By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Shilpa Stocker and her family know how important quality health care is. Due to family experiences, they’ve come to know that timely health care can be critical for one’s well being. In honour of their late mother, Stocker, her sister Mayuri Modgill, and their her father Champak Morzaria, recently made a $500,000 donation for ... Read More »
2 responsesBy Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Symphony wants to know what it’s doing well and what it needs to do better to grow its audience. Under the direction of conductor Albert Rodnunsky the symphony performed its first concert in 1961 and decades later under the ceiling of the Southminster United Church sanctuary, it continues to gauge new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A growing list of community partners are coming together to organize an Economic Resilience Task Force for the region to help deal with what are being referred to as “the Trump Tariffs” introduced this week. Trevor Lewington, CEO of Economic Development Lethbridge told media Wednesday that the Lethbridge Region Economic Resilience Task Force ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Darrell Mathews, the City of Lethbridge’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, on Wednesday detailed the City of Lethbridge’s preferred figures for financial reserves to the Audit Standing Policy Committee of city council. In his presentation in council chambers, Mathews addressed proposed amendments to the City’s Financial Reserves policy CC65, that include optimal balanced targets ... Read More »
1 responseBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) Lethbridge Region is seriously concerned about the tariffs imposed on Canada by the United States and considered them unjustified. Bridget Mearns, executive officer of BILD Lethbridge Region, said that even though they are concerned about the impact of the tariffs on the industry, the impact ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Teamworks Career Centre gave hundreds of local job seekers an opportunity to interact with prospective employers during their annual job fair Wednesday at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. With employers from all types of industries present, those in attendance had multiple choices and the convenience of having them all under one roof. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Lethbridge Herald on March 6th, 2025
Alexandra Noad – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter People from a variety of backgrounds are concerned about the Grassy Mountain Coal Mine, including those from the agriculture sector, those who study toxicology, lawyers and Indigenous groups. These voices were heard on a panel held by the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs at Southminster United ... Read More »
8 responsesBy Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Vox Musica Choral Society will be joined by Wander West Celtic and Beyond for their upcoming show on Saturday at Southminster United Church titled “Celtic Kitchen Party.” Vox Musica’s musical director, Joanne Collier says they are excited to go in a slightly different direction than their usual performances, to showcase what the choir ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 5th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The highly anticipated 2025 Home, Garden and Leisure Show is just around the corner, returning March 13-15 at the Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre with even more to offer. This year’s event is once again a partnership between the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD) Lethbridge Region and Meibel Consulting Ltd. Bridget ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 5th, 2025
Before settlers arrived on Turtle Island, what would later become to be known as North America, each tribe had roles for each gender. There were some members who played a part in both roles, who were considered sacred among tribes. Today they are known as two-spirit people. This identity was the belief of having both ... Read More »
3 responsesBy Brendan Miller SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS bmiller@medicinehatnews.com on March 5th, 2025
Premier Danielle Smith attended a town hall discussion with Justin Wright, MLA Cypress-Medicine Hat, in front of approximately 350 residents to answer a series of eight pre-screened questions as well as taking questions live in-person from a microphone. Speaking just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods ... Read More »
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