man accused in Tia Blood case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 20-year-old man charged in relation to the discovery of a woman’s body late last year is expected to face new criminal charges when he returns to court next month. The matter for Hunter Alexander Frank was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, where defence was expected to either have a bail hearing or ... Read More »
2 responsesShooting suspect has bail condition altered
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man who was charged in relation to a shooting more than a year ago in Lethbridge has been allowed to change a condition of his bail that will enable him to visit his children in another city. Bira Jamal Ahmed was released from custody last August following a bail hearing in ... Read More »
1 responseComing of age ceremony celebrates Japanese tradition at Nikka Yuko
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on January 13th, 2023
The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden celebrated the Seijin-no-hi (Coming of Age Day) this past weekend as an annual Japanese tradition to celebrate youth in the community who are entering adulthood. “Obviously this is not something that we usually do in Canadian Western culture,” said Rhys Winder, the Garden’s education and program manager. “But it’s something ... Read More »
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