Southern Alberta News
Fair connects families with community disability resources
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 14th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Autism Alberta’s Family Resources Centres Lethbridge Region hosted a resource fair Thursday at the Multicultural Centre to connect members of the community with various organizations. Family resources co-ordinator with the Autism Alberta’s Family Resources Centres Lethbridge Region, Brandon Rudics, said they wanted to have multiple organizations under one roof to make it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New program aimed at finding better employment opportunities
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 14th, 2023
The Lethbridge Interfaith Food Bank and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are partnering on a program to help community members find better employment. The free 10-week program will start April 17 and run until the end of June with people coming weekly on Mondays from 10 a.m until noon. Attendees will have to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City 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 »
Be the first to comment!Local producers helping grow region’s tourism industry
By Erika Mathieu SOUTHERN ALBERTA NEWSPAPERS on April 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDssnews@sunnysouthnews.com Tourism Lethbridge is gearing up for the 2023 spring and summer tourism season, and doubling down on positioning the region as a premier destination for locally grown and produced food and beverages. “We promote ourselves as Canada’s Premier Food Corridor and Canada’s agriculture destination, so it just makes sense that we are active ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP promising $20 million to expand cardiac care at CRH
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on April 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com If the NDP is elected as the next governing party of Alberta, it will invest $20 million to expand cardiac services at Chinook Regional Hospital. That promise was made Wednesday morning by Lethbridge West MLA Shannon Phillips and Lethbridge East candidate Rob Miyashiro shortly after the UCP government announced a $2 million investment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family keeping alive memory of child who still inspires many
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 13th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A local boy whose life was cut too short three years ago has inspired many here to “slow their roll” and enjoy the little things in life while his parents keep his memory alive through initiatives that give back to the community. Charles Douglas McIntyre was born on Jul. 15, 2009 and tragically ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police lay charges in fire that destroyed city hotel
By Al Beeber & Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on April 13th, 2023
Charges have been laid against a city man in the fire that destroyed the vacant Lethbridge Hotel in February. Lethbridge Police Services say Michael Randall Big Swan, 29, is facing charges of shopbreaking and commit arson. He was remanded into custody and appeared briefly in court Wednesday before he was thrown out. Big Swan passed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CANstruction helps to stock shelves of local food banks
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on April 12th, 2023
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After wrapping up last week, CANstruction YQL was able to donate more than 8,600 cans of food to the Interfaith Food Bank, the Lethbridge Food Bank and the Lethbridge College food bank. Chair of CANstruction Lethbridge board, James Walshe, said the goal of CANstruction, which originated in the United States over 20 years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jigging workshops invite dancers to experience Métis culture
By Troy Bannerman - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on April 12th, 2023
The Galt Museum and Archives and the Lethbridge Public Library this month will host jigging workshops by Brittany Lee. She will be at the Galt Museum today from 6 until 8 p.m. as part of a Métis Music and Membership program. Lee will also do a workshop at the Lethbridge Public Library’s main branch on ... Read More »
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