Local News
Troy Reeb talks to Polytechnic students about internship
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 5th, 2024
Every year one student in the Digital Communications and Media program at Lethbridge Polytechnic gets a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity at Chorus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto and Montreal. Troy Reeb, co-chief executive officer of Chorus entertainment, met with first- and second-year students in the program on Friday morning to not only discuss this opportunity, but also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WestJet changes fly with Tourism Lethbridge
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Tourism Lethbridge and Lethbridge Airport representatives shared their thoughts on the recent changes to flights frequency in and out of Lethbridge on Thursday after a round table discussion with WestJet representatives. Airport manager Cameron Prince said they are excited to see the change because the reliability of flights is something they have heard ... Read More »
4 responsesExhibit does an ‘Untelling’ of portraits of Indigenous peoples
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Artist Lauren Crazybull is “Untelling” the work of painter Nicholas de Grandmaison with a new exhibit that opened Friday at the University of Lethbridge in the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery. Blackfoot and Dene artist Crazybull, who now lives in Vancouver is a member of the Kainai First Nation and Alberta’s first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Friendship centre director says everyone needs hope
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 5th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com “Everybody needs hope.” That’s the message Elaine Creighton Fox wants the public to hear. Everybody needs hope. Creighton Fox, director of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Centre – the longest standing Indigenous organization in Lethbridge – says Indigenous peoples are still suffering the harm caused previous generations by the residential school system. As she and ... Read More »
2 responsesVigil remembers Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
Alexandra Noad –Â LETHBRIDGE HERALD –Â Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Members of the Indigenous community and their allies took to the streets of downtown on Friday evening to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women at the 18th annual Sisters in Spirit march and vigil. The march began at City Hall led by the Blackfoot Stand Up Headdress ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SACPA hears talk on work and challenges of the YWCA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Why is the YWCA Lethbridge & District still needed after 75 years? That question may have been answered Thursday through statistics provided by its Chief Executive Officer Jill Young during this week’s session of the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. SACPA met Thursday at noon in the dining room of the Lethbridge ... Read More »
1 responseLPS info session helping residents avoid becoming victims of fraud
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on October 4th, 2024
Scams come in many forms, whether it’s a virus on your computer, a fake lover who needs money to come see you, or even what seems to be a grandchild who needs help to get out of a pickle. The result of all these scams ends the same: the loss of money or personal information. ... Read More »
1 responseUniversity conference focuses on work integrated learning
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 4th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Educators, academic and industry leaders and students gathered in the Science Commons Atrium at the University of Lethbridge on Thursday afternoon for the fifth annual STEM Fusion conference. The conference was a partnership among the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Polytechnic and the City of Lethbridge. The conference connects science, technology, engineering and mathematics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New WestJet schedule flying larger aircraft, less flights
By Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com Starting this month residents will see a reduction in flights to and from Lethbridge with only one departing flight in the morning and one incoming flight at night daily, but in a bigger airplane. With WestJet transitioning services to WestJet Encore this month, Jared Mikoch-Gerke, director of alliances and airport ... Read More »
6 responsesCustodians honoured for saving colleague’s life
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Three caretakers and a former student of Lethbridge Polytechnic have been recognized for saving the life of a student on campus in 2023. Edmond Kangogo, Eizak Amawi – both caretakers – as well as caretaking supervisor John Izart and former Corrections student Ravinder Khosa were honoured Sept. 20 with St. John Ambulance Life-saving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Adoption of Alberta addictions strategy shows it’s working, says minister
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on October 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Premiers of two different parties in two provinces on opposite sides of the country are looking at legislation that would provide involuntary care for people who are at risk of harming themselves or others because of addictions and other issues. For Alberta’s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Dan Williams, that shows other ... Read More »
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