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City man celebrates 102nd birthday
Former Coaldale mayor Alan Graham celebrated his 102nd birthday at The View Lethbridge senior residence surrounded by family and fellow residents on Saturday. Graham said you just keep counting the years in and hope for the best and you don’t know what the next year’s going to bring. Graham was born on Sept. 3, 1920, ... Read More »
Black Powder rendezvous a celebration of the past
The 50th annual Fort Whoop-Up Black Powder Club Rendezvous hosted 30 shooters over the weekend. The rendezvous involved shooting scenarios on a trail walk, pistol events, shot guns, hawk and knife and archery. “A rendezvous was back in the days where everybody – fur traders, fur trappers … all got together, brought in their furs ... Read More »
Paws in the Pool fundraiser makes a big splash
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About council celebrates achievements of the working class
The Lethbridge and District Labour Council in partnership with local labour unions hosted its annual Labour Day barbeque at Galt Gardens on Monday to celebrate the achievements of the working class. The event was on hiatus for the last couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and organizers were excited to be back. “We’re ... Read More »
TUESDAY, September 06, 2022
BONNETT, Norman CARPENTER, Elinor Faith CRITTENDEN, Joyce FRANCIS, Joan GRAY, Carmel MUNRO, Ida OTTO, Harlow Donovan SCHOEN, John STEWART, Hugh TWORKOWSKI, Rosemary Ann WAUTERS, Dorothy ... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off 2022 fall season
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Rocky Mountain Turf Club horse racing started up its fall season with races on Sunday and Monday. There was $60,000 up for grabs each day with the winners taking home $10,000 each. “The fall is a stronger … program with more stakes races,” said Max Gibb, RMTC’s CEO ... Read More »
Hurricanes wrap up competitive training camp
By Justin Seward Lethbridge Hurricanes The Lethbridge Hurricanes wrapped up their training camp with the Team Red versus Team White intrasquad game on Monday at the Enmax Centre. Team Red won 6-4 and now the focus shifts to forming the team this week at practice and into the exhibition season before its start for ... Read More »
Leadership hopeful makes pitch for local support
Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald abeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A month from today the United Conservatives Party will elected new a leader with results to be announced at the BMO Centre in Calgary. Ballots went into the mail Friday to eligible voters who signed up by the Aug. 12 deadline. On Friday, candidate Rebecca Shulz made a stop in ... Read More »
Morning’s darkness a clear sign winter is not far away
Summer is over. It’s hard to believe but for all intents and purposes, it’s true. With the Labour Day weekend upon us, it’s safe to say goodbye to months of heat and long days, the latter which have ended too soon. With Labour Day, a holiday on which many will be working, comes the reality ... Read More »
Viability of a provincial police force in Alberta a fiction
Editor: Those candidates running for the UCP leadership that have the doomsday dream of Alberta becoming an autonomous province and introducing a new police force are having a fictional dream that can never become a reality in the foreseeable future of Canada. The cost would be a humongously expensive adventure with a cost in the ... Read More »
Lockdowns don’t work and shouldn’t be reimposed on us
Editor: An Aug. 24 letter to the editor supported COVID lockdowns based on the fact that the state of Florida, which opposed lockdowns, had a per capital COVID death rate three times higher than Canada as a whole. There are numerous examples that show otherwise. Quebec, which had by far the strictest lockdown rules in ... Read More »
