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Next phase of University Drive twinning begins today
By Jensen, Randy on September 12th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD The next phase of construction for the University Drive Twinning project is scheduled to begin today. Road work will be taking place along the entire project limits to complete the final phase of paving. This work will be completed in two stages and take seven days, weather permitting, the City said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACLA names new chief executive officer
By Jensen, Randy on September 12th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Southern Alberta Community Living Association (SACLA) has announced that Trenton C. Regier has been selected as the new chief executive officer. Regier assumed his new role on Aug. 17. SACLA is a non-profit organization supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, facilitating inclusive, vibrant communities where people connect, contribute, and are valued, since 1980. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Showing ‘Kindness to Others’
By Jensen, Randy on September 12th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Volunteers with the Kii maa pii pii tsin “Kindness to Others” Renewal and Healing Centre, formerly known as the Foundation of Hope, held an outreach event in Galt Gardens on Friday to provide food for Lethbridge’s homeless and to speak about the challenges of recovery from addiction. The organization’s founder ... Read More »
1 responseSeeking justice for their mother
By Shurtz, Delon on September 12th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com On Nov. 25, 2019, Betty Ment was leaving Coalhurst with her dog Sadie to drive to a nearby dog show. It was one of her favourite things to do. It was about 7:15 p.m. and she was stopped at a stop sign on 51 Avenue in the town of Coalhurst ... Read More »
1 responseGround is broken for Nikka Yuko Bunka Centre
By Lethbridge Herald on September 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald The shovels went into the ground Friday afternoon at the Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden for a project that began six years ago. A special ceremony for the new Nikka Yuko Bunka [Culture] Centre took place in front of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden with members of the Lethbridge & District Japanese Garden ... Read More »
1 responseFeed Lethbridge to benefit Lethbridge, Interfaith Food Banks
By Jensen, Randy on September 11th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Lethbridge Food Bank and Interfaith Food Bank have announced a joint fundraising event. With the current climate due to COVID-19, both local food banks have had to look at alternatives for their major fundraising events. Lethbridge Food Bank and Interfaith Food Bank have partnered with local radio stations to host Feed Lethbridge, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New look, focus for 40th annual Terry Fox Run
By Woodard, Dale on September 11th, 2020
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald sports@lethbridgeherald.com The 40th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run will be more about the stories than the fundraising. Marking 40 years since the Marathon of Hope, this year’s race will be taking place Sept. 20. But with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing in-person participation, this year’s Terry Fox Run for cancer research ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman sentenced to 90 days for breaking into Lethbridge home
By Shurtz, Delon on September 11th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Kathryn Roome was high on drugs when she broke into a Lethbridge home in August, but that doesn’t excuse her criminal actions, a judge told her Thursday during a sentencing hearing in provincial court. “It doesn’t diminish one bit the trauma it causes people,” Judge Gregory Maxwell told Kathryn Roome. ... Read More »
1 responseThe benefits of walking to school
By Submitted Article on September 11th, 2020
Megan Burland Lethbridge Community Health Services When I was a kid, I did not enjoy walking to school. Once, after a major snowstorm, rather than driving me to school, my mom had my older brothers shovel me a path through the field behind our house so I could still walk – I was not a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Green Line of Europe
By Submitted Article on September 11th, 2020
Walter Kerber Lethbridge Philatelic Society For decades the Iron Curtain stretched from the Arctic Coast to the Black Sea across Eastern Europe. Too, there was a curtain stretched across Germany from the Black Sea to the southern boundary with Austria, to the Mediterranean. For the duration of the Cold War, these areas were mined and ... Read More »
1 responseAlta. health care in ‘crisis,’ SACPA told
By Jensen, Randy on September 11th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed Friends of Medicare executive director Sandra Azocar for a special presentation on the state of public health care in Alberta. In a word, said Azocar, under the UCP government that state is “crisis.” Taking aim at the MacKinnon blue ribbon panel, and ... Read More »
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