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Thomas kicks off Whoop-Up Days with annual breakfast
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Member of Parliament Rachael Thomas kicked-off the Whoop-Up Days celebration with a free pancake breakfast Monday morning at PiP International where hundreds enjoyed a free meal. “I started the pancake breakfast in 2015 after I was elected and it’s become an annual tradition and something I look forward to doing for the community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whoop-Up Days parade to get party started
By Lethbridge Herald on August 19th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com It is Whoop-Up Days Parade day today and Lethbridge & District Exhibition is ready to kick-start Lethbridge’s most popular and longest-running community fair. “This year we have over 90 floats registered already which is fantastic, of delegates from across the province and it’s just going to be an exciting time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jasper school initiative gets huge response
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2024
Back to school can be both an exciting and nerve-racking experience with many unknowns, but for those affected by the Jasper wildfires the unknowns are on a much greater scale. The fire which overtook the town of Jasper is believed to have been started by a lightning storm which occurred on July 22. Within days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta on pace for record housing starts
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta is on pace to set a record for house construction this year. The province said Friday that data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows that 26,000 new homes under construction was seen between January and July, a growth of nearly 50 per cent over 2023. The start of 4,350 new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Countdown on for Whoop-Up Days
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Countdown is on for Whoop-Up Days and the Lethbridge & District Exhibition is ready to welcome everyone to their grounds an hour earlier than before Tuesday shortly after the annual parade. Whoop Up Days will begin with the traditional annual parade on Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. from Park Place Mall, going ... Read More »
1 responseSeminars give coffee fans an education on their morning brew
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com For many people a cup of coffee is essential to begin their day and for those with very busy lives a coffee on the go is the most convenient way to obtain their caffeine fix. But what does it take for that to happen? After hundreds if not thousands of inquiries about what ... Read More »
1 responseFraud nets city man four years in jail following arrest in U.S.
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Court of Justice on Thursday sentenced Ronald James Aitkens to four years in jail after he was previously found guilty of fraud and making false or misleading statements in an Offering Memorandum. Between 2005 and 2007, Aitkens raised over $35 million through three Offering Memorandums with 1,475 investors and diverted at ... Read More »
1 responseMearns hoping to represent Lethbridge West in byelection
By Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With experience in government, as well as the private and not-for-profit sectors, Bridget Mearns believes she has the experience and knowledge to represent Lethbridge West in the Alberta legislature. The former two-term city councillor – who led the push to have that description changed from ‘alderman’- announced last week she ... Read More »
4 responsesSpecial air quality statement in effect
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It may have been a hit on Broadway and for the Platters but “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is not so great when you’re outdoors in southern Alberta And on Thursday a special air quality statement was issued by Environment Canada for some areas of southern Alberta including Lethbridge where smoke was creating ... Read More »
1 responseOpen Farm Days offers a taste of agriculture this weekend
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
The 12th annual Alberta Open Farms Days is right around the corner and will give attendees across the province a taste of different aspects of agriculture from farmers. “You can take a look at the different types of farms that are dotted across the province and sort of build your own experience and each of ... Read More »
1 response‘Totally 80s’ is totally rad
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 16th, 2024
New West Theatre is presenting Totally 80s – a musical production of everything from the 1980s, which received a well-deserved standing ovation on Wednesday night. To be totally transparent I am a young millennial, born mid-90s, or as I like to say a zillennial-not quite a millennial, not quite gen-Z, however I grew up with ... Read More »
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