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Students receive Rotary/Exhibition Park ag scholarships
By Kuhl, Nick on February 28th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Two local students now each have an extra financial boost to help them reach their educational goals. At a dinner event Thursday night at Exhibition Park during Ag Expo, Mallory Adams and Geni Witdouck were named the two 2020 recipients for The Rotary Club of Lethbridge East and Exhibition Park $10,000 Agricultural Scholarship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local MLAs differ on budget
By Lethbridge Herald on February 27th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com Local MLAs Shannon Phillips and Nathan Neudorf are reacting to the UCP government’s budget laid out on Thursday. Not surprisingly, there is a difference of opinion on what the budget could mean for Lethbridge going forward. Neudorf, Lethbridge-East MLA, said the budget is prudent and responsible and will lead to ... Read More »
2 responsesProtection of children today’s SACPA topic
By Lethbridge Herald on February 27th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald ​Arguably, governments have a mandate to keep our most vulnerable citizens safe, including young children. Recently, the province and City of Lethbridge initiated significant realignments of their prevention and early intervention services for families. Today, during the regular weekly SACPA session, noon at the Royal Canadian Legion, speaker Peter Imhof will present “Is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The vital role of insects
By Submitted Article on February 27th, 2020
Kristi Divine SOUTHERN ALBERTA GROUP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT I have a weakness for the little things of this planet. Insects, in all their variety, ability and beauty. I especially love spiders. In fact, last summer my family adopted a gorgeous Cat Face Spider who had spread her web across my son’s window. We caught lunch ... Read More »
1 responseStudents learn about misinformation in the media
By Bobinec, Greg on February 27th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com The Boys and Girls Club of Lethbridge and District invited around 70 students from southern Alberta to a youth conference to learn about the impact of misinformation in the media. As part of the Boys and Girls Club’s annual “I Stand Against” conference, organizers wanted to bring awareness about the ... Read More »
1 responseReligious studies prof to speak at PUBlic Professor Series tonight
By Bobinec, Greg on February 27th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Religious studies professor, Hillary Rodrigues, will be presenting the fifth talk of the 2019/20 season of the Faculty of Arts & Science’s PUBlic Professor Series tonight. His speech, “Combating Delusion: Gleanings from the Hindu Great Goddess and Eastern Sages,” is a free event that takes place tonight from 7 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent movie theatres facing more roadblocks
By Beeber, Al on February 27th, 2020
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Independent movie theatres across the country are crying foul that they are being prevented from showing popular films. A petition on change.org has generated thousands of signatures supporting the ability of independent theatres to show films at the same time as major Canadian chain Cineplex. Len Binning, operator of the ... Read More »
1 responseOptimism remains high despite challenges faced by farmers
By Lethbridge Herald on February 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The annual Lethbridge Ag Expo and North American Seed Fair kicked off at Exhibition Park on Wednesday, and will continue until Friday. Despite a challenging crop year in 2019, and with unharvested acres left in fields from the so-called “harvest from hell” as well as potential ongoing problems with rail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stitch-A-Thon set for Saturday at Centre Village
By Lethbridge Herald on February 26th, 2020
LETHBRIDGE HERALD Everyone who participates in an event Saturday at Centre Village Mall will be sure to be in stitches.That’s when the Stitch It Forward Society of Lethbridge will hold a Nine-Hour Stitch-A-Thon, the first of what the group hopes will become an annual event.The event will bring local knitters, crocheters, sewers and quilters together ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College, Farming Smarter teaming up to enhance area ag research
By Bobinec, Greg on February 26th, 2020
The southern Alberta agriculture industry gained a powerful ally when two innovative organizations expanded their mutually beneficial collaboration. Farming Smarter and Lethbridge College have worked collaboratively for a number of years on a wide range of projects. Now, they formalized and expanded their partnership as they signed a 15-year “memorandum of understanding (MOU).” The agreement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City approves funding for women’s transitional housing
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 26th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council voted unanimously to give Streets Alive Mission a $425,000 grant to help renovate their newest women’s transitional housing facility in Scenic Heights. The transitional housing facility in question was hotly contested by local neighbourhood opponents last September when a majority of councillors voted to rezone the house to ... Read More »
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