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Exhibit does an ‘Untelling’ of portraits of Indigenous peoples

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Artist Lauren Crazybull is “Untelling” the work of painter Nicholas de Grandmaison with a new exhibit that opened Friday at the University of Lethbridge in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery. Blackfoot and Dene artist Crazybull, who now lives in Vancouver is a member of the Kainai First Nation and Alberta’s first ... Read More »

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Troy Reeb talks to Polytechnic students about internship

By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024

Every year one student in the Digital Communications and Media program at Lethbridge Polytechnic gets a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity at Chorus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto and Montreal. Troy Reeb, co-chief executive officer of Chorus entertainment, met with first- and second-year students in the program on Friday morning to not only discuss this opportunity, but also ... Read More »

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WestJet changes fly with Tourism Lethbridge

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge and Lethbridge Airport representatives shared their thoughts on the recent changes to flights frequency in and out of Lethbridge on Thursday after a round table discussion with WestJet representatives. Airport manager Cameron Prince said they are excited to see the change because the reliability of flights is something they have heard ... Read More »

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Friendship centre director says everyone needs hope

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Everybody needs hope.” That’s the message Elaine Creighton Fox wants the public to hear. Everybody needs hope. Creighton Fox, director of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre – the longest standing Indigenous organization in Lethbridge – says Indigenous peoples are still suffering the harm caused previous generations by the residential school system. As she and ... Read More »

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CCH students put Faith In Action for shoe drive

By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as a school requirement fulfilment quickly became something three Catholic Central High School students could not get enough of because of the impact it was having on the community. Three CCH Grade 12 students began to fulfill their 40-hour Faith in Action volunteering requirement for their Religion 30 class and graduation ... Read More »

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Vigil remembers Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

By Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024

Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Members of the Indigenous community and their allies took to the streets of downtown on Friday evening to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the 18th annual Sisters in Spirit march and vigil. The march began at City Hall led by the Blackfoot Stand Up Headdress ... Read More »

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SACPA hears talk on work and challenges of the YWCA

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Why is the YWCA Lethbridge & District still needed after 75 years? That question may have been answered Thursday through statistics provided by its Chief Executive Officer Jill Young during this week’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. SACPA met Thursday at noon in the dining room of the Lethbridge ... Read More »

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LPS info session helping residents avoid becoming victims of fraud

By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 4th, 2024

Scams come in many forms, whether it’s a virus on your computer, a fake lover who needs money to come see you, or even what seems to be a grandchild who needs help to get out of a pickle. The result of all these scams ends the same: the loss of money or personal information. ... Read More »

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University conference focuses on work integrated learning

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Educators, academic and industry leaders and students gathered in the Science Commons Atrium at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday afternoon for the fifth annual STEM Fusion conference. The conference was a partnership among the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic and the City of Lethbridge. The conference connects science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... Read More »

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New WestJet schedule flying larger aircraft, less flights

By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024

Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Starting this month residents will see a reduction in flights to and from Lethbridge with only one departing flight in the morning and one incoming flight at night daily, but in a bigger airplane.  With WestJet transitioning services to WestJet Encore this month, Jared Mikoch-Gerke, director of alliances and airport ... Read More »

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NDP town hall hears stories of health care system falling short

By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 3rd, 2024

Between the emergency wait times and lack of doctors accepting new patients, many Lethbridge residents are feeling like the Alberta health care system is failing them. At a town hall meeting hosted by members of the NDP on Tuesday evening many residents voiced their concerns over the current state of Alberta’s health care system. Residents ... Read More »

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