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Poster campaign aims to spread empowering messages
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD A new Alberta Health Services campaign aims to highlight empowerment and increase awareness about positive things happening around the province. Health is in My Hands makes use of 11-by-eight-inch posters, each with a different positive message. People can download the posters through the Alberta Health Services (AHS) website: http://www.ahs.ca and search for ahs.ca/healthisinmy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wider Horizons editor wins provincial award
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The editor of Lethbridge College’s award-winning Wider Horizons alumni magazine, Lisa Kozleski, was named Editor of the Year by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) on Monday. Kozleski has edited Wider Horizons since 2013, and her work was exemplified as Wider Horizons was named a finalist by AMPA in five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Staff hit road to deliver valedictorian news
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
Submitted by Palliser Regional Schools The next time Owen Gallagher is asked to mow the lawn, you can’t blame him if his expectations seem a tad bit high. A ploy to surprise the 17-year-old with the announcement he’s the Class of 2020 Valedictorian for Kate Andrews High School worked to perfection. “Completely, I had no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman pleads guilty to drug, weapon charges
By Shurtz, Delon on June 5th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A woman who is set to stand trial later this year on a set of criminal charges out of Taber, has pleaded guilty to another set of charges out of Lethbridge. Amy Gaffney, along with Dale Samuel Rombough, is scheduled to stand trial in November on charges of drug possession, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toastmasters look to talk themselves to a spot on the world stage
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Last weekend, six of the top Toastmasters from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan battled it out for two different titles, for a chance to qualify for Toastmasters International World Championship. Toastmasters spend dozens of hours working and enhancing their craft as they try to tell a convincing and compelling story or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Goats return for another helping
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The goats are back in Lethbridge for another season of battling leafy spurge, and the City of Lethbridge couldn’t be happier about it, says Jackie Cardinal, natural resources co-ordinator with the City’s Parks department. “The spurge is coming back much thinner (this year), which is visible, but the grasses are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man sentenced for assault
By Shurtz, Delon on June 5th, 2020
Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A gang-style attack against a man earlier this year in Lethbridge has earned another man a stint behind bars. Jimmy Bad Man was sentenced to four months in jail after he pleaded guilty Thursday in Lethbridge provincial court to a single assault charge. Court was told the victim was initially ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mayor to ask City to join class-action suit
By Jensen, Randy on June 5th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Mayor Chris Spearman will be bringing forth a motion to the next city council meeting which will pave the way for the City of Lethbridge to join a $10-billion class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies who, it is alleged, irresponsibly distributed opioids leading to the current opioid crisis. On Wednesday Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds gather in protest against racism
By Lethbridge Herald on June 4th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Taking a knee for nearly nine minutes, many with a raised fist, hundreds of Lethbridge residents gathered in front of city hall on Thursday to say Black lives matter and Indigenous lives matter.The peaceful protest was inspired by recent events in the United States surrounding the killing of African American ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police investigating sudden death at SCS
By Jensen, Randy on June 4th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE Lethbridge Police are investigating a sudden death that occurred early Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday at approximately 12:30 p.m. police were dispatched to assist EMS with a medical emergency in the parking lot of the Supervised Consumption Site along the 1000 block of 1 Avenue South. Upon arrival, officers were informed that a 33-year-old female ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Another successful year for We Create Change
By Sulz, Dave on June 4th, 2020
SUBMITTED ARTICLE COALDALE – The 2019-20 We Create Change (WCC) group at Kate Andrews High School enjoyed another very successful year of supporting local and global causes. Even with a shortened school year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the WCC group at Kate Andrews High School (KAHS) was able to raise more than $2,500, with ... Read More »
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