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Province accelerating plans for expanded cardiac services in southern Alberta
By Lethbridge Herald on April 4th, 2025
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta government says it is accelerating plans for expanded cardiac services in southern Alberta. The 2025 budget has $5 million to advance plans for enhanced cardiac and intensive care services, including the cardiac catheterization lab at Chinook Regional Hospital and expanded intensive care units here and in Medicine Hat. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donation to polytechnic awards a win-win for school and auto dealers
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 3rd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge Polytechnic has received a large funding contribution from the Lethbridge Auto Dealers Association (LADA) that is being matched by the Board of Governors Matching Endowment initiative toward student awards. LADA’s donation of $113,600 is being matched to a total of $213,600, which will benefit an existing endowment created by the association in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UCP caucus takes issue with endorsement of local candidate
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 3rd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The UCP caucus is claiming that the support of federal Liberal candidate Chris Spearman by former Lethbridge West MLA for Shannon Phillips confirms what it calls a deep NDP-Liberal alliance. Spearman, who is campaigning to be elected as the next member of parliament for the Lethbridge riding, says that Phillips is a personal ... Read More »
13 responsesEmily Lawson doesn’t let being legally blind keep her from doing what she loves
By Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
ALEXANDRA NOAD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A Lethbridge woman who moved from Northwest Territories after losing her sight hasn’t let her loss of vision affect her positive outlook on life. Emily Lawson was born with a degenerative eye disease and was treated for many years through injections to her eyes. The treatments weren’t offered in her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ag ministry official says lessons learned in feeder receivership
By Kristine Jean SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com on April 2nd, 2025
Controversy is still brewing over the collapse of the Picture Butte Feeder Cooperative (PBFC), but a government official says resolution is coming. John Conrad, assistant deputy minister for the primary agriculture division of Agriculture and Irrigation, was at a town hall meeting Tuesday in Lethbridge for PBFC members. The closed-door meeting was hosted by receiver-manager ... Read More »
6 responsesSkretting earns Catholic education award by living his faith
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division recently announced that Aaron Skretting, director of Religious Education, has been named the Excellence in Catholic Education Award recipient. Chantel Axani, Superintendent for Holy Spirit Catholic Schools says the award is a very prestigious award, that the Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta (CCSSA) awards for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City residents have options for getting rid of old batteries
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It’s a dilemma faced by Canadians and people around the world on a daily basis – what do you do with your dead batteries. Do you sneak them into a garbage container knowing full well you’re contributing to pollution? Or do you hoard them in a drawer because you don’t know what other ... Read More »
3 responsesPolice enforcement project highlights pedestrian safety
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge police have wrapped up a month-long pedestrian safety traffic enforcement project that saw officers engage with nearly 300 parents and students, issue 16 tickets, and deliver numerous verbal and written warnings. Sgt. Daniel Lomness of the Lethbridge Police Traffic Response Unit, says pedestrian safety is the responsibility of both drivers and pedestrians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Working class, helping vulnerable are key issues for NDP candidate
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 2nd, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With the federal election only a few weeks away, New Democratic Party candidate Nathan Svoboda says his “boots on the ground” approach to life in Lethbridge sets him apart from his fellow candidates. “When it comes to my volunteering with Streets Alive, the Soup Kitchen, the Sage Clan, I have always been a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nenshi blasts Smith over health care, Shapiro and more
By Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2025
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Southern Albertans are deeply concerned about proposed coal mining in the Grassy Mountain area, Alberta Health Services cutting back on food for patients and how tariffs are going to impact Albertans, especially farmers and small business owners, says the leader of Alberta’s NDP. During a visit to ... Read More »
15 responses‘Cash cow’ photo radar put out to pasture by province
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 1st, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Loathe it or like it, photo radar is well known to Albertans. And as of today, the province officially restricts its use to only school, playground and construction zones, prohibiting it from catching speeding drivers on numbered provincial highways and connectors. Intersection safety devices will be limited to red light enforcement, ending ticketing for drivers who speed through them on green lights. The provincial ... Read More »
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