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Festival markets support entrepreneurship and culture
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 23rd, 2024
As people made their way to and from the midway at they had the chance to check out vendors from all around southern Alberta at the Whoop-Up Days Marketplace. The marketplace offers everything from crystals to collectable and even hot tubs and saunas. The first two days were slower for the market, however it seemed ... Read More »
1 responseSouthland shows that trades have changed
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 23rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The owners of Southland Trailers consider the people who work at the company’s six plants in Lethbridge and County of Lethbridge as team members. Those 550 valuable men and women were among the throngs lining up for the seventh annual Whoop-Up Days pancake breakfast staged by Southland on Thursday morning for four hours. ... Read More »
1 responseRailway lockout could have been avoided: Dreeshen
By Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The federal government intervened Thursday afternoon to end the lockout by Canada’s two largest rail companies but Alberta’s Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister Devin Dreeshen says Ottawa should have acted sooner. In a phone interview Dreeshen said the lockouts by CPKC and CN – which he called the first simultaneous ... Read More »
3 responsesNord-Bridge breakfast always a Whoop-Up hit
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Nord-Bridge Seniors Centre toonie pancake breakfast has become a staple on the Whoop-Up Days menu over the years and on Wednesday, organizers expected they may have served a record crowd. Dozens of people were lined up shortly after doors opened at the northside seniors centre where a crew of volunteers worked doggedly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City man honoured posthumously as a ‘Mighty Neighbour’
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He only knew him for a couple of years but Peter Burns feels his late neighbour Neil Talbot deserved to be recognized posthumously as a “Mighty Neighbour.” Burns and Talbot’s son Kevin talked at City Hall on Wednesday morning after Burns was honoured by the City’s “Mighty Neighbours: Summer Edition” program. “I feel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newly-crowned Blackfoot Princesses ready to represent their heritage
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 22nd, 2024
Three new Siksikaisitapi Princesses were crowned Wednesday and will spend the next year representing both the Lethbridge and District Exhibition and the Siksikaisitapi-Blackfoot Confederacy by sharing the rich traditions, culture and heritage of Indigenous people. The three categories were awarded to Lira Bull Bear as Tiny Tot, Breeli White Quills as Junior, and Mirabel Good ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildlife festival educates public about exotic animals
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 22nd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Yes, you can have a kangaroo as a pet in Alberta and after watching Australia’s Raygun’s breaking performance at the Summer Olympics, some people might think it’s a cute idea. But a wildlife festival inside the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre during Whoop-Up Days may give people curious about exotic pets some valuable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous culture and tradition celebrated at Whoop-Up Days powwow
By Lethbridge Herald on August 21st, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Agri-food Hub was flooded with the traditional sound of Blackfoot drums and singing along with the sight of colourful regalia as the third annual Siksikaitsitapi Powwow kicked off its first day on Wednesday afternoon. Powwows are ceremonious celebrations for Indigenous people to sing and dance while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leader discusses wide-ranging issues
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 21st, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com NDP leader Naheed Nenshi greeted Lethbridge residents who packed city streets for the annual Whoop-Up Days parade on Tuesday. His appearance in the parade – to what he called “an incredible reception” – came the morning after a fundraiser here for the NDP at which Nenshi introduced the party’s two candidates to represent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interfaith breakfast fuels Whoop-Up Days spirit
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 21st, 2024
The Interfaith Food Bank fueled community members with their 16th annual pancake breakfast. The three-dollar breakfast consisted of pancakes, eggs, sausage patties, beans, fresh fruit, beans and of course juice and coffee. One community member commented saying the Interfaith Food Bank hosts the best breakfast of Whoop-Up Days. “Where else can you get pancakes, eggs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced to federal prison on child pornography charges
By Cal Braid SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 21st, 2024
A local man was sentenced to more than five years in prison on Aug. 13 after pleading guilty to charges of making, printing, and/or publishing child pornography, possessing child pornography and failing to comply with release order conditions. The indictable offenses were exacerbated by the fact that the man covertly possessed a cell phone after ... Read More »
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