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Rent benefit changes cause stress
By Lethbridge Herald on September 5th, 2025
Alex Noad Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Medicine Hat woman says she will be paying an extra $100 a month in rent due to changes in the Alberta Rent Assistance Program (ARAP). Monica Van Iderstine relies on Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) to pay the majority of her expenses. For the ... Read More »
1 responseVR breathes new life into ‘boring subject’
By Lethbridge Herald on September 5th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald The Spatial Technologies Applied Research and Training (START) Centre at Lethbridge Polytechnic has completed a series of virtual reality (VR) training scenarios for a Calgary-based company. The scenarios are designed to make project management training more engaging and practical for TALEO Project Services in Calgary. Tyler Heaton, industry liaison and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final flight for Birds of Prey as season comes to a close
By Lethbridge Herald on September 4th, 2025
Joe Manio Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Grace the bald eagle made a series of flights in front of visitors at Coaldale’s Alberta Birds of Prey Centre on Labour Day Monday, marking the official end of another successful season there. With that, the summer nature interpreters, most of them high school and university students, ... Read More »
1 responseSheriff unit closes down, boards up northside home
By Lethbridge Herald on September 4th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald After a lengthy investigation, a house in North Lethbridge was boarded up and fenced Wednesday by the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs. Mike Dirkson, manager for the Alberta Sheriffs SCAN unit for the Calgary and Lethbridge area, said the complaints about the property began in February ... Read More »
2 responsesTheatre folks to pay tribute to Fran Rude
By Lethbridge Herald on September 4th, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Sheila Matson knows Fran Rude would not want her friends and collaborators to pay tribute to her. but they’re doing it anyway. “Fran would probably have killed us for doing this,” said Matson of the late Lethbridge musical theatre legend, who died in early 2024 at the age of 86. To ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale locks out workers after union votes to strike
By Lethbridge Herald on September 4th, 2025
Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In response to a strike vote by Alberta Union of Public Employees (AUPE) members in Coaldale Tuesday night, the Town of Coaldale has issued the union a 72-hour lockout notice. The town employees voted 83 per cent in favour of a strike according to a union news ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pulling for the United Way
By Lethbridge Herald on September 4th, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Members of the community pulled together to raise funds for the United Way of Lethbridge and South Western Alberta Wednesday afternoon, despite the smoky conditions. For the third year in a row, the United Way kicked off its Community Fundraising Campaign by hosting various teams of up to eight people to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mikado renews commitment to Interfaith Food Bank
By Lethbridge Herald on September 3rd, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald In honour of their 20th Anniversary, Mikado Electric renewed its Food Bank Guardianship commitment to Interfaith Food Bank for another five years. In 2020, Mikado Electric became the first founding partner of the “Food Bank Guardians” sponsorship program at Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge and made a commitment to contribute ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New health care corporations go live
By Lethbridge Herald on September 3rd, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Three new provincial health corporations became operational on Monday. They include Cancer Care Alberta as well as the emergency provincial health corporation and Give Life Alberta. Give Life Alberta was previously known as the Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation program. The corporation is intended to increase awareness about the donations of organs and tissue while also increasing access to transplants. ... Read More »
3 responsesSchool patrols back at work
By Lethbridge Herald on September 3rd, 2025
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald St. Patrick’s Fine Arts School crossing guard Leo Kolebaba helps students and their parents cross the street safely Tuesday morning as a new school year started. For more than 85 years, Alberta Motor Association school crossing guards have ensured that there have been no serious injuries or fatalities at schools they monitored. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looking to sign up people for Windrow Assistance Service
By Lethbridge Herald on September 3rd, 2025
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Lethbridge Herald Even though snow is not in the forecast any time soon, the City of Lethbridge is getting ready for winter operations and asking snow route residents to prepare as well. Juliane Ruck, transportation operations manager, said Tuesday that residents who live on a snow route will begin to receive postcards with ... Read More »
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