Southern Alberta News
City walk raises awareness about disability rights
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on September 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Members of the community gathered outside of City Hall Friday morning to take a walk and raise awareness about the disability rights movement. The 2023 Citizen Walk About, organized by the Southern Alberta Individualized Planning Association (SAIPA,) was themed “Together we are strong – Celebrating resilience.” Executive director Mark Davids told media prior ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paul Hinman calling it quits after long political career
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Paul Hinman has never been one to pull his punches. And as the sun sets on a long and storied political career, the leader of the Wildrose Loyalty Coalition continues to tell it as he sees it, but with little expectation people will listen, particularly the mainstream media. “We have been thoroughly scorned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP doing survey on classroom sizes
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The provincial NDP is demanding better support for public education in Alberta. Rakhi Pancholi, the Alberta NDP education critic joined Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips and a local teacher on Friday to address the state of education here. The teacher, Kevin MacBeth of Winston Churchill High School, told media about the difficulties trying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SouthGrow project supports reconciliation
By Theodora MacLeod - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on September 16th, 2023
In support of reconciliation, a project has been launched by SouthGrow Regional Initiative to support companies, municipalities, and small business across southern Alberta add Blackfoot translations to their signage. With $40,000 in grants to give away, SouthGrow is accepting applications. For successful recipients, 80 per cent of the cost of the sign will be covered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uncle honours the legacy of his nephew Terry Fox
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 16th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Terry Fox knows what a terrible disease cancer is. Twenty years ago he underwent surgery for prostate cancer in Edmonton and in October he will be back in hospital having an operation for bladder cancer. He also has another connection to the disease – he is the uncle of the other Terry Fox ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge YWCA hosting gala with new sponsor
By Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
YWCA Lethbridge & District has launched a new event after retiring its long-running Royal Gala. The organization on Tuesday announced that after 25 years and more than $1 million raised, that event has been retired. Now the YWCA will be hosting its first gala presented by a different sponsor. The date of the gala will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City upgrades council chambers
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com A new season of council meetings is here and with it a redesigned space in City Hall. The City has done some technology upgrades and infrastructure additions to council chambers which were seen for the first time when the Economic Standing Policy Committee met on Wednesday. That committee consists of the mayor and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual toy run kicks into gear Saturday
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Southern Alberta motorcyclists are getting revved up to help area children at Christmas. The 42nd annual southern Alberta Toy Run to help local charities will kick into gear on Saturday with a day of fellowship, fun and giving. The toy run starts at 8:30 a.m. at Honkers Pub with Santa present until 9:30 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First responders and seniors help fight youth hunger
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It’s well known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That is especially true for children who need a nutritious start to the day so they can focus on their education. Many children, however, don’t get the breakfast they need to nourish their bodies and their minds. The View at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City promoter nominated for Country Music Association award
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ron Sakamoto and Australian promoter Rob Potts spent six years together on the board of the Country Music Association. In those years, they developed a friendship that lasted until Potts’ death in a motorcycle crash on the west coast of Tasmaniain 2017. Potts, who ran a company called Entertainment Edge, was one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman lands jail sentence for threat to parents’ home
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on September 15th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge woman who threatened to burn down her parents home will spend a few weeks behind bars. At about 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 13 of last year, a man called police and said his daughter, Kristen Rebecca Riemann, had been at his home on 14 Avenue South and threatened to burn down ... Read More »
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