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Sakamoto Agency hauls in hardware at CCMAs
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com After winning the talent buyer/promoter of the year award 17 straight times, Ron Sakamoto was asked years ago by the Canadian Country Music Association if it could rename that prize in his honour. Sakamoto graciously agreed and took himself out of the running for it. If he hadn’t been on tour with country ... Read More »
Phillips back on the ballot for Lethbridge-West
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com NDP MLA for Lethbridge West Shannon Phillips has secured her party’s nomination to run in next year’s provincial election. Phillips first was elected to serve the riding in 2015 and was Minister for the Environment and Parks and Minister Responsible for Climate Change in Rachel Notley’s government which lost power after the 2019 ... Read More »
United Way reaches out in fundraising launch
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The United Way of Lethbridge and South Western Alberta kicked off their 2022 community fundraising campaign and raised their flag Monday morning at City Hall. The need for United Way community fund support outweighed their capacity to provide in 2021, said executive director Jaci Zalesak. “We need our community’s help to meet our ... Read More »
Knapping club showcase skills at Rendezvous
Members of the Alberta Knappers and Puget Sound Knappers attended the recent Fort Whoop-Up Black Powder Club Rendezvous to practice knapping basics and skills. Knapping is replicating Indigenous tools, arrowheads, knives and spear points, to name a few. “Our organization started seven years ago, just a few people, and then we had people from all ... Read More »
Landsberg goes on the record about depression at LEAD Expo
Former TSN Off the Record host Michael Landsberg spoke at the LEAD Healthy Living Expo on Saturday about his struggles with depression and how people can cope. Landsberg is known as one of the country’s most vocal mental health advocates, establishing the #SickNotWeak non-profit organization and is dedicated to eradicating stigma around mental health. “On ... Read More »
Urban chickens: is the time right?
The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs hosted an informational session on urban chickens in the city last Thursday at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization. The presentation looked to spread awareness of the benefits hen keeping provides toward sustainability and the environment, and how urban planning should allow for small-scale food production in our backyards. ... Read More »
Woman fined for using stolen debit card
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who was caught using a stolen debit card and consequently fined, was warned she may not get off so easily next time if she continues committing similar criminal offences. Alexandria Francis Eldridge was fined $500 Monday in Lethbridge provincial court, where she pleaded guilty to one count of possession of ... Read More »
Electrical infrastructure, rezoning issues top agenda for today’s council meeting
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The summer break is over for Lethbridge city council and today it will have a lengthy agenda to deal with at the first meeting of September. Among the items council will address is a recommendation from the Civic Works Standing Policy Committee that council approve one-time funding of $500,000 from the Electric Reserve ... Read More »
Suspended sentence for breaching contact order
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Even sitting in jail couldn’t dissuade a former Lethbridge man from breaking the law and disobeying a court order prohibiting him from trying to contact his ex-spouse. Dustin James Ginter, under a civil restraining order issued March 13, 2018 by a Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench judge, was prohibited from watching, harassing, following, phoning ... Read More »
Client intakes steady for new recovery camp
The Kii Maa Pii Pii Tsin (Kindness to Others) Healing and Recovery Camp operated by Alvin Mills and administered by the City of Lethbridge has been up and running for a month, seeing a large growth in recovering addicts coming to the camp to seek healing. To honour the work being done on Blackfoot territory ... Read More »
TUESDAY, September 13, 2022
ALBUSH, Jean BREWER, Chase Taylor FLYNN, Kenneth W. GILMORE, Alexander "Alex" Ronald JONES, Brian Charles KRUEGER, Hilmer LAU, Kit Yee MARTENS, Benjamin (Ben) NEUFELDT, Dennis John SIMONS, Donald "Don" Norman VOELSKE, Gerd ... Read More »
