Southern Alberta News
Lethbridge loses a theatre icon; Fran Rude made an impact on city arts community
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 7th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The curtain has closed on the life of a Lethbridge theatre icon. Fran Rude died Friday at the age of 86 at Chinook Regional Hospital. Since word broke of her passing, social media has been flooded with tributes to a woman who gave a multitude of people over the decades the chance to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College hosting career fair
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge College students and alumni will have an opportunity to mingle with more than 80 southern Alberta employees during the college’s annual career fair on Thursday. In a recent press release vice president research and partnerships and interim vice president academic, Kenny Corscadden said they are seeing a strong interest from employers who ... Read More »
1 responsePhotoshoot shows love for canine rescue group
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
There was love in the air at the Pet Valu South Lethbridge on Saturday through a photoshoot fundraiser. The pet store on Mayor Magrath Drive held a Valentine’s Day Pet Photo Fundraiser to help raise money for Windy City Canine Rescue Society. Dog owners could bring in their pooches and get a photo taken for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Truck, outreach programming among uses for provincial funds
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Two local non-profit organizations are among the 260 benefiting from the Community Initiatives Program grant provided by the government of Alberta across the province. In a recent press conference held in Calgary, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, Tanya Fir announced the government was distributing $9.9 million in grants to non-profit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Task force to hear report on downtown crime numbers
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Downtown Lawlessness Reduction Task Force on Thursday will be hearing a report from Deputy Chief Gerald Grobmeier on data Lethbridge Police Service has collected on issues downtown. It’s one of three reports to be presented to the task force at its 7:30 a.m. meeting in council chambers at City Hall. The Deputy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Girl testifies at trial, saying she was sexually assaulted
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A former Lethbridge girl says she didn’t think she had any choice but to go with two men to a westside home, where minutes later the underage girl was sexually assaulted by a stranger and was begging him to stop. The girl, who testified Monday during the first day of Ziyaad Noor’s trial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taking a frigid plunge for Special Olympics
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on February 6th, 2024
A group of brave souls jumped into the soggy and cold conditions on Saturday for a dip in Henderson Lake to raise money for the Special Olympics Alberta through the Law Enforcement Torch Run’s Polar Plunge. “We ask people to come out and jump into a perfectly freezing body of water all in an effort ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation appoints new CEO
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 6th, 2024
The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer. Crystal Elliott has approximately 20 years of executive director experience in the non-profit sector and more than a decade of experience in healthcare in various roles. “I am incredibly honoured and privileged to be in my new role as CEO for the Chinook ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBSA to roll out land crossing pre-clearance pilot project
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on February 3rd, 2024
Canada Border Services Agency is launching a two-year pilot project which could result in Canadian customs officers posted in the U.S. for the first time in history. The pilot project would be tested out over a two-year period at the tiny border crossing of Covey Hill Cannon Corners between the province of Quebec and New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man chooses jail over fine for drug possession
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man who received a hefty fine for drug possession, has chosen to spend time in jail, instead. Jeffery Carlos Santos, who was facing a charge of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking, instead pleaded guilty in Lethbridge court of justice Thursday to the lesser charge of simple drug possession. Although ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business survey shows optimism in the city
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on February 3rd, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The results of the fifth annual Brighter Together survey conducted by Economic Development Lethbridge, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Lethbridge BRZ have been released. Economic Development Lethbridge CEO Trevor Lewington says he was happy to see more businesses added to it. “We had 173 businesses that responded to the survey, so ... Read More »
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