Southern Alberta News
Blood Tribe launches initiatives to combat drug crisis
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Blood Tribe chief and council are taking new actions to address drug trafficking and the opioid crisis. Chief Roy Fox, in a special announcement on the tribe’s YouTube channel on Monday, said more than $1 million is being invested in two new initiatives. They include funding for a police task force and renovations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rotarians hit the road to deliver emergency vehicles to Mexico
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com For seven days and nearly 1,400 kilometres, eight members of Rotary clubs are trekking to Mexico to deliver decommissioned emergency vehicles. The eight are taking turns behind the wheels of four vehicles on the 11th annual Los Amigos Project. The decommissioned vehicles, including a handi-bus, two fire trucks and an ambulance left Lethbridge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City crews tackling pothole repairs
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com They appeared seemingly out of nowhere almost everywhere and have been the focus of numerous complaints from city residents. Yes, we’re talking potholes. This year they may be more noticeable than previous springs due to the numerous freeze-thaw cycles Lethbridge experienced last winter. But with warmer weather and the availability of hot asphalt, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remote sensing studies on archeological sites takes flight
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 18th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A University of Lethbridge student working on her PhD in remote sensing related to archaeology has been given the green light to utilize an area within the campus for her studies. Tammi Mills was recently given permission to use a section of grassed area overlooking the coulees in the northeast area of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New documentary traces roots of iconic Burger Baron chain
By Ry Clarke - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 15th, 2023
An iconic fast-food chain which traces its roots back to Lethbridge more than six decades ago is the subject of a documentary premiering this spring at a prestigious film festival. The Lebanese Burger Mafia is billed in part as a “meaty saga of a rogue fast-food chain with mysterious origins, a cult following and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residential street sweeping to start this week in city
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com If you don’t move, you will lose and possibly get ticketed. Yes, it’s the season for residential street sweeping and City crews will be hitting the road. On Monday, signs will be placed in the first zone with sweeping starting in the far south area of the city on Tuesday. Sweeping will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New director at the helm of the Allied Arts Council
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Jana MacKenzie is ready for new challenges as executive director of the Allied Arts Council. MacKenzie stepped into her new role on April 3, taking over from the retired Suzanne Lint. MacKenzie is well familiar with the AAC – she’s handled different roles in the organization since 2006 when she worked in reception ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter holds campaign launch in Coaldale
By Erika Mathieu SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS ssnews@sunnysouthnews.com on April 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com Grant Hunter officially announced his candidacy for re-election as MLA for the United Conservative Party in the Taber-Warner riding. “After eight years as your MLA, I’m putting my name forward once more,” Hunter told supporters at his Campaign Office in Coaldale, Thursday. As part of his campaign launch Hunter addressed supporters in Coaldale, ... Read More »
6 responsesCity rolls out second phase of green cart program
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Eight-year-old Ryker Bourassa was looking forward to the day a green cart would be dropped off at his house on the westside. When that day came Thursday, he and his younger brother, six-year-old Harlan, excitedly dropped a couple of chayotes, or mirliton squash, into the cart to celebrate the occasion. The Bourassa family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Battle of the Belly River project in spotlight at SACPA
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A project that looks at the historic Battle of the Belly River from an Indigenous perspective was the focus of Thursday’s talk to the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs. Camina Weasel Moccasin of the Galt Museum and Kris Hodgson-Bright of Lethbridge College gave a joint presentation on the Battle of the Belly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New UCP candidate for Lethbridge West wants to bring positive change to riding
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com She had planned to seek the nomination in Lethbridge West for the UCP last summer but a personal matter prompted her to change her mind. Now Cheryl Seaborn – who resigned as constituency president last year to mount a run at the nomination – will challenge incumbent NDP MLA Shannon Phillips for the ... Read More »
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