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SAAG expansion first victim of CIP funding cuts
By Lethbridge Herald on February 24th, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com In a sometimes confusing debate and discussion process, city council eventually voted Monday to discontinue capital funding for a proposed Southern Alberta Art Gallery expansion and to defer decision on three other previously approved Capital Improvement Program projects to future council meetings. Council was originally slated to vote during Monday’s ... Read More »
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By Lethbridge Herald on February 24th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The 2020 edition of Ag Expo and the North American Seed Fair is set to begin at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge on Wednesday.Dubbed as “Western Canada’s Premier Ag Show,” the event will feature more than 350 indoor exhibitors from across North America including more than 35 new exhibitors.This indoor and outdoor trade show, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Peace powwow welcomes all to Enmax Centre
By Bobinec, Greg on February 24th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Hundreds from First Nations communities across North America took to the Enmax Centre on the weekend for the 21st annual International Peace Pow-Wow and Festival. On Saturday and Sunday the arena was filled with over 300 dancers, drummers and pageant queens as entrants from all over competed by showing their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council to consider project cuts
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 24th, 2020
Lethbridge Herald Lethbridge city council will be considering revisions to its Capital Improvement Program which will take four community projects off the list to be considered for funding. Citing its recent operational review priorities and lack of interest from the province in supporting these projects with grants, city council will be voting on whether or ... Read More »
4 responsesFort Macleod to get sneak peek of ‘Ghostbusters’
By Bobinec, Greg on February 24th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Fort Macleod will be hosting a Canadian premiere of the new “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” 2020 movie, following the completion of the movie. Plans are underway for a gala event in July, shortly after the movie’s New York and Los Angeles premieres. “It will be a ‘Hooray for Hollywood’ kind of night,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walkers aid Streets Alive
By Bobinec, Greg on February 24th, 2020
Greg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com Dozens of community members gathered to walk and raise funds and awareness for Streets Alive Mission’s annual Coldest Night of the Year Walk. For the last 30 years, Streets Alive Mission has helped battle poverty in Lethbridge, providing physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the poor to empower them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP sounds alarm over MSI funds
By Lethbridge Herald on February 23rd, 2020
Nick Kuhl Lethbridge Herald nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta has the best-funded model of provincial to municipality transfers in the country. Both the governing party and the opposition party agree on that point. But residents across the province could be facing a decrease of municipal services, an increase to municipal property taxes, an increase of user fees for ... Read More »
5 responsesCity withdraws from Badlands tourism group
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com City council’s decision last week to withdraw its membership from the Canadian Badlands tourism organization allows even greater space for developing a Lethbridge-centred tourism identity and brand, says Tourism Lethbridge executive director William Slenders. “The Canadian Badlands brand is certainly well recognized, but is the City of Lethbridge part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Coldest Night of the Year Walk set for today at E-Free Church
By Kuhl, Nick on February 22nd, 2020
Lethbridge Herald The forecast may suggest otherwise, but today will mark the ninth annual The Coldest Night of the Year Walk for the Streets Alive Mission. The event is designed to bring awareness of the plight of the poor and “Put a Freeze on Poverty” in Lethbridge, with funds raised set to benefit their clients ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looking to electrify downtown with utility box art
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The City of Lethbridge Public Art Program and the Heart of Our City committee are putting out a call to local artists to submit design proposals which could be used to add a bit of colour to utility boxes in Galt Gardens and at Casa. “We are asking artists to ... Read More »
1 responseMany positives in city despite challenges, forum told
By Kalinowski, Tim on February 22nd, 2020
Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Lethbridge hosted provincial and local elected officials in a candid forum about the state of Lethbridge’s economy on Friday afternoon. The event took place at the Sandman Signature Hotel with about 60 Chamber of Commerce members and community stakeholders present, and was ... Read More »
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