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Adoptable animals get royal treatment
By Woodard, Dale on August 26th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com Beautifully Royal Birthdays and Lethbridge Animal Services have teamed up to help residents find the perfect four-legged family member for your home. And they’ve used a photo session with a potential pet-to-be to place unadopted animals into a new household with the Puppies and Princesses project. Keana Funk, a princess ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Working with assumptions
By Submitted Article on August 26th, 2020
Shared public spaces such as hiking trails, elevators, restaurants and stores create opportunities for quick interactions with strangers. It’s not unusual for people to share small tidbits about their experiences, whether positive or negative. There are some who don’t mind these interactions, yet there are others who are unsure of how to react or respond. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge swimmer takes the plunge to support area’s fresh water
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com It was a long-distance swim with a message for Nichole Robinson. The 26-year-old swimmer from Lethbridge swam across the Oldman Reservoir on Saturday to alert the public of impacts to drinking water from open-pit coal mines proposed in the Eastern Slopes between Blairmore and Chain Lakes. With the swim of ... Read More »
1 responseHorizon teachers authorize request for strike vote
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD – TABER Teachers employed by the Horizon School Division No. 67 based out of Taber have voted 87 per cent in favour of authorizing the Alberta Teachers’ Association to request a government-supervised strike vote. The teachers have been working for nearly two years without a finalized collective agreement, the ATA said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Growing Project raises about $140K
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald After tallying up the proceeds from last Friday’s harvest, the Coaldale-Lethbridge Community Growing Project confirmed it raised approximately $140,000 this year to support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s work feeding the hungry overseas. While down a bit from last year’s total of $173,000 due to the effects of COVID-19 on the local economy, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Step ‘n Stride event going virtual this year
By Sulz, Dave on August 26th, 2020
Parkinson fundraiser takes place Sept. 12 LETHBRIDGE HERALD Parkinson Association of Alberta’s eighth annual Flexxaire Parkinson Step ‘n Stride is going virtual. The PAA’s largest fundraiser for the Parkinson community in Alberta will take place Sept. 12 as an online event. Hundreds of Flexxaire Parkinson Step ‘n Stride participants will walk, bike, run, swim or ... Read More »
2 responsesSexual-assault suspect fires lawyer
By Shurtz, Delon on August 26th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 33-year-old Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting several women – one of them three years ago – has fired his lawyer. Sohil Bindra was scheduled for a bail review Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench, but instead his lawyer, David Chow of Calgary, said the accused wants a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor adjustment or UCP’s ongoing failure?
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf said Premier Kenney’s decision to shuffle his cabinet on Tuesday represented a minor, mid-term, course adjustment, Lethbridge-West MLA and Opposition Finance Critic Shannon Phillips said it was an acknowledgement of UCP government’s ongoing failure to come to grips with the dire economic situation Alberta finds ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID-19 leaves Lund hurtin’ to perform live
By Jensen, Randy on August 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge-based singer-songwriter Corb Lund’s newest critically acclaimed album “Agricultural Tragic” from Warner Music Canada dropped on June 26 but, in hindsight, it might have been more appropriately called “The Trevails of Touring Troubadours” with the COVID-19 pandemic putting the brakes on most live concerts around the world. “It’s pretty strange,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 leaves Lund hurtin’ to perform live
By Lethbridge Herald on August 25th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge-based singer-songwriter Corb Lund’s newest critically acclaimed album “Agricultural Tragic” from Warner Music Canada dropped on June 26 but, in hindsight, it might have been more appropriately called “The Trevails of Touring Troubadours” with the COVID-19 pandemic putting the brakes on most live concerts around the world. “It’s pretty strange,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Volunteer Lethbridge helping with column of opportunities
By Herald on August 25th, 2020
Visit http://www.volunteerlethbridge.com or call 403-332-4320 to share your time LETHBRIDGE FAMILY SERVICES – COMMUNITY CONNECTOR VOLUNTEER Lethbridge Family Services is a highly accredited, charitable human services organization that improves the well-being and quality of life for individuals and families in southwestern Alberta. They are looking for volunteers who would help create a more welcoming and ... Read More »
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