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Choral society to host concert
By Lethbridge Herald on October 8th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Vox Musica Choral Society on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.will present “Between Friends: A Choral Celebration” at Southminster United Church. The concert will showcase five Lethbridge choirs spanning a wide range of ages: award-winning Ventus Women’s Choir, led by Regan Brooks; the Incanto Singers, led by Kathy Matkin-Clapton; Chinook High School Concert Choir, ... Read More »
1 responseNew Coaldale school hosts grand opening
By Cal Braid SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Prairie Winds Secondary School in Coaldale on Friday threw wide its doors for its official grand opening. Students, teachers, dignitaries, and guests packed the bleachers and seating area in the gleaming new gymnasium that will get plenty of high-intensity use in the years to come. The school is on the northwest edge of town and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Troy Reeb talks to Polytechnic students about internship
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Every year one student in the Digital Communications and Media program at Lethbridge Polytechnic gets a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity at Chorus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto and Montreal. Troy Reeb, co-chief executive officer of Chorus entertainment, met with first- and second-year students in the program on Friday morning to not only discuss this opportunity, but also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WestJet changes fly with Tourism Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge and Lethbridge Airport representatives shared their thoughts on the recent changes to flights frequency in and out of Lethbridge on Thursday after a round table discussion with WestJet representatives. Airport manager Cameron Prince said they are excited to see the change because the reliability of flights is something they have heard ... Read More »
4 responsesFriendship centre director says everyone needs hope
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Everybody needs hope.” That’s the message Elaine Creighton Fox wants the public to hear. Everybody needs hope. Creighton Fox, director of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre – the longest standing Indigenous organization in Lethbridge – says Indigenous peoples are still suffering the harm caused previous generations by the residential school system. As she and ... Read More »
2 responsesCCH students put Faith In Action for shoe drive
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com What started as a school requirement fulfilment quickly became something three Catholic Central High School students could not get enough of because of the impact it was having on the community. Three CCH Grade 12 students began to fulfill their 40-hour Faith in Action volunteering requirement for their Religion 30 class and graduation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibit does an ‘Untelling’ of portraits of Indigenous peoples
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Artist Lauren Crazybull is “Untelling” the work of painter Nicholas de Grandmaison with a new exhibit that opened Friday at the University of Lethbridge in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery. Blackfoot and Dene artist Crazybull, who now lives in Vancouver is a member of the Kainai First Nation and Alberta’s first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vigil remembers Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Members of the Indigenous community and their allies took to the streets of downtown on Friday evening to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the 18th annual Sisters in Spirit march and vigil. The march began at City Hall led by the Blackfoot Stand Up Headdress ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACPA hears talk on work and challenges of the YWCA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Why is the YWCA Lethbridge & District still needed after 75 years? That question may have been answered Thursday through statistics provided by its Chief Executive Officer Jill Young during this week’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. SACPA met Thursday at noon in the dining room of the Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseLPS info session helping residents avoid becoming victims of fraud
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 4th, 2024
Scams come in many forms, whether it’s a virus on your computer, a fake lover who needs money to come see you, or even what seems to be a grandchild who needs help to get out of a pickle. The result of all these scams ends the same: the loss of money or personal information. ... Read More »
1 responseUniversity conference focuses on work integrated learning
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Educators, academic and industry leaders and students gathered in the Science Commons Atrium at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday afternoon for the fifth annual STEM Fusion conference. The conference was a partnership among the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic and the City of Lethbridge. The conference connects science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... Read More »
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