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Royal Gala Harbour House fundraiser going online this year
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The 23rd annual Royal Gala is going online. However, the end goal remains the same as the fundraiser for the Lethbridge YWCA Harbour House and hosted by Royal LePage South Country Real Estate nears the $1 million mark after over two decades of support and $901,700 raised. After raising another $62,000 ... Read More »
1 responseFatal single vehicle collision on Highway 3 near Monarch
By Herald on October 2nd, 2020
A single vehicle collision has claimed the life of a 20-year-old passenger of a car which lost control along Highway 3 near Monarch Thursday afternoon. Coaldale RCMP along with the Coalhurst Fire Department responded to incident on Highway 3 in the westbound lanes just east of the Oldman River Bridge at the west edge of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal, provincial infrastructure funding announced
By Lethbridge Herald on October 1st, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The federal and provincial governments announced more than $22 million in public money on Thursday for four new post-secondary infrastructure and cultural projects for southern Alberta focused on Indigenous education and multicultural inclusion. Provincial Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda and federal Minister of Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef made the announcements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Orange Shirt Day ceremony honours residential school victims
By Lethbridge Herald on September 30th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald — Blood Reserve It was a day to honour the students who didn’t return home. Remembering children who died at the two Indian residential schools on the Blood Reserve — St. Paul’s and St. Mary’s and other residential schools — the Kainai Wellness Centre held an Orange Shirt Day ceremony Wednesday morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pop-up OPS operators fined for no permit
By Lethbridge Herald on September 29th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge confirmed it gave the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society a $300 fine Monday evening after the group failed to comply with a request to remove its unpermitted tent from Galt Gardens. “I asked if they had a permit,” explained the City’s senior bylaw enforcement officer Dave Henley ... Read More »
5 responsesUnsanctioned OPS attracts opposition
By Lethbridge Herald on September 28th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald As they headed into their second night of operation on Saturday, the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society met its first opposition. The group, which formed three weeks after the province stopped funding for ARCHES, set up a tent that acted as an unsanctioned overdose prevention site Friday night at Galt Gardens in ... Read More »
10 responsesUnsanctioned injection site sets up in Galt Gardens
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald An unapproved and unsanctioned drug injection site was set up Friday night in Galt Gardens. The site is being operated by the newly-formed Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society and has been set up three weeks after the province stopped funding for ARCHES in Lethbridge. According to a story by the CBC, four people used ... Read More »
12 responsesIntroducing the Adult International Collection
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Caroline Moynihan ONLINE SERVICES LIBRARIAN, LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY Late last year Lethbridge Public Library started planning for an Adult International Collection that we had hoped to launch in May. Unfortunately, our plans were a bit delayed, and the books we were hoping to add to our collection became a little harder to get. However, we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Identifying with cultural values: Belonging
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
Second of three parts Jacob M. Van Zyl In addition to its social aspect, belonging can be connected to values, culture, places and belief systems. It has been said that a person can leave his/her country, but it is hard to get that country out of the person. Ancient Israel was glad to get out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gymnastics Academy seeking support to overturn City parking policy
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The Lethbridge Gymnastics Academy says it is running into a roadblock from the City of Lethbridge in its attempt to expand its 1,600-square-foot facility into the two bays next to its business located at 3287 32 St. N. The Academy says the City’s parking policies are preventing them from expanding. “The capacity of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U of L grad Invest Alberta CEO
By Lethbridge Herald on September 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD — CALGARY A University of Lethbridge graduate has been named the first chief executive officer of the Invest Alberta Corporation. Invest Alberta’s board of directors announced that David Legg had been selected to lead the corporation’s “aggressive global campaign to attract high-value and high-impact investments to Alberta.” Legg’s career spans more than 20 ... Read More »
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