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KidSport partners with Sysco to raise funds for area families
By Jensen, Randy on July 13th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com COVID-19 has put a halt to many community organizations that depend on community fundraisers to keep programs running. With two major fundraisers cancelled, a local organization found new ways to keep its programming operating for local children. The Lethbridge and Taber area chapter of KidSport relies heavily on community donations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boost in rural policing aimed at safety
By Jensen, Randy on July 13th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer says his government’s additional $286-million commitment to enhance rural policing across the province over the next five years will ensure rural residents feel safer in their homes. “We heard last year when we did our town halls the immense amount of frustration ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$147,000 NSERC grant to improve computing infrastructure for research at U of L
By Jensen, Randy on July 13th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD New computing infrastructure will support the world-class research being done at several centres at the University of Lethbridge, including the Southern Alberta Genome Sciences Centre (SAGSC), the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN), the Canadian Centre for Research in Advanced Fluorine Technologies (C-CRAFT) and the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI). The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pilot project utilizing Alberta pharmacies for COVID-19 testing
By Lethbridge Herald on July 12th, 2020
Greg BobinecLethbridge Heraldgbobinec@lethbridgeherald.comAbout 20 pharmacies throughout Alberta have been selected for a pilot project to open up COVID-19 testing in pharmacies, and one Lethbridge pharmacy is ready to announce it is open for testing.The Medicine Shoppe, owned and operated by pharmacist Vishal Sukhadiya, was approached by Alberta Health Services to participate in the pilot project, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special day for Indigenous grads
By Lethbridge Herald on June 3rd, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Over two days this week, local graduating Indigenous high school students celebrated their accomplishments with a special ceremony from the Indigenous Educational Team at Lethbridge School Division.As part of the division’s way to support and celebrate with the graduating class, the FNMI Education Team put together a special drive-through graduation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed Six Mile Coulee pathway upgrade faces opposition
By Lethbridge Herald on May 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City’s proposed Six Mile Coulee trail upgrades are facing some stiff headwinds as local mountainbikers and trail runners say the upgrades will destroy the best riding trail in Lethbridge.Parks manager Dave Ellis defended the $1.8 million project, which was reaffirmed and greenlit by city council back in March, as ... Read More »
4 responsesVolunteers offer truckers a place to rest and eat for free
By Lethbridge Herald on May 15th, 2020
Tim KalinowskiLethbridge Heraldtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comFor the past six weeks a group of dedicated local volunteers led by a woman on a mission has been ensuring truck drivers passing through Lethbridge have a place to stop and eat for free, and a place to go to the bathroom.When the COVID-19 crisis hit, many roadside rest stops were closed, ... Read More »
2 responsesNational Day of Mourning honours workers
By Lethbridge Herald on April 28th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com With no public ceremony this year to mark the National Day of Mourning to honour all workers who have died on the job in Canada, Burt Green, former shop steward for CUPE Local 70, still made his solitary way down to the workers’ monument at Mountainview Cemetery on Tuesday as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!River valley fire likely started by smoking materials
By Lethbridge Herald on April 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com A major fire which burned through the river valley in the area of the Elizabeth Hall Wetlands on Tuesday afternoon was likely started by improperly disposed smoking materials.“This is our fire season,” stated Chief of Fire and Emergency Services Marc Rathwell at a press briefing on Wednesday at city hall. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire burns in river valley
By Lethbridge Herald on April 21st, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge firefighter department was busy Tuesday afternoon as a wildfire burned a portion of the city’s river valley around the Elizabeth Hall Wetlands.Firefighters received assistance from a water-dropping helicopter, part of a resource sharing partnership with Alberta Forestry and Agriculture, as the tight spaces among the terrain of the river valley cottonwood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge School Division cancelling layoff notices for 120 employees
By Lethbridge Herald on April 8th, 2020
Lethbridge School Division release: As the Division continues to adjust to the $1.5 million reduction in funding announced in late March, the decision has been made to cancel layoff notices for a combined 104 educational assistants and advanced educational support staff, along with First Nations Metis and Inuit liaisons and a group of administrative support ... Read More »
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