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Thursday, November 3, 2022
SLEIGHTHOLM, Shirley <br/>BOHNERT, Pauline <br/>HART, Joyce <br/>KNOX, Edward <br/>BARTEL, Gordon <br/>BLAIS, Roy <br/>OLDENBURGER, Reinder <br... Read More »
Community oral history workshop highlighting Canadian women this weekend in Milk River
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Milk River Historical Society will be hosting a community oral history workshop this weekend. This project has been a couple of years in the making due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project started in October 2019 and had plans to continue in the spring of 2020, but due to ... Read More »
Downtown’s new Festival Square popular attraction year-round
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A City of Lethbridge publication describes the new and improved Festival Square downtown as a “versatile, active and engaging public space for people and the local businesses in the area.” Yawn! No offence to the writer intended. While it’s an accurate description of Festival Square, it sounds like it was taken right out of the book ... Read More »
Lethbridge prime location for wildlife photography
Friends of the Helen Schuler Nature Centre Society recently hosted Travel Adventures: Wildlife Lethbridge with local photographer John Krampl. Attendees were invited to a showcase of Krampl’s work, seeing various animals in nature found around the city taken over the years. The event highlighted the beauty of nature found within the city while also educating ... Read More »
University receives funding for micro-credential programs
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The University of Lethbridge has successfully secured funding from Advanced Education to create new micro-credentials in the Health and Science and Business Departments. The U of L has earned $838,750 from Advanced Education, part of an $8-million investment in micro-credential programming across the province. University of Lethbridge provost and vice-president, Erasmus Okine said ... Read More »
Drug treatment court inductees provided one last chance to fly straight
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The next 16 months or so may be some of toughest Mason Doyle Cranston has ever faced. Cranston will have to avoid many of his friends, abstain from alcohol and drugs, and comply with a curfew from 9:30 p.m to 6 a.m. every day. He can’t go into businesses whose main purpose is ... Read More »
Pronghorn Athletics launches 26th installment of Operation Red Nose
Operation Red Nose is returning to Lethbridge after a two-year hiatus with its 26th year of community service. The annual holiday drive-home campaign will begin Dec. 2 with a dedication to eliminating impaired driving during the festive season. “Pronghorn Athletics for over 25 years has provided a service to the community to help keep people ... Read More »
Local speed skaters carve it up at Bridge Bolt competition
Speed skaters from B.C. and Alberta convened at the ATB Centre for the Lethbridge Bridge Blades’s Bridge Bolt meet on the weekend. Skaters were anywhere from five to 18-years-old. “This year, it’s actually a qualifier for the short track, so that’s good,” said Blades coach Rayel Green-Seipp. “We don’t normally get to host qualifiers — ... Read More »
City deals with first snowstorm of the season
Al Beeber – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A heavy snowfall warning for Lethbridge turned into a reality early Wednesday and the City of Lethbridge acted quickly by declaring Phase 1 snow routes active. The snowfall, which grew heavier as dawn neared, caused havoc on city roads with traffic backups on Whoop-Up Drive westbound and Scenic Drive as commuters ... Read More »
Censoring opinions not in society’s best interest
Lethbridge Herald Editorial Board Freedom of speech. It’s a term we hear often from people who have opinions on any subject and feel they have the right to a public forum to express them. We’ve seen attacks made on this newspaper from both the right and left sides of the political spectrum because of the ... Read More »
Council should examine needs before going on a hiring spree
Editor: After reading The Lethbridge Herald’s report on the budget requests from the different administrative departments I can see why the homeowners of Lethbridge – me included – are looking at a 3.77 per cent increase in taxes in each of the next four years. It seems like there are a lot of 0.5 full-time ... Read More »
