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City manager signs new contract
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 19th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge has signed a six-year contract with City Manager Lloyd Brierley. Mayor Blaine Hyggen told council Tuesday that the contract ensure’s Brierley’s “extensive experience in both the private and public sector will continue to guide our staff and support residences until at least 2030. Hyggen said stability is important to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WestJet changing schedule for Lethbridge flights
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 19th, 2024
Starting October 27 there will only be one flight to and from the Lethbridge airport each day, but travellers say they are already seeing scheduling changes being implemented. Harold Pereverseff is a frequent traveller from Lethbridge. He decided to book a flight to Barcelona, Spain for the end of September. His original flight itinerary had ... Read More »
5 responsesLethbridge School Division excited about provincial school announcement
By Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge School Division responded to the provincial government’s announcement of increasing K-12 capital budget for new school spaces as well as modernizations through the school construction accelerator program during a media availability Wednesday afternoon. Premier Danielle Smith announced Wednesday morning that the new program will allow the provincial government ... Read More »
4 responsesCouncil gets financial update from Exhibition
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The latest financial update from the Lethbridge & District Exhibition to city council on Tuesday shows that the net deficit for the nine months ending July 31 is $1,890,995. The report states that cash on hand as of July 31 was $911,192. The LDE has added an additional 15 events for this year, ... Read More »
2 responsesGroup helping kids in need get ready for winter’s cold
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A newly formed non-for-profit organization called Every Voice Matters Society has launched a project to help children in need get ready to fight the colder temperatures that will be arriving soon. Suketu Shah, executive director of the society told the Herald over a phone interview on Tuesday that they are hoping to receive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donation helps family centre enhance cultural programming
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 18th, 2024
The Nohkohwaa Family and Youth Centre, located in Fort MacLeod, received a donation of $150,000 on Tuesday from TD Bank. The donation will enhance their current cultural programing as well as increase the technology for the site including adding security cameras and program computers. The funds will also be used to help train staff who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nikka Yuko hosts fall festival
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden hosted a two-day Aki Matsuri Fall Festival over the weekend. On Saturday during Aki Matsuri, which means fall in Japanese, attendees could enjoy Artists in the Garden, a live band performance by Jolene Draper and Steve Martin and in the evening a moon-light viewing. The Sunday experience saw a Hibikiya Taiko ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kids returning to school can face risks
By Noreve Gay O. Belarmino - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 18th, 2024
With children going back to school, false traffic assumptions pose a real risk to these young pedestrians. According to Travis Bissett, a partner and chair of the Personal Injury Practice Group at Stringam Law LLP, children are more likely to be pedestrians than adults as they cannot drive, and they can easily become the most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New team of Alberta Sheriffs going after wanted criminals
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 18th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial government announced the creation of a new team of Alberta Sheriffs to help bring wanted criminals to justice all across the province during a press conference Tuesday. “Today, I’m pleased to announce that a new Alberta Sheriff’s team created to help track down criminals wanted by authorities, is now up and ... Read More »
1 responseCity council hears latest encampment strategy report
By Lethbridge Herald on September 17th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The latest encampment strategy update to city council shows there have been a total of 606 calls to date in 2024. Community Social Development general manager Andrew Malcolm provided the update to council on Tuesday. In the current reporting period, there were 254 encampment calls. So far this year from ... Read More »
2 responsesPupusa Fest celebrates Central American Independence Day
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 17th, 2024
A Lethbridge restaurant celebrated Central American Independence Day on Saturday with the third annual Pupusa Fest a day full of cultural food and music for all to enjoy. Central American Independence Day is a day to celebrate when Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua declared their Independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821. ... Read More »
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