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Moving aboriginal services closer to people a good idea
Joseph Quesnel Frontier Centre for Public Policy Manitobans should be cautiously optimistic about a deal that will transfer health care for Indigenous communities in the province to a regional Indigenous authority. If done properly and not politicized, a deal between the federal government, the Manitoba government and First Nations in southern Manitoba could really improve ... Read More »
Researchers look at growing rice in southern Alberta
Michele Konschuh, a research associate in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, is working with Galaxy Ag Ventures and Farming Smarter Association to examine the potential of rice crop in the Southern Alberta region. The staple provides valuable resources like rice starch, protein, and oil. According to the Observatory of Economics ... Read More »
Time Air society hopes to take flight with museum off the ground
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Time Air Historical Society has lofty ambitions to establish a museum at the Lethbridge airport in the old Trans Canada Airlines hangar at the facility. The society was at the Lethbridge International Airshow on the weekend with the remains of an old Dehavilland Canada DHC-6, better known as a Twin Otter once ... Read More »
Mayor hits the park pathways
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Some days can be a walk in the park – even for a mayor. Mayor Blaine Hyggen on Thursday morning, with dogs on leash, kicked off his first “Move with the Mayor” monthly program at Henderson Lake. Each month, the mayor will select a city park for a walk with community members to ... Read More »
Bail granted man charged in shooting
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who was charged in relation to a shooting last December and then denied bail the following month in provincial court, has been granted bail by a higher court. Bira Jamal Ahmed was released – with several conditions – from remand custody following a bail review Wednesday in Lethbridge Court of ... Read More »
New West ready to rock through the decades
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com New West Theatre is bringing back its summer show for the first time since 2019 by rocking through the decades from 1950s to the present at the Yates Memorial Theatre Aug.10 to Aug. 27. Their new production “Decades” explores top rock hits through live music performance and comedy. “It is a celebration of ... Read More »
Break-in case adjourned to later this month
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Picture Butte man accused of breaking into a residence near Raymond in July will be back in court later this month. The matter for Travis Robert Taylor was in Lethbridge provincial court Thursday, but simply adjourned to Aug. 18 to allow time for the Crown and defence to receive and review disclosure ... Read More »
Big picture shows city Crime Statistics Index not the worst
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge may be ranked No. 1 on the 2021 Statistics Canada Crime Statistics Index but as police chief Shahin Mehdizadeh told media Tuesday the statistics includes communities in the surrounding area. A table at the Stats Can website listing 35 municipalities across Canada includes Lethbridge but is missing other Alberta communities. Several of ... Read More »
FRIDAY, August 05, 2022
BELISLE, Linda Lee DE VRIES, Alberta "Bertha" EVERITT, Marlene Karen GAFF, Susan Fox NEGRYCH, Taras NEWINGER, Mervin SNAKESKIN, Henry VOOR, Heather WAMBOLDT, Reginald WONG, Ethel ... Read More »
Taber corn has arrived
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman – LETHBRIDGE HERALD – apulido@lethbridgeherald.com It is that time of the year once again, Taber corn has arrived in Lethbridge. The kick-off distribution took place Monday with multiple locations across southern Alberta, including six in Lethbridge. By Thursday afternoon Nelly Penner with Johnson Fresh Farms had already been praised by customers who purchased corn on ... Read More »
Wearing masks reduces the medical costs of COVID-19
Auston Mardon and Jonathan Wiebe To say that masks have been a divisive topic over the course of the pandemic would be a bit of an understatement. Arguments have been raised in favour and defense of masks and the policies implemented surrounding them as well as strongly against them, with many officials and the vast ... Read More »
