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LEMF set to electrify Galt Gardens
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2022
The Lethbridge Electronic Music Festival is set to celebrate 10 years on Saturday and are bringing in bigger name artists for the events. “We try to provide an environment to maybe get people out to electronic music festivals that don’t normally get a chance to come out to them,” said David Fritz, current president of ... Read More »
1 responseCity officials gathering budget feedback at community events
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Residents are giving the City “my two cents” worth of input as it seeks opinions on upcoming budget deliberations. The “my two cents” project at getinvolvedlethbridge.ca gives residents a chance to offer their opinions on where their property taxes are best spent. After inputting their property value, residents are taken to different pages ... Read More »
1 responseKeg’s annual Whoop-Up barbecue benefits YMCA
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Keg’s seventh annual Whoop-Up Days Beef-on-a-Bun barbecue partnered up once again with YMCA Lethbridge on Wednesday to help them support those who are unable to pay full price at the door. Director of volunteer and fund development at YMCA Lethbridge, Pamela Haapa-Aho, said the proceeds from the barbecue will go towards their ... Read More »
1 responseAutopsy report ruled inadmissible for careless driving trial
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The autopsy report of a young Lethbridge boy killed after he was struck by a vehicle more than two years ago will not be entered into evidence during the driver’s trial next week. Judge Timothy Hironaka ruled Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court that because the driver, Neil Martin Skjodt, was charged with careless ... Read More »
1 responseKnow Your Food trailer opens window on local produce
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 25th, 2022
Agriculture for Life’s Know Your Food educational mobile unit is teaching attendants at Whoop-Up Days all about their food and where it comes from. The new mobile unit at the grounds gives guided tours with fun interactive games helping teach about the agriculture industry and environment with safety and nutrition tips for all. “This is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Threat to poison dog receives two week sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Threatening to poison a dog and assault a police officer has netted a 45-year-old Lethbridge man a short custodial sentence. Brian Neil McCoy was sentenced to 15 days in jail after he pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count each of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Twiggy takes to the waves at Whoop-Up Days
By Lethbridge Herald on August 24th, 2022
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Whoop-Up Days is back and making a huge splash with visitors to the Lethbridge Exhibition is Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel. For anyone needing a break from the seriousness of life, watching Twiggy – or rather the Twiggies – perform will lift anyone’s spirits. The rescued eastern grey squirrels put on ... Read More »
2 responsesNew NCC site in Porcupine Hills connects protected lands
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 24th, 2022
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is announcing a new conservation site in the Porcupine Hills area in southwestern Alberta. Located west of Claresholm in the Municipal District of Willow Creek, the 643-hectare property supports a rich ecosystem of riparian habitats, fescue grasslands, limber pine, montane forests, and at-risk species like Sprague’s pipit, a songbird that ... Read More »
1 responseInterfaith Food Bank serves up the flapjacks
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 24th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Interfaith Food Bank was able to offer members of the community a pancake breakfast once again, after a two year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive director of the Interfaith Food Bank, Danielle McIntyre, said they were very excited to welcome people to their pancake breakfast in person again. “We’re so ... Read More »
2 responsesLa Galleria showcasing local artists at Whoop-Up Days
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 24th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Bonnie Mayer took up the art of painting two years ago and now she’s getting her exhibition brush wet by displaying her work publicly for only the second time. Mayer is one of several artists who are displaying and selling their work in La Galleria inside the pavilion at the Lethbridge Exhibition. The ... Read More »
1 responseLawyers wait for disclosure in Tailfeathers homicide
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on August 24th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The lawyers for five peopleĂ‚Â accused in the death of a Fort Macleod man last year are still waiting to receive critical disclosure so they can move forward with their cases. During a hearing Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court, Crown Prosecutor Adam Zelmer noted the lawyers still need the medical examiners report, and although ... Read More »
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