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Shoes for Kids off and running
By Dale Woodard on July 28th, 2021
Since being announced earlier this month, Connecting Our Community Lethbridge’s Shoes for Kids YQL is off and running. Now, further initiatives are afoot as Shoes for Kids YQL joins forces with MyCityCare and the Ready Set Go. The collaboration ensures more children in Lethbridge and surrounding Indigenous communities will be recipients of brand-new shoes and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province investing in facility to produce renewable fuel
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction fund is supporting a new facility in southern Alberta that will create jobs and cut emissions by transforming agricultural waste. Alberta’s government is using $4.7 million from the TIER fund through Emissions Reduction Alberta to create a $28.6-million facility at Canary Biofuels Plant in Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseEmpowerment celebration acknowledges leaders among Blackfoot women
By Tim Kalinowski on July 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A Blackfoot women’s empowerment celebration held at the Coast Hotel on Monday highlighted three years of consultation with Blackfoot women in Lethbridge, Calgary, Piikani, Siksika and Kainai to identify common problems and needs, and to strategize on solutions to help address those problems. The work was done by the Indigenous Women’s Council of ... Read More »
1 responseRemains of missing man found in Crowsnest Pass
By Lethbridge Herald on July 27th, 2021
After going missing over a month ago, the remains of Lane Tailfeathers were located last week and now his death is being deemed suspicious. On Tuesday, Crowsnest Pass RCMP received a report from Alberta Fish and Wildlife of possible human remains that were located in a rural area. Crowsnest Pass RCMP members attended and located ... Read More »
1 responseMaxime Bernier tours southern Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on July 26th, 2021
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, took a tour of southern Alberta Sunday afternoon to spread the word about his party. That included a stop in Lethbridge at Henderson Lake where a few dozen supporters gathered to hear Bernier speak on the party’s platform. And should there be ... Read More »
3 responsesRespiratory therapist says wildfire smoke calls for extra precautions for those with health conditions
By Al Beeber on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Avoid the outdoors as much as possible and monitor symptoms. That’s the advice from an Asthma Canada respiratory therapist for people affected by smoke from the B.C. wildfires. Nova Scotia-based Tracy Cushing said Friday disposable surgical masks like those worn during the COVID pandemic and even N95 masks, unless the latter are properly ... Read More »
1 responseTravel Alberta CEO on a mission to boost tourism
By Al Beeber on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com He first came to love Alberta while spending a month with his brother and relatives in Edmonton when he was 14. Now David Goldstein is on a mission to boost tourism in in the province. Goldstein was named Chief Executive Officer of Travel Alberta late last year and the new Calgarian sees enormous ... Read More »
1 responseMicro-zone irrigation aims to save in-demand water
By Tim Kalinowski on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Farming Smarter hosted a very timely session on micro-zone irrigation at its Plot Hop event earlier this week. The featured speaker to address this topic was Cam Cote, founder of InteliRain- a company which designs precision irrigation systems for turf and agriculture. Cote put the problem succinctly to participants at the Plot Hop ... Read More »
1 response‘Bittersweet’: Summer Games cancellation leads to Legacy Fund to help non-profits
By Dale Woodard on July 24th, 2021
Out a disappointing development comes a helping hand for local non-profit groups. With the cancellation of the 2020 Alberta Summer Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic – and again in 2021 when it was postponed – the Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games Society has announced the 2020 Games Legacy Fund designed to support not-for-profit sport ... Read More »
2 responsesMan sentenced for assault and shoplifting
By Delon Shurtz on July 24th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Calgary man who became violent after he stopped taking his medication has received a two-month jail sentence. Blaine Meakin was sentenced Friday in Lethbridge court, where he pleaded guilty to several counts of assault and a charge of shoplifting. He was also placed on probation for a year and fined $500. Court was ... Read More »
1 responseCity celebrates local athletes competing at Tokyo Olympics
By Herald on July 23rd, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald A single medal has yet to be doled out at the Tokyo Games, but Lethbridge has already put in a podium performance. Celebrating southern Alberta’s presence at this year’s game was the event Friday morning in a ceremony at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden. With a host of former local ... Read More »
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