Southern Alberta News
Mayor ready for the food and festivities of Whoop-Up Days
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 20th, 2024
As cooler days are quickly approaching, the City of Lethbridge is heating up for one last yee-haw of the summer. Whoop-Up Days started as an agricultural fair in 1897 and has since grown to be a significant event for Lethbridge and area. While the parade kicks off the official start of the week’s festivities today ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Irrigation district has to consider wide range of needs
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Timely rains and a cool spring enabled the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District to increase water allocation to members this year but dam levels are still being monitored to ensure that organization does its part for water conservation in the area. The LNID was one of many organizations who had tents set up at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thomas kicks off Whoop-Up Days with annual breakfast
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 20th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Member of Parliament Rachael Thomas kicked-off the Whoop-Up Days celebration with a free pancake breakfast Monday morning at PiP International where hundreds enjoyed a free meal. “I started the pancake breakfast in 2015 after I was elected and it’s become an annual tradition and something I look forward to doing for the community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residential school survivor shares his story through art
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 20th, 2024
A residential school survivor is selling paintings and handmade jewelry as a means to share his talents and connect with his culture. Wesley Harry started selling his paintings in 1989 after encouragement from his friends. He learned the Indigenous traditions for art and beadwork from the elders, but he didn’t always have his culture to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seminars give coffee fans an education on their morning brew
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com For many people a cup of coffee is essential to begin their day and for those with very busy lives a coffee on the go is the most convenient way to obtain their caffeine fix. But what does it take for that to happen? After hundreds if not thousands of inquiries about what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Countdown on for Whoop-Up Days
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Countdown is on for Whoop-Up Days and the Lethbridge & District Exhibition is ready to welcome everyone to their grounds an hour earlier than before Tuesday shortly after the annual parade. Whoop Up Days will begin with the traditional annual parade on Tuesday starting at 9 a.m. from Park Place Mall, going ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta on pace for record housing starts
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Alberta is on pace to set a record for house construction this year. The province said Friday that data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows that 26,000 new homes under construction was seen between January and July, a growth of nearly 50 per cent over 2023. The start of 4,350 new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jasper school initiative gets huge response
By Alexandra Noad - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on August 17th, 2024
Back to school can be both an exciting and nerve-racking experience with many unknowns, but for those affected by the Jasper wildfires the unknowns are on a much greater scale. The fire which overtook the town of Jasper is believed to have been started by a lightning storm which occurred on July 22. Within days ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fraud nets city man four years in jail following arrest in U.S.
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 17th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta Court of Justice on Thursday sentenced Ronald James Aitkens to four years in jail after he was previously found guilty of fraud and making false or misleading statements in an Offering Memorandum. Between 2005 and 2007, Aitkens raised over $35 million through three Offering Memorandums with 1,475 investors and diverted at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Polytechnic encouraging parents to get kids fit for life, even indoors
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With summer being the time for children to be outdoors but not always being an option, keeping them active indoors is something Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Be Fit For Life is advising parents to do. Diane Gallagher, projects coordinator with the Be Fit For Life Centre, has shared some ideas to keep children active while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special air quality statement in effect
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 16th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com It may have been a hit on Broadway and for the Platters but “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is not so great when you’re outdoors in southern Alberta And on Thursday a special air quality statement was issued by Environment Canada for some areas of southern Alberta including Lethbridge where smoke was creating ... Read More »
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