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Local author sees first novel published in fantasy genre
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A southern Alberta author has released the first novel of a series meant to help readers disconnect from reality, to explore far away worlds with new species and intergalactic romance. Author of Far Away Home: The Knowing, Jantina Herrick, also known as J.T Conners, says her book is an easy read so people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piikani working with government to resolve LNID water access
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Piikani Nation is denying that it is blocking a water infrastructure project on the Oldman River. A report last week on website realagriculture.com said water users in the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District are fearing they won’t be able to access much-needed water from the Oldman River for crops and feedlot operations due ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotarians back on the road to Mexico for Los Amigos
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2022
The Los Amigos Project departed the Canadian Tire south parking lot early Sunday morning for Mazatlan, Mexico. The project has been running since 2011 when members of the Lethbridge Sunrise Rotary Club wintered down in Mexico and noted there was a need for many things for the people. “So they came home and (thought) what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Society status opens donations drive for Project Sunflower
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Project Sunflower has obtained incorporation as a not-for-profit in Alberta under the Societies Act and is now able to help Ukrainians in more ways than before. “Now that we have legal status it allows us to operate, not just to collect information from people, but we can start collecting donations, which we’re going ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International Empanada Festival a celebration of cultures
By Lethbridge Herald on April 26th, 2022
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald The International Empanada Festival was back in full force Saturday – after being cancelled in 2021 – for what would have been their fifth annual event. The International Empanada Festival is a local initiative to honour one of the most famous street foods in the world, and has many versions ... Read More »
1 response‘Voluminous’ disclosure prompting further delays in human trafficking case
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Lawyers for several individuals charged in relation to a human trafficking case continue to adjourn their matters while they wait for additional disclosure from the Crown’s office. Calgary lawyer Kirsten Lancee appeared Friday in Lethbridge provincial court in relation to two of the accused, brothers Mohammad and Mahmoud Neirabani. Lancee, who represents Mohammad, ... Read More »
1 responseSchool board trustee remembered for decades of service
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Longtime Lethbridge school trustee Janice Foster has died at the age of 81. Foster, who just last fall chose not to run again for the Lethbridge School District board, died at home Tuesday. Foster was a long-time advocate for the under-privileged, at-risk children and children with special needs. She fostered more than 60 ... Read More »
1 responseNew report confirms doctor shortage remains critical
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta has lost 188 registered doctors in the last three months and Lethbridge is down 13 in that same time period, according to a new report. And NDP MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips is not impressed. “This is unacceptable,” Phillips said Friday in a Zoom meeting in which she attacked the provincial ... Read More »
2 responsesProject Sunflower assisting refugees fleeing Ukraine
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com From a rally held at Lethbridge City Hall in February to stand in solidarity with Ukraine, Project Sunflower emerged to continue helping those trying to come to Canada to escape war. Rally organizer and Project Sunflower participant, Mykhailo Pereverza has been able to take time off from work to help as many people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charges withdrawn following death of accused
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Numerous charges against a 26-year-old Lethbridge man relating to criminal offences last year and earlier this year, have been withdrawn. The Crown withdrew the charges against Wesley Charles Johnson Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court, after explaining the accused had recently died. Johnson was arrested March 9 after police, including members of the tactical unit, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteers scour coulees for trash on Earth Day
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on April 23rd, 2022
The annual Coulee Clean-Up project kicked off on Friday, which also was Earth Day, in parks all over the city. The conservation project began in Lethbridge in 2008 and encourages people of all abilities to gather at the coulees city-wide to clean up garbage and help make the river valley a cleaner place. “This is ... Read More »
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