By Lethbridge Herald on October 27th, 2021
Fans of the hit TV show “Friends” will want to put Feb. 5 on their calendars. That’s the night “Friends! The Musical Parody” will be staged twice at the Yates Centre with showtimes at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the off-Broadway hit go on sale Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Buyers can purchase them at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Delon Shurtz on October 27th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 32-year-old man for whom an arrest warrant was issued after he failed to show up for his trial in August, was back in court Tuesday. Matthew James Gajda, who is in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, is accused of breaking into more than a dozen lockers at two storage facilities in ... Read More »
1 responseBy Herald on October 26th, 2021
Dale Woodard – Lethbridge Herald On the 100th anniversary of the poppy, a donation is just a tap or scan away. The 100th Anniversary Poppy Campaign starts up with Tag Day Saturday around Lethbridge with this year’s goal once again set at $90,000 raised. As the poppy celebrates its centennial, new technology is being introduced ... Read More »
1 responseBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 26th, 2021
The Helen Schuler Nature Centre hosted experts from the Alberta Community Bats Program on Saturday to help members of the community build bat houses while learning about the different bat species that live in Alberta. “We have nine different species in Alberta, three of them are migratory species and the others all stay and hibernate ... Read More »
1 responseBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 26th, 2021
“Knowing a community’s history is like knowing a superhero’s origin story.” Four local authors and historians, in partnership with MacIntyre Purcell Publishing, have attempted to lay out that origin story in their new book “Lethbridge: a History in Pictures.” “You don’t understand the community, its quirks and the way it does things unless you know ... Read More »
1 responseBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 26th, 2021
The Galt Museum and Archives hosted the Musaeus String Quartet with Lethbridge Symphony’s principal strings for an afternoon of music for children on Sunday as an opportunity to introduce children to classical music. As they planned their season for this year, the Lethbridge Symphony was looking for a way to bring music back, as well ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Delon Shurtz on October 26th, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 38-year-old man who was accused of killing another man during a house party more than two years ago, is no longer facing a manslaughter charge. The charge against Jason James Crane Chief was stayed by the Crown last week. A stay of proceedings means the criminal case against Crane Chief has been ... Read More »
1 responseBy Herald on October 26th, 2021
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge’s 26th mayor and city council were sworn in Monday afternoon at the Yates Theatre in front of a substantial invitation-only crowd. Blaine Hyggen and eight councillors – four of them re-elected incumbents – took their oaths of office on the Yates stage then listened to taped addresses by MP ... Read More »
1 responseBy Dale Woodard on October 23rd, 2021
Sustainable agriculture, food security and aquaponics were on the menu at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs online session Thursday. On hand as the guest speaker was Michael Lavorato, who began working in aquaponics over the last five years to promote and enhance sustainable food systems. Since then, Lavorato has built over 40 aquaponics ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Delon Shurtz on October 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The second of three men who were caught train hopping to eastern Canada during the summer, has received a hefty fine. Ivan Esparza-Luna was fined $1,000 after he pleaded guilty Friday in Lethbridge provincial court to one count of entering land without permission under the Petty Trespass Act. Court was told Esparza-Luna and ... Read More »
1 responseBy Al Beeber on October 23rd, 2021
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com In a few months, Jason Wegner will be graduating from the University of Lethbridge with teaching degree in hand, an accomplishment that may not have seemed imaginable when he was hospitalized just four years ago because of bipolar disorder. Wegner, now a 24-year-old student teacher at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, has chronicled his journey ... Read More »
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