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Volunteers desperately needed in community
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on July 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Volunteers are an important part of the community and for many organizations they are the force that helps them get through every day which makes the need for helping hands dire at the moment. Last week multiple organizations gathered at the Galt Museum and Archives in hopes of recruiting volunteers for their various ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Optimism exists about the downtown core
By Lethbridge Herald on July 4th, 2024
Editor’s note: This is the third and final article in a three-part series. In coming days, we will start running another series by Herald reporter Alexandra Noad examining the southern Alberta opioid crisis through an Indigenous lens. Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter While some residents say the downtown core has crumbled into ... Read More »
16 responsesFarmers’ market returns to Festival Square downtown this summer
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Residents and vendors populated Festival Square to partake in the first downtown farmers’ market of the year despite lackluster weather on Wednesday. The Lethbridge and District Exhibition, in conjunction with the Downtown BRZ, hosted the first downtown Lethbridge farmers’ market for this summer, with the event scheduled ... Read More »
1 responseLibrary volunteer and new outdoor space receive Blackfoot names
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Lethbridge Public Library kicked off summer with a party and a Blackfoot naming of their new outdoor space on Wednesday. In Blackfoot culture people are given names by the Elders as an honour and to represent who they are as people. Buildings and non-living things can ... Read More »
1 responseLFES honours late member during graduation ceremony
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – Lethbridge Herald – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services welcomed seven new members during the Spring 2024 recruit class graduation ceremony Wednesday and one of them became the first recipient of a new award. A new award was introduced during the ceremony to recognize and honour a member of the LFES who passed away ... Read More »
1 responseSPC to hear land donation offer
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald The Assets and Infrastructure Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council today will hear about an offer from the Chinese National League Society to donate land for a pocket park downtown. A report by Urban Revitalization manager Crystal Scheit and Chinese National League Society president Moway Jang says property at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coaldale officially opens new recreation centre
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald Fitness has made a shift into a new gear with the grand opening in Coaldale of the Shift Community Recreation Centre. A grand opening of the facility on the western edge of Coaldale was staged on a cloudy Wednesday but sprinkles of rain couldn’t dampen the celebration. Coaldale mayor Jack Van ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crime situation a continuing problem downtown
By Herald on July 4th, 2024
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a three-part series. Justin Sibbet – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As more officers are hired by the Lethbridge Police Service, some residents still feel as though not enough is being done to solve the problems downtown. According to Statistics Canada, the Crime Severity Index in Lethbridge ... Read More »
19 responsesMotorcyclist killed in Canada Day collision
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has died in a motorcycle collision on Canada Day, shortly after 10 p.m. The fatal collision happened on Mayor Magrath Drive at the entrance to the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens parking lot on Monday night. According to a news release from the Lethbridge Police Service, the 28-year-old motorcycle rider was ... Read More »
2 responsesFunding approved for Galbraith gym expansion
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on July 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Galbraith Elementary School will be getting a larger gymnasium, courtesy of city taxpayers. City council unanimously approved a capital investment of $1.2 million for the Lethbridge School Division recently to upsize the gym which will not only benefit Galbraith students but provide more opportunity for community use, as well. A letter was sent ... Read More »
1 responseMotorists reminded school zones remain in effect throughout the summer
By Justin Sibbet - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on July 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDjsibbet@lethbridgeherald.com While the summer holidays have now officially begun for most Lethbridge students, school zones remain in place for the entire year. Following the passing of a bylaw change last September, school zones and playground zones are now one in the same. As a result, drivers are reminded to keep to the speed limit ... Read More »
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